Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Llinois Tool Works Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is being reviewed by a distinct examiner, CHOI, WILLIAM SOON, who is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. The prosecution is currently confined to 1 distinct art unit, indicating a focus for this pending matter. This centralized structure allows for a targeted approach to the company's current intellectual property goals.
With only the 1 pending office action and a distinct examiner, the company's current prosecution profile is streamlined. Practitioners can dedicate their efforts to understanding the specific preferences of CHOI, WILLIAM SOON and the standards of the distinct art unit. This focus ensures that the pending application is managed with a clear and consistent strategy. The current data shows that Llinois Tool Works Inc. is operating with a specific footprint in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | 1 | 74.4% | +11.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19168914 | AIR HOSE CONNECTOR | CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19168914 | AIR HOSE CONNECTOR | CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3679 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19168914 | AIR HOSE CONNECTOR | CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | 3679 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialLlinois Tool Works Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
William Soon Choi has the most, with 1 of Llinois Tool Works Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
