Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
12 pending office actions • 7 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mtd Products Inc. has 13 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The actions are assigned to 13 distinct examiners and 8 distinct art units. CHOI, TAEKWON NMN is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The examiner count matches the pending-action count, so no examiner has more than one listed matter in this profile.
The art-unit figure shows that several examination groups are involved even though each matter has a separate examiner. Counsel should therefore maintain a coordinated portfolio position while tailoring responses to the relevant art unit and record. The absence of examiner concentration supports a workflow based on consistent claim strategy, issue coding, and deadline control rather than a single-examiner response program.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (25%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (67%) |
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, TAEKWON NMN | 1 | 80.0% | +0.0% |
| HARCOURT, BRAD | 1 | 84.3% | +5.6% |
| HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R | 1 | 83.8% | +8.1% |
| CHOI, JISUN | 1 | 60.5% | +61.2% |
| RAILEY, JENNIFER A | 1 | 79.6% | +7.9% |
| RILEY, JONATHAN G | 1 | 52.2% | +30.1% |
| ALI, LABIBAH ILMA | 1 | 83.3% | +0.0% |
| TRAN, JULIA C | 1 | 62.4% | +32.0% |
| RUNCO, MADELINE IVY | 1 | 77.8% | +8.4% |
| WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE | 1 | 81.9% | +23.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18367557 | COMPACT FOLDING HANDLES AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY TURF MAINTENANCE TOOL | WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18370236 | HIGH EFFICIENCY MOW DECK AND MULTI-BLADE CUTTING SYSTEM FOR RIDE-ON MAINTENANCE APPARATUS | RUNCO, MADELINE IVY | 14d |
| 17700255 | BAGGING APPARATUS FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY LAWN MAINTENANCE TOOL | KAERCHER, ASHLEY ANGELINE | 34d |
| 19208955 | DUAL WHEEL ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE | CHOI, TAEKWON NMN | — |
| 19048266 | REARWARD SIDE DISCHARGE MOW DECK AND DECK INSERTS FOR BAGGING AND SIDE DISCHARGE | HARCOURT, BRAD | — |
| 19014517 | LAWN MAINTENANCE DEVICE WITH BLOWER ASSISTED BAGGING | HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R | — |
| 18737461 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRIVE-BY-WIRE IN OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT | ALI, LABIBAH ILMA | — |
| 18737109 | PROCESSING IMPLEMENT | TRAN, JULIA C | — |
| 18101797 | POWER EQUIPMENT MACHINE WITH FOOT PEDAL STEERING AND SPEED CONTROLS | ROCCA, JOSEPH M | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18737154 | HANDLING DEVICE | RILEY, JONATHAN G | 60d overdue |
| 18920455 | POWER EQUIPMENT DEVICE WITH OPERATOR-INITIATED AUTOMATED LIMITED TURNING APPARATUS | CHOI, JISUN | 9d overdue |
| 18737109 | PROCESSING IMPLEMENT | TRAN, JULIA C | — |
| 18367557 | COMPACT FOLDING HANDLES AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY TURF MAINTENANCE TOOL | WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3671 | 6 |
| 3615 | 1 |
| 3674 | 1 |
| 3672 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| 3676 | 1 |
| 3724 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19208955 | DUAL WHEEL ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE | CHOI, TAEKWON NMN | 3615 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2025 |
| 19048266 | REARWARD SIDE DISCHARGE MOW DECK AND DECK INSERTS FOR BAGGING AND SIDE DISCHARGE | HARCOURT, BRAD | 3674 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19014517 | LAWN MAINTENANCE DEVICE WITH BLOWER ASSISTED BAGGING | HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R | 3672 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18920455 | POWER EQUIPMENT DEVICE WITH OPERATOR-INITIATED AUTOMATED LIMITED TURNING APPARATUS | CHOI, JISUN | 3666 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18778521 | SHIFTABLE MOW DECK | RAILEY, JENNIFER A | 3676 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18737154 | HANDLING DEVICE | RILEY, JONATHAN G | 3724 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18737461 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRIVE-BY-WIRE IN OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT | ALI, LABIBAH ILMA | 3671 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18737109 | PROCESSING IMPLEMENT | TRAN, JULIA C | 3671 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18370236 | HIGH EFFICIENCY MOW DECK AND MULTI-BLADE CUTTING SYSTEM FOR RIDE-ON MAINTENANCE APPARATUS | RUNCO, MADELINE IVY | 3671 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18367557 | COMPACT FOLDING HANDLES AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY TURF MAINTENANCE TOOL | WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE | 3671 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2023 |
| 18101797 | POWER EQUIPMENT MACHINE WITH FOOT PEDAL STEERING AND SPEED CONTROLS | ROCCA, JOSEPH M | 3671 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2023 |
| 17700255 | BAGGING APPARATUS FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY LAWN MAINTENANCE TOOL | KAERCHER, ASHLEY ANGELINE | 3671 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Mar 21, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialMtd Products Inc. has 12 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 12 examiners.
Taekwon Nmn Choi has the most, with 1 of Mtd Products Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
