Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
53 pending office actions • 25 art units • 48 examiners • 0 of 53 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 146 patents granted in the last 365 days
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. manages a portfolio with 53 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 25 distinct art units, reflecting a range of technical focuses within the motor sector. The company interacts with 48 distinct examiners, which requires a strategy capable of addressing many different examination approaches. Michael Kenn Poticano Figueroa is the busiest examiner for the company, currently handling 3 pending office actions.
This indicates that the workload is decentralized, as the majority of the 48 examiners are managing only a single action. The presence of 25 distinct art units suggests that the portfolio covers many diverse technical sub-fields. Managing 48 distinct examiners for 53 pending actions highlights a complex prosecution environment. Michael Kenn Poticano Figueroa manages 3 of the active matters. The number of 53 pending office actions is higher than the 25 distinct art units involved.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 2 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (4%) |
| §103 only | 20 (38%) |
| §102 only | 2 (4%) |
| §112 only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 24 (45%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (2%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIGUEROA, MICHAEL KENN POTICANO | 3 | — | — |
| HOLWERDA, STEPHEN | 2 | 73.2% | +19.8% |
| FIX, THOMAS S | 2 | 72.1% | +16.3% |
| BURGESS, MARC R | 2 | 33.9% | +24.1% |
| UNDERWOOD, BAKARI | 1 | 68.1% | +17.9% |
| FERNANDEZ, PEDRO C | 1 | 76.4% | +16.8% |
| JOHNSON, KYLE T | 1 | 85.3% | +15.2% |
| SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M | 1 | 52.8% | +35.2% |
| HALL, HANA VICTORIA | 1 | 71.4% | +66.7% |
| LEE, BRANDON SUNG EUN | 1 | 72.0% | +26.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18137622 | WATERCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM, WATERCRAFT, AND POWER SYSTEM | FUREMAN, JARED | 11d overdue |
| 18383047 | OUTBOARD MOTOR AND BOAT PROPULSION DEVICE | VASUDEVA, AJAY | 8d overdue |
| 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 |
| 18792624 | WATERCRAFT | TRAN, SARAH ASHLEY | 70d |
| 19241120 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING STATE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND STATE RECOGNITION DEVICE | JOHNSON, KYLE T | — |
| 19188348 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF REMOTELY OPERATING WATERCRAFT | HALL, HANA VICTORIA | — |
| 19188352 | AUTOMATED WATERCRAFT OPERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD | LEE, BRANDON SUNG EUN | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18507385 | BOAT | HOLWERDA, STEPHEN | 35d overdue |
| 18077252 | STEERING MECHANISM FOR MARINE VESSEL, AND MARINE VESSEL | BURGESS, MARC R | 28d |
| 19274715 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING BEHAVIOR OF WATERCRAFT | UNDERWOOD, BAKARI | — |
| 19252887 | HEADLIGHT DEVICE AND LEANING VEHICLE | FERNANDEZ, PEDRO C | — |
| 19241120 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING STATE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND STATE RECOGNITION DEVICE | JOHNSON, KYLE T | — |
| 19196965 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WATERCRAFT | SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M | — |
| 19188348 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF REMOTELY OPERATING WATERCRAFT | HALL, HANA VICTORIA | — |
| 19188352 | AUTOMATED WATERCRAFT OPERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD | LEE, BRANDON SUNG EUN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3656 | 4 |
| 3615 | 4 |
| 3664 | 3 |
| 3665 | 3 |
| 3611 | 2 |
| 3618 | 2 |
| 2844 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| 2685 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19274715 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING BEHAVIOR OF WATERCRAFT | UNDERWOOD, BAKARI | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
| 19252887 | HEADLIGHT DEVICE AND LEANING VEHICLE | FERNANDEZ, PEDRO C | 2844 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19241120 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING STATE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND STATE RECOGNITION DEVICE | JOHNSON, KYLE T | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 19196965 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WATERCRAFT | SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19188348 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF REMOTELY OPERATING WATERCRAFT | HALL, HANA VICTORIA | 3664 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 19188352 | AUTOMATED WATERCRAFT OPERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD | LEE, BRANDON SUNG EUN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 19064815 | UNMANNED DELIVERY SYSTEM IN MARINE VESSEL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND MARINE VESSEL | KHALED, ABDALLA A | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19064816 | MARINE VESSEL STEERING CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD, AND MARINE VESSEL | TISSOT, ADAM D | 3663 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19046737 | AUTOMATICALLY NAVIGABLE VESSEL STEERING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VESSEL STEERING SYSTEM, AND MARINE VESSEL | HOLWERDA, STEPHEN | 3656 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 18689225 | ROBOT SYSTEM, ROBOT DEVICE, ROBOT CONTROLLER, END EFFECTOR AND END EFFECTOR CONTROL METHOD | EVANS, KARSTON G | 3657 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19039871 | WATER JET PROPULSION BOAT AND BOAT | FIGUEROA, MICHAEL KENN POTICANO | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19039868 | MARINE VESSEL SMART POLE FOR COMMUNICATING WITH MARINE VESSEL, MARINE VESSEL COMMUNICATION CONNECTION DEVICE, AND MARINE VESSEL COMMUNICATION CONNECTION SYSTEM | LIANG, HONGYE | 3664 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19018021 | WATERCRAFT SHARE-RIDE SYSTEM, A WATERCRAFT SHARE-RIDE METHOD, AND A COMPUTER FOR A WATERCRAFT | NGUYEN, CUONG H | 3664 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19016206 | BOAT CONTROL SYSTEM AND BOAT | VON VOLKENBURG, KEITH ALLEN | 3665 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18983580 | BOAT PROPULSION DEVICE, BOAT, AND MOVABLE BODY | FIX, THOMAS S | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18962913 | MOTOR AND MOTOR ASSEMBLY | GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18962253 | WATERCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM | COLLINS, TIMOTHY D | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18936664 | MARINE VESSEL AND MARINE ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM | FIGUEROA, MICHAEL KENN POTICANO | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18928659 | NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, NOTIFICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | TRIEU, VAN THANH | 2685 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18928639 | DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD FOR MANEUVERING FUNCTION DISPLAY IN MARINE VESSEL CAPABLE OF EXECUTING VARIOUS MANEUVERING FUNCTIONS AND MANEUVERING SYSTEM OF MARINE VESSEL | MULDER, DOMINICK ANTHONY CHIR | 3661 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18858584 | ROBOT DEVICE, AND PARAMETER ADJUSTING METHOD | HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM | 3658 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18913199 | STRADDLED VEHICLE | ARCE, MARLON ALEXANDER | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18913363 | STRADDLED VEHICLE | ZALESKAS, JOHN M | 3747 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18855543 | WAFER PROCESSING APPARATUS, SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP | DIAZ, THOMAS C | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18882879 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING FERRY, METHOD OF CONTROLLING FERRY, AND FERRY | CLARE, MARK C | 3628 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18794699 | STRADDLED VEHICLE | WILHELM, TIMOTHY | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18792649 | WATERCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM AND WATERCRAFT | POLAY, ANDREW | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18792624 | WATERCRAFT | TRAN, SARAH ASHLEY | 3656 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18763237 | MARINE PROPULSION SYSTEM AND MARINE VESSEL | CHANDRASIRI, UPUL PRIYADARSHAN | 3665 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18749595 | PLANING BOAT SAILING ASSISTING DEVICE | RIOS-AGUIRRE, IZCALLI ANDRE | 3666 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18653436 | OUTBOARD MOTOR | FIGUEROA, MICHAEL KENN POTICANO | 3615 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18633759 | OUTBOARD MOTOR AND BOAT | BURGESS, MARC R | 3615 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18622630 | BATTERY PACK AND VEHICLE | BISTANY-RIEBMAN, JOSHUA PAGE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18442423 | DRIVE UNIT AND ELECTRICALLY ASSISTED BICYCLE | WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B | 3611 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18411093 | WATERCRAFT MANEUVERING SYSTEM AND WATERCRAFT INCLUDING THE WATERCRAFT MANEUVERING SYSTEM | BRADY III, PATRICK MICHAEL | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18411078 | WATERCRAFT MANEUVERING SYSTEM AND WATERCRAFT INCLUDING THE WATERCRAFT MANEUVERING SYSTEM | TURNBAUGH, ASHLEIGH NICOLE | 3667 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18507385 | BOAT | HOLWERDA, STEPHEN | 3656 | §103 | Final Rejection | 35d overdue | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18498747 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR STRADDLED ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND STRADDLED ELECTRIC VEHICLE | JABR, FADEY S | 3668 | — | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18383047 | OUTBOARD MOTOR AND BOAT PROPULSION DEVICE | VASUDEVA, AJAY | 3615 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18554784 | COMPONENT SUPPLY DEVICE AND COMPONENT MOUNTING DEVICE | ABRAHAM, JOSE K | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2023 |
| 18554399 | COMPONENT WAREHOUSING SUPPORT APPARATUS, COMPONENT WAREHOUSING SUPPORT METHOD, COMPONENT WAREHOUSING SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | BURSUM, KIMBERLY SUZANNE | 3627 | §101 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
| 18468014 | ELECTRIC STRADDLED VEHICLE | CHOWDHURY, AL-BIRR RAHMAN | 3618 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18226288 | WATER JET PROPULSION BOAT AND METHOD OF MAINTAINING BOW-UP ATTITUDE OF WATER JET PROPULSION BOAT | HO, MATTHEW | 3600 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18253376 | ADSORPTION NOZZLE, COMPONENT TRANSFER APPARATUS, AND ATTITUDE CONTROL METHOD OF ADSORPTION NOZZLE | ANDERSON, JOSHUA D | 3729 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2023 |
| 18312315 | SUCTION TIP AND BIOLOGICAL SUBJECT TRANSFER DEVICE | YOH, JULIUS FRANCIS | 1799 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | May 04, 2023 |
| 18137622 | WATERCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM, WATERCRAFT, AND POWER SYSTEM | FUREMAN, JARED | 2859 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 11d overdue | Pending | Apr 21, 2023 |
| 18136955 | ON-BOARD SYSTEM | LEE, MATTHEW D | 3617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Apr 20, 2023 |
| 18116428 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | MANG, LAL C | 2857 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Mar 02, 2023 |
| 18108063 | OUTBOARD MOTOR CAPABLE OF BEING TILTED UP AND TRIMMED IN, AND MARINE VESSEL THEREWITH | FIX, THOMAS S | 3618 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2023 |
| 18088329 | STRADDLED VEHICLE | STABLEY, MICHAEL R | 3611 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2022 |
| 18077252 | STEERING MECHANISM FOR MARINE VESSEL, AND MARINE VESSEL | BURGESS, MARC R | 3615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Dec 08, 2022 |
| 17974571 | MARINE PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR DRIFT CONTROL AND MARINE VESSEL INCLUDING THE SAME | DANG, TRANG THANH | 3656 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 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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