Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
19 pending office actions • 8 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days
Festool GmbH has 20 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The portfolio spans 17 distinct examiners and 8 distinct art units. This pattern indicates broad examiner distribution and recurring placement within a smaller set of technical units, so some examination practices may repeat across applications.
MACFARLANE, EVAN H is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The limited examiner concentration supports focused review of those matters without treating the examiner as representative of the entire portfolio. Counsel should coordinate recurring mechanical claim issues while preserving separate strategies for the different examiner assignments.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (11%) |
| §102 only | 2 (11%) |
| §112 only | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 14 (74%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACFARLANE, EVAN H | 2 | 50.7% | +42.3% |
| MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S | 2 | 54.3% | +21.7% |
| DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 2 | 64.0% | +48.7% |
| SEIF, DARIUSH | 1 | 70.7% | +6.1% |
| FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR | 1 | 74.1% | +14.2% |
| SMITH, JACOB A | 1 | 82.3% | +16.9% |
| CROSBY JR, RICHARD D | 1 | 69.3% | +15.0% |
| NGUYEN, PHONG H | 1 | 70.8% | +20.6% |
| ING, MATTHEW W | 1 | 64.7% | +8.4% |
| GITMAN, GABRIEL E | 1 | 76.2% | +20.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17652686 | METHOD AND FIXTURE FOR CUTTING A WORKPIECE | MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S | 45d overdue |
| 18284348 | SYSTEM HAVING A GUIDE RAIL AND A CARRYING DEVICE | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 5d |
| 19478382 | COLLECTION RECEPTACLE FOR WORKPIECE PARTICLES, HANDHELD POWER TOOL ASSEMBLY, PARTICLE COLLECTION ASSEMBLY, HANDHELD POWER TOOL SYSTEM, AND USE OF A GUIDE RAIL | SEIF, DARIUSH | — |
| 19236083 | SUCTION DEVICE AND HANDHELD POWER SAW MACHINE EQUIPPED THEREWITH | MACFARLANE, EVAN H | — |
| 19118388 | Workpiece stop arrangement for a circular saw | FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR | — |
| 18996722 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN EMERGENCY BRAKE UNIT FOR A MOTOR-DRIVEN TOOL, MONITORING UNIT, AND EMERGENCY BRAKE UNIT | SMITH, JACOB A | — |
| 18835306 | SAW DEVICE AND METHOD | NGUYEN, PHONG H | — |
| 18834447 | PORTABLE WORK TABLE, MACHINING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD | ING, MATTHEW W | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17652686 | METHOD AND FIXTURE FOR CUTTING A WORKPIECE | MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S | 45d overdue |
| 18284348 | SYSTEM HAVING A GUIDE RAIL AND A CARRYING DEVICE | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 5d |
| 18491371 | SAWING APPARATUS AND ELECTRICAL ROTARY FEEDTHROUGH FOR A TOOL, IN PARTICULAR FOR A SAWING APPARATUS | MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S | 29d |
| 19236083 | SUCTION DEVICE AND HANDHELD POWER SAW MACHINE EQUIPPED THEREWITH | MACFARLANE, EVAN H | — |
| 19118388 | Workpiece stop arrangement for a circular saw | FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR | — |
| 18996722 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN EMERGENCY BRAKE UNIT FOR A MOTOR-DRIVEN TOOL, MONITORING UNIT, AND EMERGENCY BRAKE UNIT | SMITH, JACOB A | — |
| 18835294 | ELECTRICAL TOOL AND METHOD | CROSBY JR, RICHARD D | — |
| 18835306 | SAW DEVICE AND METHOD | NGUYEN, PHONG H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 9 |
| 3785 | 3 |
| 3731 | 2 |
| 3637 | 1 |
| 1772 | 1 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| 2851 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19478382 | COLLECTION RECEPTACLE FOR WORKPIECE PARTICLES, HANDHELD POWER TOOL ASSEMBLY, PARTICLE COLLECTION ASSEMBLY, HANDHELD POWER TOOL SYSTEM, AND USE OF A GUIDE RAIL | SEIF, DARIUSH | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2025 |
| 19236083 | SUCTION DEVICE AND HANDHELD POWER SAW MACHINE EQUIPPED THEREWITH | MACFARLANE, EVAN H | 3724 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 19118388 | Workpiece stop arrangement for a circular saw | FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR | 3724 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 18996722 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN EMERGENCY BRAKE UNIT FOR A MOTOR-DRIVEN TOOL, MONITORING UNIT, AND EMERGENCY BRAKE UNIT | SMITH, JACOB A | 3731 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18835294 | ELECTRICAL TOOL AND METHOD | CROSBY JR, RICHARD D | 3724 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18835306 | SAW DEVICE AND METHOD | NGUYEN, PHONG H | 3724 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18834447 | PORTABLE WORK TABLE, MACHINING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD | ING, MATTHEW W | 3637 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18590340 | PORTABLE AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEM AND STACKING ARRANGEMENT | GITMAN, GABRIEL E | 1772 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18683207 | EXOSKELETON DEVICE AND METHOD | LEDERER, SARAH B | 3785 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18682823 | EXOSKELETON DEVICE AND METHOD | HOWELL, GWYNNETH LINNEA | 3785 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18682804 | EXOSKELETON APPARATUS AND METHOD | GONG, KRIS HANYU | 3785 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18682387 | EXOSKELETON AND PROCEDURE | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | 3774 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18491371 | SAWING APPARATUS AND ELECTRICAL ROTARY FEEDTHROUGH FOR A TOOL, IN PARTICULAR FOR A SAWING APPARATUS | MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S | 3724 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18284348 | SYSTEM HAVING A GUIDE RAIL AND A CARRYING DEVICE | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 3724 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18255294 | PORTABLE ENERGY STATION, STACKED ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PORTABLE ENERGY STATION | MCDANIEL, TYNESE V | 2859 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 18028413 | HOLDING DEVICE FOR ARRANGEMENT ON A BATTERY PACK OF A MACHINE TOOL | DOAN, NGHIA M | 2851 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2023 |
| 17919638 | PLUNGE SAWS WITH CUT INDICATORS AND METHODS OF OPERATING PLUNGE SAWS | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 3724 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2022 |
| 17866873 | ANGLE STOP | MACFARLANE, EVAN H | 3724 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2022 |
| 17652686 | METHOD AND FIXTURE FOR CUTTING A WORKPIECE | MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S | 3724 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Feb 26, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialFestool GmbH has 19 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 16 examiners.
Evan H Macfarlane has the most, with 2 of Festool GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
