Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Klein Tools Inc.

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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
1
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (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%)
4
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
2
Unknown (33%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (33%)
§102 only2 (33%)
No statute on record2 (33%)

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
6
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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HOEY, ALISSA L 1 44.4% +32.0%
GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO 1 60.8% +25.5%
MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD 1 69.7% +37.0%
MACFARLANE, EVAN H 1 50.1% +42.7%
SCRUGGS, ROBERT J 1 60.2% +25.7%
HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL 1 65.0% +45.2%

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19074885 SAFETY HELMET HOEY, ALISSA L 72d overdue
18501263 MULTI-NUT DRIVER WITH HEX DRIVE SCRUGGS, ROBERT J 26d overdue
18622636 Armored Cable Cutter MACFARLANE, EVAN H 6d
18216947 Devices and Methods For Preparing Electrical Wiring HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL 19d
18903588 WIRE DISPENSING STORAGE CONTAINER MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD 26d
18978885 TOOL STORAGE CASE AND SYSTEM GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO 40d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3723 2
3732 1
3735 1
3654 1
3724 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19074885 SAFETY HELMET HOEY, ALISSA L 3732 Other Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2025
18978885 TOOL STORAGE CASE AND SYSTEM GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO 3735 §102 Final Rejection 40d Pending Dec 12, 2024
18903588 WIRE DISPENSING STORAGE CONTAINER MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD 3654 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Oct 01, 2024
18622636 Armored Cable Cutter MACFARLANE, EVAN H 3724 §102 Final Rejection 6d Pending Mar 29, 2024
18501263 MULTI-NUT DRIVER WITH HEX DRIVE SCRUGGS, ROBERT J 3723 Other Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2023
18216947 Devices and Methods For Preparing Electrical Wiring HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL 3723 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Jun 30, 2023

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