Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Bcf LLP (Brp)

15 pending office actions • 2 clients • 15 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 64 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (3)

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%)
14
Medium (93%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (7%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only12 (80%)
§102 only2 (13%)
No statute on record1 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
7% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
7% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
87% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FREEDMAN, LAURA 1 87.1% +1.3%
O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES 1 79.4% +23.7%
SAETHER, FLEMMING 1 64.9% +28.4%
CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 1 59.1% +23.4%
LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW 1 56.6% +22.9%
FIN, MICHAEL RUTLAND 1 79.9% +14.5%
SHABARA, HOSAM 1 83.3% +17.8%
RIEGLER, PATRICK F 1 54.7% +33.7%
TRIEU, TIMOTHY K 1 62.1% +55.7%
WATKINS, NATHANIEL WILLIAM 1 78.8% +16.1%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18687136 ELECTRIC BICYCLE SHABARA, HOSAM 4d overdue
19259817 STEERING ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLES FREEDMAN, LAURA 75d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18687118 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION TO AN OPERATOR OF A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE RIEGLER, PATRICK F 35d overdue
18687136 ELECTRIC BICYCLE SHABARA, HOSAM 4d overdue
19027059 METHOD OF CONTROLLING A VEHICLE RELATIVE TO A BORDER WITHIN A GEOGRAPHIC REGION CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 7d
19171560 TRANSMISSION, TRANSAXLE WITH A TRANSMISSION AND POWERTRAIN FOR A VEHICLE O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES 8d
18540003 HELMET AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A HELMET TRIEU, TIMOTHY K 27d
18823045 VEHICLE DROP-DOWN STORAGE AREA LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW 34d
18494865 AIR INTAKE AND EXHAUST SYSTEMS FOR A SNOWMOBILE ENGINE WATKINS, NATHANIEL WILLIAM 42d
19037449 FASTENER ASSEMBLY SAETHER, FLEMMING 75d

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
BRP 14
Brp US Inc. 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36113
36142
36152
36751
36611
37341
28361
36181
21711
37321

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19259817 STEERING ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLES BOMBARDIER INC. FREEDMAN, LAURA 3614 §102 Final Rejection 75d Pending Jul 03, 2025
19171560 TRANSMISSION, TRANSAXLE WITH A TRANSMISSION AND POWERTRAIN FOR A VEHICLE Brp-Rotax GmbH & Co. Kg O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES 3614 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Apr 07, 2025
19037449 FASTENER ASSEMBLY BOMBARDIER INC. SAETHER, FLEMMING 3675 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Jan 27, 2025
19027059 METHOD OF CONTROLLING A VEHICLE RELATIVE TO A BORDER WITHIN A GEOGRAPHIC REGION BOMBARDIER INC. CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 3661 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jan 17, 2025
18823045 VEHICLE DROP-DOWN STORAGE AREA BOMBARDIER INC. LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW 3734 Other Non-Final OA 34d Pending Sep 03, 2024
18666185 Vehicle Power Bar BOMBARDIER INC. FIN, MICHAEL RUTLAND 2836 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 16, 2024
18687136 ELECTRIC BICYCLE Brp-Rotax GmbH & Co. Kg SHABARA, HOSAM 3618 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2024
18687118 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION TO AN OPERATOR OF A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE BOMBARDIER INC. RIEGLER, PATRICK F 2171 §103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2024
18540003 HELMET AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A HELMET BOMBARDIER INC. TRIEU, TIMOTHY K 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Dec 14, 2023
18494865 AIR INTAKE AND EXHAUST SYSTEMS FOR A SNOWMOBILE ENGINE BOMBARDIER INC. WATKINS, NATHANIEL WILLIAM 3617 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Oct 26, 2023
18362217 OUTBOARD ENGINE ASSEMBLY HAVING AN IDLE RELIEF SYSTEM Brp US Inc. BURGESS, MARC R 3615 §103 Final Rejection 61d Pending Jul 31, 2023
18362049 OVER-THE-DECK SUPPORT FRAME ASSEMBLY, BIMINI AND WATERCRAFT HAVING SAME Brp Marine US Inc. OLSON, LARS A 3615 §102 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2023
18187500 ENHANCED DRIVING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR SNOWMOBILES Brp Megatech Industries Inc. BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M 3611 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2023
17899793 METHOD FOR MOUNTING A TRACK ASSEMBLY TO A VEHICLE, AND SUSPENSION AND TRACK ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE BOMBARDIER INC. WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B 3611 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Aug 31, 2022
17801085 RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY FOR A STEERING ASSEMBLY BOMBARDIER INC. STANLEY, TYLER JAY 3611 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Aug 19, 2022

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