Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Jiangsu Dongcheng Tools Technology Co. Ltd.

8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 32 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

5
Hard (62%)
3
Medium (38%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (12%)
§103 only2 (25%)
§102 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
12% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
25% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
38% of docket
2
Business / Other
25% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KOTIS, JOSHUA G 2 74.2% +56.6%
ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S 1 87.9% +9.2%
COOK, CORTEZ M 1 84.4% +8.3%
DINH, THAI T 1 85.9% +0.1%
ANDREWS, MICHAEL 1 64.3% +24.6%
HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R 1 83.9% +7.9%
MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK 1 45.0% +29.7%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18837570 POWER TOOL SYSTEM AND DETECTION METHOD DINH, THAI T

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18303547 BATTERY PACK MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK 23d overdue
18398246 PUSH ROD MECHANISM AND LAWNMOWER HAVING THE SAME HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R 12d
18870380 HAND-HELD POWER TOOL KOTIS, JOSHUA G
18863085 POWER TOOL AND CONTROL METHOD ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S
18852786 TORQUE CONTROL METHOD AND TORQUE CONTROL DEVICE COOK, CORTEZ M

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18303547 BATTERY PACK MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK 23d overdue
18870332 HAND-HELD POWER TOOL KOTIS, JOSHUA G
18870380 HAND-HELD POWER TOOL KOTIS, JOSHUA G
18724639 MOTOR ANDREWS, MICHAEL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3731 2
2846 1
2834 1
3672 1
1752 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18870332 HAND-HELD POWER TOOL KOTIS, JOSHUA G 3731 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
18870380 HAND-HELD POWER TOOL KOTIS, JOSHUA G 3731 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
18863085 POWER TOOL AND CONTROL METHOD ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 05, 2024
18852786 TORQUE CONTROL METHOD AND TORQUE CONTROL DEVICE COOK, CORTEZ M §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2024
18837570 POWER TOOL SYSTEM AND DETECTION METHOD DINH, THAI T 2846 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2024
18724639 MOTOR ANDREWS, MICHAEL 2834 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jun 27, 2024
18398246 PUSH ROD MECHANISM AND LAWNMOWER HAVING THE SAME HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R 3672 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 12d Pending Dec 28, 2023
18303547 BATTERY PACK MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK 1752 §102§103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2023

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