Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

MAKITA Corporation

53 pending office actions • 14 art units • 43 examiners • 0 of 53 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 158 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

53
Total Pending OAs
33
Non-Final OAs
17
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (2)

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.

20
Hard (38%)
32
Medium (60%)
1
Easy (2%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only25 (47%)
§102 only7 (13%)
§112 only1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)20 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
8% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
6
Semiconductors
11% of docket
34
Mechanical / Eng
64% of docket
9
Business / Other
17% 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.

530 h
Manual time on pending OAs
106 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
186 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C 5 84.8% +11.0%
FORDJOUR, SARAH AKYAA 3 52.5% +28.0%
SHUTTY, DAVID G 2 68.6% +13.4%
SEIF, DARIUSH 2 69.9% +6.4%
FRY, PATRICK B 2 53.5% +7.7%
GERTH, KATIE L 2 75.2% +17.0%
WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M 1 71.6% +12.3%
RUSHING-TUCKER, CHINYERE J 1 74.4% +11.2%
DONG, LIANG 1 52.7% +32.6%
WOOD, DOUGLAS S 1 78.4% +11.4%

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
19419579 ELECTRIC TOOL CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C
19413011 DRIVING TOOL CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C
19352084 ELECTRIC POWER TOOL CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C

Hard Cases (20)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19024165 POWER TOOL AND IMPACT DRIVER SEIF, DARIUSH 49d overdue
18331628 REBAR TYING TOOL SULLIVAN, DEBRA M 28d overdue
18235112 POWER TOOL FRY, PATRICK B 11d overdue
18829892 BLADE FOR RECIPROCATING SAW AND RECIPROCATING SAW PAYER, HWEI-SIU C 42d
18281331 PORTABLE ABRADING MACHINE NEIBAUR, ROBERT F 83d
19404563 RECIPROCATING TOOL WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M
19379213 POWER TOOL HAVING A HAMMER MECHANISM CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C
19287972 STAPLE AND DRIVING TOOL SHUTTY, DAVID G

Interview Candidates (16)

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
17691442 CLEANING MACHINE FORDJOUR, SARAH AKYAA 147d overdue
18170814 DUST BOX AND BELT SANDER FORDJOUR, SARAH AKYAA 19d
19443183 IMPACT TOOL SHUTTY, DAVID G
19419579 ELECTRIC TOOL CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C
19413011 DRIVING TOOL CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C
19404563 RECIPROCATING TOOL WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M
19379213 POWER TOOL HAVING A HAMMER MECHANISM CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C
19352084 ELECTRIC POWER TOOL CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3731 16
3723 8
3724 5
2834 2
2846 2
3725 2
1729 2
3654 1
3665 1
1752 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19443183 IMPACT TOOL SHUTTY, DAVID G 3731 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2026
19419579 ELECTRIC TOOL CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C 3731 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2025
19413011 DRIVING TOOL CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C 3731 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 09, 2025
19404563 RECIPROCATING TOOL WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M 3731 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2025
19379213 POWER TOOL HAVING A HAMMER MECHANISM CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C 3731 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 04, 2025
19352084 ELECTRIC POWER TOOL CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C 3731 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 07, 2025
19306524 ELECTRIC WORK MACHINE RUSHING-TUCKER, CHINYERE J 3731 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 21, 2025
19287972 STAPLE AND DRIVING TOOL SHUTTY, DAVID G 3731 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 01, 2025
19091982 JOB-SITE TOOL SEIF, DARIUSH 3731 §103 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Mar 27, 2025
19088232 IMPACT TOOL AND IMPACT WRENCH FRY, PATRICK B 3731 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 24, 2025
19062275 SAW CHAIN DONG, LIANG §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 25, 2025
19024165 POWER TOOL AND IMPACT DRIVER SEIF, DARIUSH 3731 §102§103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2025
19020140 SNOW REMOVER AND ATTACHMENT WOOD, DOUGLAS S §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 14, 2025
19018059 WORKING MACHINE AND ATTACHMENT BUCK, MATTHEW R §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 13, 2025
18973454 VACUUM-ADHESION ATTACHMENT FOR POWER TOOL AND POWER-TOOL SYSTEM CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 09, 2024
18946449 TECHNIQUE FOR CONTROLLING MOTOR IN ELECTRIC WORK MACHINE LUO, DAVID S §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2024
18928528 ELECTRIC WORK MACHINE DESAI, NAISHADH N §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2024
18906606 GREASE DISCHARGE DEVICE AND GREASE LUBRICATION SYSTEM BUSE, MARK KENNETH 3654 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Oct 04, 2024
18901958 AUTONOMOUS MOVEMENT SYSTEM TESSEMA, BESUFEKAD LEMMA 3665 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 30, 2024
18884905 TUBE EXPANSION TOOL IBEKWE, DARLINGTON NDUKA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2024
18829892 BLADE FOR RECIPROCATING SAW AND RECIPROCATING SAW PAYER, HWEI-SIU C 3724 §103§112 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Sep 10, 2024
18815134 MOTOR FOR ELECTRIC POWER TOOLS REID JR, CHARLES H 2834 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 26, 2024
18809983 WORKING MACHINE FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Aug 20, 2024
18795568 DUST COLLECTING ATTACHMENT MULLER, BRYAN R §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 06, 2024
18794140 SANDER HAY, GRANT DAVID §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 2024
18765769 POWER TOOL HAVING A MANUALLY-MOVABLE SLEEVE FOR RETAINING A BIT GERTH, KATIE L 3723 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 08, 2024
18746588 ELECTRIC WORK MACHINE AND MOTOR CONTROL METHOD IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S 2846 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 18, 2024
18669767 DRIVING TOOL LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY 3731 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 21, 2024
18637892 ELECTRIC WORK MACHINE PAUL, ANTONY M 2846 §102 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2024
18603321 BATTERY-POWERED PORTABLE TOOL ALEJANDRO, RAYMOND 1752 §103Other Final Rejection 34d Pending Mar 13, 2024
18591016 WORKING MACHINE LE, THANH TAM T 2831 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 29, 2024
18591018 DRIVING TOOL MARTIN, VERONICA 3731 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 29, 2024
18582825 TABLE SAW CROSBY JR, RICHARD D 3724 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2024
18440069 REBAR TYING TOOL TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS 3725 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2024
18406313 DRIVING TOOL GERTH, KATIE L 3731 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 08, 2024
18541199 DRIVING TOOL FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER 3726 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2023
18526840 CUTTER MACHINE LEE, LAURA MICHELLE 3724 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Dec 01, 2023
18514474 DUST COLLECTING ATTACHMENT FOR BLOWER SAENZ, ALBERTO 3723 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 20, 2023
18368207 SANDER LARSON, JOHN MICHAEL 3723 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 14, 2023
18281331 PORTABLE ABRADING MACHINE NEIBAUR, ROBERT F 3723 §103§112 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Sep 11, 2023
18464502 BATTERY PACK AND ADAPTER KOROVINA, ANNA 1729 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2023
18461592 DUST COLLECTOR BUI, DUNG H 1773 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 06, 2023
18241691 TECHNIQUE FOR TIGHTENING FASTENERS WITH ELECTRIC POWER TOOL LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18235112 POWER TOOL FRY, PATRICK B 3731 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2023
18346418 NOZZLE AND CLEANER FORDJOUR, SARAH AKYAA 3723 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 03, 2023
18331628 REBAR TYING TOOL SULLIVAN, DEBRA M 3725 §103§112 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Jun 08, 2023
18170814 DUST BOX AND BELT SANDER FORDJOUR, SARAH AKYAA 3723 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Feb 17, 2023
18086080 BATTERY CHARGER SILVA, FRANK ALEXIS 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Dec 21, 2022
17975056 ELECTRIC WORK MACHINE STOUT, RILEY OWEN 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Oct 27, 2022
17907760 CLEANER HOLIZNA, CALEB ANDREW 3723 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2022
17794730 BATTERY APPARATUS BILLIET, AMANDA JUNE 1729 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2022
17856692 POWER TOOL AYALA, FERNANDO A 3724 §103Other Non-Final OA 82d Pending Jul 01, 2022
17691442 CLEANING MACHINE FORDJOUR, SARAH AKYAA 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2022

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