Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha

46 pending office actions • 32 art units • 43 examiners • 0 of 46 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 146 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

46
Total Pending OAs
34
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 46 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

20
Overdue
4
Due this week
14
Due this month
6
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 46 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (20)Due ≤ 7 days (4)Due ≤ 30 days (14)Due ≤ 60 days (6)Due later (2)

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.

1
Hard (2%)
44
Medium (96%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§103 only40 (87%)
§102 only4 (9%)
No statute on record1 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
2% of docket
2
Information Tech
4% of docket
2
Communications
4% of docket
5
Semiconductors
11% of docket
36
Mechanical / Eng
78% 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.

460 h
Manual time on pending OAs
92 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
161 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WHITTINGTON, JESS G 2 72.5% +18.8%
POLAY, ANDREW 2 74.0% +21.2%
VASUDEVA, AJAY 2 70.4% +23.0%
FERGUSON SAMRETH, MARISSA LIANA 1 69.6% +11.7%
HUBER, MELANIE GRACE 1 73.1% +19.6%
MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS 1 51.8% +54.7%
TRIEU, VAN THANH 1 84.7% +13.5%
WALLACE, ZACHARY JOSEPH 1 72.8% +19.8%
LEE, BRANDON DONGPA 1 77.7% +23.6%
CLARE, MARK C 1 13.0% +18.9%

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
18928659 NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, NOTIFICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM TRIEU, VAN THANH 7d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18554399 COMPONENT WAREHOUSING SUPPORT APPARATUS, COMPONENT WAREHOUSING SUPPORT METHOD, COMPONENT WAREHOUSING SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM BURSUM, KIMBERLY SUZANNE 13d
18882879 SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING FERRY, METHOD OF CONTROLLING FERRY, AND FERRY CLARE, MARK C 20d

Interview Candidates (13)

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
18921669 ARTICULATED ROBOT ARM CONTROL DEVICE WALLACE, ZACHARY JOSEPH 49d overdue
18540947 FISHING SITE INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, FISHING SITE INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND SERVER WHITTINGTON, JESS G 42d overdue
18967905 EMOTION ESTIMATION DEVICE MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS 17d overdue
18383047 OUTBOARD MOTOR AND BOAT PROPULSION DEVICE VASUDEVA, AJAY 8d overdue
18438607 OUTBOARD MOTOR AND BOAT WHITTINGTON, JESS G 2d overdue
18928659 NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, NOTIFICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM TRIEU, VAN THANH 7d
18379204 WATERCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM, AND WATERCRAFT POLAY, ANDREW 7d
18882879 SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING FERRY, METHOD OF CONTROLLING FERRY, AND FERRY CLARE, MARK C 20d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3615 5
3656 3
3613 3
3666 3
3665 3
3618 2
3642 2
2853 1
3668 1
3682 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19114723 PRINTING PROCESS ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FERGUSON SAMRETH, MARISSA LIANA 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Mar 24, 2025
18985274 TIME DISPLAY SYSTEM, DRIVING SYSTEM, ELECTRICALLY ASSISTED VEHICLE, BATTERY PACK, TIME DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM HUBER, MELANIE GRACE 3668 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Dec 18, 2024
18967905 EMOTION ESTIMATION DEVICE MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS 3682 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Dec 04, 2024
18928659 NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, NOTIFICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM TRIEU, VAN THANH 2685 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Oct 28, 2024
18921669 ARTICULATED ROBOT ARM CONTROL DEVICE WALLACE, ZACHARY JOSEPH 3656 §102 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Oct 21, 2024
18884772 VESSEL OPERATOR WARNING SUPPORT SYSTEM AND VESSEL OPERATOR WARNING SUPPORT METHOD LEE, BRANDON DONGPA 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Sep 13, 2024
18882879 SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING FERRY, METHOD OF CONTROLLING FERRY, AND FERRY CLARE, MARK C 3628 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Sep 12, 2024
18807394 ENGINE-DRIVEN DC SUPPLY UNIT PARRIES, DRU M 2836 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2024
18792624 WATERCRAFT TRAN, SARAH ASHLEY 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Aug 02, 2024
18783753 MARINE PROPULSION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND MARINE VESSEL MOSCOLA, MATTHEW JOHN 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2024
18637896 CONTENT GENERATION SYSTEM BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D 2171 §102 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2024
18622617 VEHICLE NEYZARI, MOHAMMAD OMID 3613 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Mar 29, 2024
18692956 ROBOT JOYCE, WILLIAM C 3618 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Mar 18, 2024
18691523 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPONENT GRIPPING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPONENT GRIPPING METHOD CAMMARATA, MICHAEL ROBERT 2667 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2024
18438607 OUTBOARD MOTOR AND BOAT WHITTINGTON, JESS G 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Feb 12, 2024
18413622 WATERCRAFT MANEUVERING SYSTEM AND WATERCRAFT INCLUDING THE WATERCRAFT MANEUVERING SYSTEM HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL 3665 §103 Final Rejection 56d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2024
18411093 WATERCRAFT MANEUVERING SYSTEM AND WATERCRAFT INCLUDING THE WATERCRAFT MANEUVERING SYSTEM BRADY III, PATRICK MICHAEL 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jan 12, 2024
18411078 WATERCRAFT MANEUVERING SYSTEM AND WATERCRAFT INCLUDING THE WATERCRAFT MANEUVERING SYSTEM TURNBAUGH, ASHLEIGH NICOLE 3667 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jan 12, 2024
18579194 COMPONENT MOUNTING SYSTEM PAN, YONGJIA 2118 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jan 12, 2024
18540947 FISHING SITE INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, FISHING SITE INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND SERVER WHITTINGTON, JESS G 3666 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18534794 BOAT PROPULSOR, BOAT, AND PLATE GLOVER, SHANNA DANIELLE 3642 §102 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2023
18528847 TRAILERING SUPPORT DEVICE AND METHOD, AND MARINE VESSEL INCLUDING TRAILERING SUPPORT DEVICE REDA, MATTHEW J 3665 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Dec 05, 2023
18507385 BOAT HOLWERDA, STEPHEN 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2023
18503443 WATERCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM, AND WATERCRAFT INCLUDING THE WATERCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM POLAY, ANDREW 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Nov 07, 2023
18383047 OUTBOARD MOTOR AND BOAT PROPULSION DEVICE VASUDEVA, AJAY 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2023
18383046 OUTBOARD MOTOR VASUDEVA, AJAY 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Oct 24, 2023
18379204 WATERCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM, AND WATERCRAFT POLAY, ANDREW 3615 Other Non-Final OA 7d Pending Oct 12, 2023
18554399 COMPONENT WAREHOUSING SUPPORT APPARATUS, COMPONENT WAREHOUSING SUPPORT METHOD, COMPONENT WAREHOUSING SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM BURSUM, KIMBERLY SUZANNE 3627 §101 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Oct 06, 2023
18468014 ELECTRIC STRADDLED VEHICLE CHOWDHURY, AL-BIRR RAHMAN 3618 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Sep 15, 2023
18366623 OPERATION SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD, AND OPERATION PROGRAM FOR MOBILE BODY RAYNAL, ASHLEY BROWN 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 120d overdue Pending Aug 07, 2023
18353189 ELECTRIC POWER UNIT AND STRADDLED VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME JIN, GEORGE C. 3747 §103 Non-Final OA 119d overdue Pending Jul 17, 2023
18312315 SUCTION TIP AND BIOLOGICAL SUBJECT TRANSFER DEVICE YOH, JULIUS FRANCIS 1799 §102 Non-Final OA 55d Pending May 04, 2023
18137622 WATERCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM, WATERCRAFT, AND POWER SYSTEM FUREMAN, JARED 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18136955 ON-BOARD SYSTEM LEE, MATTHEW D 3617 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Apr 20, 2023
18120449 WATERCRAFT MANEUVERING SYSTEM, AND WATERCRAFT INCLUDING THE WATERCRAFT MANEUVERING SYSTEM LANGHORNE, NICHOLAS PATRICK 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Mar 13, 2023
18118164 SCOOTER TYPE ELECTRIC VEHICLE STRICKLER, SCOTT LAWRENCE 3612 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Mar 07, 2023
18116428 BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MANG, LAL C 2857 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Mar 02, 2023
18154790 END EFFECTOR CHIN, PAUL T 3654 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2023
18084600 DRIVE UNIT AND COVER OF DRIVE UNIT MEDANI, MOHAMED NMN 3611 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2022
18081746 VEHICLE KANDAS, NICHOLAS R 3613 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2022
18081749 VEHICLE CLEMMONS, STEVE M 3613 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Dec 15, 2022
18077252 STEERING MECHANISM FOR MARINE VESSEL, AND MARINE VESSEL BURGESS, MARC R 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 08, 2022
17994426 BOAT MANEUVERING SYSTEM AND BOAT WANG, MICHAEL H 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Nov 28, 2022
17905377 PARTS MOUNTING SYSTEM TUGBANG, ANTHONY D 2896 §103 Non-Final OA 87d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2022
17798135 VEHICLE AND MOBILE TERMINAL UTILIZED THEREFOR PARK, CHANMIN 3661 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Aug 08, 2022
17835264 POSITION LOCATING SYSTEM, MARINE VESSEL, AND TRAILER FOR MARINE VESSEL BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jun 08, 2022

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