Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Festool GmbH

17 pending office actions • 6 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

9
Hard (53%)
8
Medium (47%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (35%)
§102 only2 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (53%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
6% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
65% of docket
4
Business / Other
24% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 2 63.7% +49.2%
LEE, LAURA MICHELLE 2 54.9% +30.9%
CROSBY JR, RICHARD D 1 68.7% +15.0%
WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J 1 46.1% +46.5%
SINHA, TARUN 1 76.8% +17.7%
GITMAN, GABRIEL E 1 76.2% +20.3%
LEDERER, SARAH B 1 56.0% +38.8%
HOWELL, GWYNNETH LINNEA 1 42.0% +80.7%
GONG, KRIS HANYU 1 26.5% +56.6%
BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN 1 58.0% +60.0%

Hard Cases (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18162284 SAW DEVICE, STACK ARRANGEMENT, COVER ARRANGEMENT, TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD LEE, LAURA MICHELLE 25d overdue
17908563 SANDING PAD HAVING A SEALING ELEMENT AND A RIB STRUCTURE, AND SANDING MACHINE SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY 14d
18310785 Clamping device for a circular saw LEE, LAURA MICHELLE 29d
18835309 TRANSPORT BOX, STACK ARRANGEMENT, TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENT, MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J
18724659 HANDHELD POWER TOOLS WITH KICKBACK DETECTION AND METHODS OF DETECTING A KICKBACK CONDITION OF A HANDHELD POWER TOOL SINHA, TARUN
18683207 EXOSKELETON DEVICE AND METHOD LEDERER, SARAH B
18682804 EXOSKELETON APPARATUS AND METHOD GONG, KRIS HANYU
18682387 EXOSKELETON AND PROCEDURE BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18162284 SAW DEVICE, STACK ARRANGEMENT, COVER ARRANGEMENT, TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD LEE, LAURA MICHELLE 25d overdue
18284348 SYSTEM HAVING A GUIDE RAIL AND A CARRYING DEVICE DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 5d
18310785 Clamping device for a circular saw LEE, LAURA MICHELLE 29d
18835300 SAW DEVICE AND METHOD CROSBY JR, RICHARD D
18835309 TRANSPORT BOX, STACK ARRANGEMENT, TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENT, MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J
18724659 HANDHELD POWER TOOLS WITH KICKBACK DETECTION AND METHODS OF DETECTING A KICKBACK CONDITION OF A HANDHELD POWER TOOL SINHA, TARUN
18590340 PORTABLE AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEM AND STACKING ARRANGEMENT GITMAN, GABRIEL E
18683207 EXOSKELETON DEVICE AND METHOD LEDERER, SARAH B

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3724 8
3734 1
1772 1
3774 1
2851 1
3723 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18835300 SAW DEVICE AND METHOD CROSBY JR, RICHARD D 3724 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2024
18835309 TRANSPORT BOX, STACK ARRANGEMENT, TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENT, MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J 3734 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2024
18724659 HANDHELD POWER TOOLS WITH KICKBACK DETECTION AND METHODS OF DETECTING A KICKBACK CONDITION OF A HANDHELD POWER TOOL SINHA, TARUN §102§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 27, 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 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 12, 2024
18682823 EXOSKELETON DEVICE AND METHOD HOWELL, GWYNNETH LINNEA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 09, 2024
18682804 EXOSKELETON APPARATUS AND METHOD GONG, KRIS HANYU §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
18284348 SYSTEM HAVING A GUIDE RAIL AND A CARRYING DEVICE DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 3724 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Sep 27, 2023
18359984 POWER TOOLS WITH SENSOR ARRAYS AND METHODS OF OPERATING POWER TOOLS MACFARLANE, EVAN H 3724 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 2023
18310785 Clamping device for a circular saw LEE, LAURA MICHELLE 3724 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending May 02, 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
18162284 SAW DEVICE, STACK ARRANGEMENT, COVER ARRANGEMENT, TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD LEE, LAURA MICHELLE 3724 §103§112 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2023
18001534 POWER TOOLS AND METHODS OF OPERATING POWER TOOLS DAVIES, SAMUEL ALLEN 3724 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 12, 2022
17919618 HANDHELD CIRCULAR SAWS WITH IMPROVED CUTTING CAPABILITIES RILEY, JONATHAN G 3724 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2022
17919638 PLUNGE SAWS WITH CUT INDICATORS AND METHODS OF OPERATING PLUNGE SAWS DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 3724 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 18, 2022
17908563 SANDING PAD HAVING A SEALING ELEMENT AND A RIB STRUCTURE, AND SANDING MACHINE SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY 3723 §102§103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Sep 01, 2022

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