Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

MACDON INDUSTRIES LTD.

8 pending office actions • 3 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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
§103 only2 (25%)
§102 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (62%)

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
3
Mechanical / Eng
38% of docket
5
Business / Other
62% 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
DYER, ANDREW R 1 59.9% +38.9%
HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R 1 83.9% +7.9%
HARTMANN, ERIN MARIE 1 66.7% +31.2%
TRAN, JULIA C 1 62.4% +28.1%
PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC 1 85.3% +9.8%
MITCHELL, JOEL F 1 61.1% +16.2%
KRAFT, LOGAN M 1 70.6% +15.4%
MARTINEZ, JOSE ANTONIO 1 93.5% +8.3%

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
18992528 DRAPER TRACK HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R

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
18024791 DRAPER HEADER WITH TENSION DRAPER TRACK ASSEMBLY MARTINEZ, JOSE ANTONIO 37d overdue
19092768 PRECISION CULTIVATOR WITH VISION GUIDANCE DYER, ANDREW R
18873645 CONFIGURATION OF A ROW CROP CULTIVATOR ROW UNIT TRAN, JULIA C
18807889 INTEGRATED ROW GUIDANCE SYSTEM PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC
18807797 ZONE GROUND FORCE SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT MITCHELL, JOEL F

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18382118 ALIGNING A GRAIN CART TO ANOTHER VEHICLE KRAFT, LOGAN M 72d overdue
19092768 PRECISION CULTIVATOR WITH VISION GUIDANCE DYER, ANDREW R
18985430 SKID SHOE POSITION CONTROL LOGIC HARTMANN, ERIN MARIE
18873645 CONFIGURATION OF A ROW CROP CULTIVATOR ROW UNIT TRAN, JULIA C
18807797 ZONE GROUND FORCE SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT MITCHELL, JOEL F

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3662 1
3747 1
3671 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19092768 PRECISION CULTIVATOR WITH VISION GUIDANCE DYER, ANDREW R 3662 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2025
18992528 DRAPER TRACK HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2025
18985430 SKID SHOE POSITION CONTROL LOGIC HARTMANN, ERIN MARIE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2024
18873645 CONFIGURATION OF A ROW CROP CULTIVATOR ROW UNIT TRAN, JULIA C §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 10, 2024
18807889 INTEGRATED ROW GUIDANCE SYSTEM PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2024
18807797 ZONE GROUND FORCE SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT MITCHELL, JOEL F §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2024
18382118 ALIGNING A GRAIN CART TO ANOTHER VEHICLE KRAFT, LOGAN M 3747 §103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Oct 20, 2023
18024791 DRAPER HEADER WITH TENSION DRAPER TRACK ASSEMBLY MARTINEZ, JOSE ANTONIO 3671 §102§103 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2023

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