Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Iscar Ltd.

10 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (1)

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%)
8
Medium (80%)
2
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (70%)
§102 only1 (10%)
§112 only2 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RAMOS, NICOLE N 3 81.2% +10.2%
SALONE, BAYAN 2 76.0% +17.2%
RUFO, RYAN C 2 59.5% +41.1%
WILENSKY, MOSHE K 1 75.3% +15.6%
DEONAUTH, NIRVANA 1 69.4% +33.8%
TRAVERS, MATTHEW P 1 63.1% +44.1%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18460724 THREAD MILLING TOOL AND METHOD FOR MACHINING THREADS RAMOS, NICOLE N 3d overdue
18458206 MINIATURE INTERNAL BORING TOOL RAMOS, NICOLE N 35d
18458227 ROTARY CUTTING TOOL HAVING A CENTRAL COOLANT PASSAGE NON-CIRCULAR IN CROSS-SECTION RAMOS, NICOLE N 39d

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
18459208 TWO-WAY INDEXABLE V-SHAPED CUTTING INSERT AND TOOL HOLDER THEREOF WILENSKY, MOSHE K 44d overdue
18325732 TOOL HOLDER HAVING COUPLING HOLE AND LOCKING THROUGH BORE AND ROTARY CUTTING TOOL PROVIDED WITH TOOL HOLDER RUFO, RYAN C 24d overdue
18460724 THREAD MILLING TOOL AND METHOD FOR MACHINING THREADS RAMOS, NICOLE N 3d overdue
18442458 TOOL BODY HAVING CLAMPING JAW WITH RESILIENT CLAMPING PORTION AND CUTTING TOOL SALONE, BAYAN 13d
18589613 CUTTING TOOL AND INDEXABLE CUTTING INSERT HAVING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL CUTTING PORTIONS AND A CENTRAL MOUNTING PORTION SALONE, BAYAN 14d
18450235 HEAD REPLACEABLE CUTTING TOOL AND FASTENING PROJECTION PORTION THEREOF DEONAUTH, NIRVANA 33d
18044610 PARTING-BLADE CLAMP, PARTING-BLADE AND PARTING-BLADE HOLDER RUFO, RYAN C 34d
18458206 MINIATURE INTERNAL BORING TOOL RAMOS, NICOLE N 35d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3726 5
3722 5

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18589613 CUTTING TOOL AND INDEXABLE CUTTING INSERT HAVING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL CUTTING PORTIONS AND A CENTRAL MOUNTING PORTION SALONE, BAYAN 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Feb 28, 2024
18442458 TOOL BODY HAVING CLAMPING JAW WITH RESILIENT CLAMPING PORTION AND CUTTING TOOL SALONE, BAYAN 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Feb 15, 2024
18460724 THREAD MILLING TOOL AND METHOD FOR MACHINING THREADS RAMOS, NICOLE N 3722 §112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Sep 05, 2023
18459208 TWO-WAY INDEXABLE V-SHAPED CUTTING INSERT AND TOOL HOLDER THEREOF WILENSKY, MOSHE K 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2023
18458206 MINIATURE INTERNAL BORING TOOL RAMOS, NICOLE N 3722 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Aug 30, 2023
18458227 ROTARY CUTTING TOOL HAVING A CENTRAL COOLANT PASSAGE NON-CIRCULAR IN CROSS-SECTION RAMOS, NICOLE N 3722 §112 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Aug 30, 2023
18450235 HEAD REPLACEABLE CUTTING TOOL AND FASTENING PROJECTION PORTION THEREOF DEONAUTH, NIRVANA 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Aug 15, 2023
18347721 MILLING HEAD WITH THROUGH HOLE HAVING CENTERING AND DRIVE SURFACES AT TOOTH-RECEIVING LOBES, TOOL HOLDER AND ROTARY MILLING TOOL TRAVERS, MATTHEW P 3726 §103 Final Rejection 61d Pending Jul 06, 2023
18325732 TOOL HOLDER HAVING COUPLING HOLE AND LOCKING THROUGH BORE AND ROTARY CUTTING TOOL PROVIDED WITH TOOL HOLDER RUFO, RYAN C 3722 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending May 30, 2023
18044610 PARTING-BLADE CLAMP, PARTING-BLADE AND PARTING-BLADE HOLDER RUFO, RYAN C 3722 §102 Final Rejection 34d Pending Mar 09, 2023

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