Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.

55 pending office actions • 35 art units • 53 examiners • 0 of 55 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 146 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

55
Total Pending OAs
39
Non-Final OAs
16
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
3
Due this week
6
Due this month
2
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. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

3
Hard (5%)
49
Medium (89%)
3
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (5%)
§103 only42 (76%)
§102 only7 (13%)
§112 only3 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
2% of docket
4
Information Tech
7% of docket
3
Communications
5% of docket
5
Semiconductors
9% of docket
32
Mechanical / Eng
58% of docket
10
Business / Other
18% 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.

550 h
Manual time on pending OAs
110 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
192 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TURNBAUGH, ASHLEIGH NICOLE 2 50.0% +9.0%
BURGESS, MARC R 2 33.9% +20.8%
FERNANDEZ, PEDRO C 1 76.1% +17.0%
BEDEWI, RAMI NABIH 1 67.5% +30.0%
SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M 1 53.7% +36.8%
LEE, BRANDON SUNG EUN 1 68.4% +21.8%
KLEINMAN, LAIL A 1 69.5% +17.2%
HUBER, MELANIE GRACE 1 74.6% +19.6%
MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS 1 50.7% +52.4%
COLLINS, TIMOTHY D 1 51.2% +26.2%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19207607 SHIP MANEUVERING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR SHIP MANEUVERING SYSTEM, AND MARINE VESSEL BEDEWI, RAMI NABIH
18558710 COMPONENT MOUNTING SYSTEM KABIR, SAAD M
18208906 METHOD OF REWRITING PROGRAMS OF PLURALITY OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN WATERCRAFT SYSTEM AND WATERCRAFT SYSTEM TRAN, TRAVIS VIET

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
18967905 EMOTION ESTIMATION DEVICE MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS 17d overdue
18077252 STEERING MECHANISM FOR MARINE VESSEL, AND MARINE VESSEL BURGESS, MARC R 28d
18985274 TIME DISPLAY SYSTEM, DRIVING SYSTEM, ELECTRICALLY ASSISTED VEHICLE, BATTERY PACK, TIME DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM HUBER, MELANIE GRACE 35d
19252887 HEADLIGHT DEVICE AND LEANING VEHICLE FERNANDEZ, PEDRO C
19207607 SHIP MANEUVERING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR SHIP MANEUVERING SYSTEM, AND MARINE VESSEL BEDEWI, RAMI NABIH
19196965 SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WATERCRAFT SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M
19188352 AUTOMATED WATERCRAFT OPERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD LEE, BRANDON SUNG EUN
19087746 BATTERY CONTROL SYSTEM, BATTERY PACK, ELECTRIC VEHICLE, BATTERY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM INCLUDING COMPUTER PROGRAM KLEINMAN, LAIL A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3668 3
3611 3
3615 3
3656 2
3667 2
3666 2
3613 2
2844 1
3682 1
2685 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19252887 HEADLIGHT DEVICE AND LEANING VEHICLE FERNANDEZ, PEDRO C 2844 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 27, 2025
19207607 SHIP MANEUVERING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR SHIP MANEUVERING SYSTEM, AND MARINE VESSEL BEDEWI, RAMI NABIH §101 Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2025
19196965 SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WATERCRAFT SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 02, 2025
19188352 AUTOMATED WATERCRAFT OPERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD LEE, BRANDON SUNG EUN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 24, 2025
19087746 BATTERY CONTROL SYSTEM, BATTERY PACK, ELECTRIC VEHICLE, BATTERY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM INCLUDING COMPUTER PROGRAM KLEINMAN, LAIL A 3668 §103 Non-Final OA 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
18962253 WATERCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM COLLINS, TIMOTHY D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
18962913 MOTOR AND MOTOR ASSEMBLY GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
18928659 NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, NOTIFICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM TRIEU, VAN THANH 2685 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Oct 28, 2024
18913363 STRADDLED VEHICLE ZALESKAS, JOHN M 3747 §102 Final Rejection Pending Oct 11, 2024
18855543 WAFER PROCESSING APPARATUS, SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP DIAZ, THOMAS C §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 09, 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
18802680 PERSONAL WATERCRAFT OLSON, LARS A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 13, 2024
18798959 MARINE PROPULSION SYSTEM ENABLING MOVEMENT OF MARINE VESSEL IN LATERAL DIRECTION, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF TESSEMA, BESUFEKAD LEMMA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2024
18794699 STRADDLED VEHICLE WILHELM, TIMOTHY §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 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
18763237 MARINE PROPULSION SYSTEM AND MARINE VESSEL CHANDRASIRI, UPUL PRIYADARSHAN 3665 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 03, 2024
18738359 WATERCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM, AND WATERCRAFT STARCK, ERIC ANTHONY 3745 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2024
18637896 CONTENT GENERATION SYSTEM BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D 2171 §102 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2024
18692956 ROBOT JOYCE, WILLIAM C 3618 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Mar 18, 2024
18691523 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPONENT GRIPPING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPONENT GRIPPING METHOD CAMMARATA, MICHAEL ROBERT 2667 §102 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2024
18442423 DRIVE UNIT AND ELECTRICALLY ASSISTED BICYCLE WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B 3611 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 15, 2024
18438604 OUTBOARD MOTOR AND BOAT HAYES, JOVON E 3615 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 12, 2024
18395640 DRIVE SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE, ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE, CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE, AND PROGRAM STABLEY, MICHAEL R 3611 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 25, 2023
18539354 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR OUTBOARD MOTOR, MARINE VESSEL, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR PROPULSION DEVICE AVILA, STEPHEN P 2478 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 14, 2023
18534794 BOAT PROPULSOR, BOAT, AND PLATE GLOVER, SHANNA DANIELLE 3642 §102 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2023
18506277 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ISSUING WARNING, MARINE VESSEL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM TURNBAUGH, ASHLEIGH NICOLE 3667 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 10, 2023
18506237 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM TO PERFORM REGISTRATION WORK OF AN AREA ASSOCIATED WITH AN ATTRIBUTE TURNBAUGH, ASHLEIGH NICOLE 3667 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 10, 2023
18558710 COMPONENT MOUNTING SYSTEM KABIR, SAAD M 2119 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 02, 2023
18498747 CONTROL SYSTEM FOR STRADDLED ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND STRADDLED ELECTRIC VEHICLE JABR, FADEY S 3668 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 31, 2023
18554784 COMPONENT SUPPLY DEVICE AND COMPONENT MOUNTING DEVICE ABRAHAM, JOSE K §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2023
18550393 METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR GENERATING TRAINED MODEL FOR INSPECTING NUMBER OF OBJECTS MILLER, RONDE LEE 2663 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 13, 2023
18259220 CELL MOVING DEVICE MUTREJA, JYOTI NAGPAUL 1798 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jun 23, 2023
18208906 METHOD OF REWRITING PROGRAMS OF PLURALITY OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN WATERCRAFT SYSTEM AND WATERCRAFT SYSTEM TRAN, TRAVIS VIET 2191 §101 Final Rejection Pending Jun 13, 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
18246021 AUTOMATIC FEEDER ARRANGEMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM AND AUTOMATIC FEEDER ARRANGEMENT SUPPORT PROGRAM TUGBANG, ANTHONY D 2896 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 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
18112532 MARINE VESSEL MANEUVERING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM CHOI, JISUN 3666 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 22, 2023
18169884 USER INTERFACE ASSEMBLY OF VEHICLE, DRIVE SYSTEM OF VEHICLE, AND ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE MEDANI, MOHAMED NMN 3611 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2023
18154790 END EFFECTOR CHIN, PAUL T 3654 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2023
18081749 VEHICLE CLEMMONS, STEVE M 3613 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Dec 15, 2022
18081746 VEHICLE KANDAS, NICHOLAS R 3613 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2022
18079925 OUTBOARD MOTOR AND BOAT BURGESS, MARC R 3615 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 13, 2022
18077252 STEERING MECHANISM FOR MARINE VESSEL, AND MARINE VESSEL BURGESS, MARC R 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 08, 2022
17999171 BOARD MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, AUTONOMOUS MOBILE CART, AND BOARD MANUFACTURING METHOD KIM, PAUL D 3729 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 17, 2022
17974571 MARINE PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR DRIFT CONTROL AND MARINE VESSEL INCLUDING THE SAME DANG, TRANG THANH 3656 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 27, 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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