Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Volvo Penta Corporation

13 pending office actions • 7 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
1
Due this week
4
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

0
Hard (0%)
12
Medium (92%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only12 (92%)
§112 only1 (8%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
8% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
8% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
85% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VENNE, DANIEL V 2 71.1% +15.2%
BURGESS, MARC R 2 34.2% +22.1%
LEE, JUSTIN S 1 73.8% +26.6%
AWORUNSE, OLUWABUSAYO ADEBANJO 1 0.0% +0.0%
KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M 1 64.7% +15.8%
SREEVATSA, SREEYA 1 85.6% +3.5%
OMGBA, ESSAMA 1 59.3% +32.9%
STARCK, ERIC ANTHONY 1 58.3% +20.0%
POLAY, ANDREW 1 74.0% +21.2%
WIEST, ANTHONY D 1 70.8% +34.9%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18647571 MARINE PROTECTION CIRCUIT SREEVATSA, SREEYA 52d overdue

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18930373 CONTROL OF INPUT SOURCE BEHAVIOUR FOR MARINE VESSELS AWORUNSE, OLUWABUSAYO ADEBANJO 29d overdue

Interview Candidates (10)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18180500 CONTROL HANDLE FOR A MARINE ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM BURGESS, MARC R 150d overdue
18609636 PRIMER PUMP ASSEMBLY AND A METHOD OF COOLING A MARINE VESSEL OMGBA, ESSAMA 87d overdue
18351577 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PROPELLER DRIVE ASSEMBLY VENNE, DANIEL V 36d overdue
18474764 MARINE DRIVE SYSTEM WITH CENTERING BEARING SURFACE WIEST, ANTHONY D 10d overdue
18477771 ADJUSTABLE MARINE DRIVE SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC CLEANING POLAY, ANDREW 7d
18788453 MARINE NAVIGATION SYSTEM KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M 14d
18158832 MARINE POWERTRAIN UNIT AND METHOD FOR POWERING A MARINE VESSEL BURGESS, MARC R 15d
18987951 COMMUNICATIONS MODULE, A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND A MARINE VESSEL LEE, JUSTIN S 28d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3615 7
3668 1
3662 1
3665 1
2838 1
3746 1
1726 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18987951 COMMUNICATIONS MODULE, A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND A MARINE VESSEL LEE, JUSTIN S 3668 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 19, 2024
18930373 CONTROL OF INPUT SOURCE BEHAVIOUR FOR MARINE VESSELS AWORUNSE, OLUWABUSAYO ADEBANJO 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Oct 29, 2024
18788453 MARINE NAVIGATION SYSTEM KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 30, 2024
18647571 MARINE PROTECTION CIRCUIT SREEVATSA, SREEYA 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2024
18609636 PRIMER PUMP ASSEMBLY AND A METHOD OF COOLING A MARINE VESSEL OMGBA, ESSAMA 3746 §103 Final Rejection 87d overdue Pending Mar 19, 2024
18533277 STEERING SYSTEM FOR A MARINE VESSEL STARCK, ERIC ANTHONY 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 08, 2023
18477771 ADJUSTABLE MARINE DRIVE SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC CLEANING POLAY, ANDREW 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18474764 MARINE DRIVE SYSTEM WITH CENTERING BEARING SURFACE WIEST, ANTHONY D 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2023
18351577 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PROPELLER DRIVE ASSEMBLY VENNE, DANIEL V 3615 §112 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2023
18341823 PROPULSION DRIVE ASSEMBLY WITH GAS SUPPLY TO MITIGATE FOULING VENNE, DANIEL V 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Jun 27, 2023
18180500 CONTROL HANDLE FOR A MARINE ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM BURGESS, MARC R 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 150d overdue Pending Mar 08, 2023
18158832 MARINE POWERTRAIN UNIT AND METHOD FOR POWERING A MARINE VESSEL BURGESS, MARC R 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jan 24, 2023
17760053 VEHICULAR ENERGY STORAGE MODULE, BATTERY PACK AND VEHICLE GOULD, ANNA ELIZABETH 1726 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Aug 03, 2022

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