Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Mtd Products Inc.

9 pending office actions • 4 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 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.

6
Hard (67%)
3
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (11%)
§103 only3 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (56%)

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
67% of docket
3
Business / Other
33% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RUNCO, MADELINE IVY 2 77.0% +8.2%
EL SAYAH, MOHAMAD O 1 75.4% +3.1%
SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 1 32.7% +21.3%
CHOI, JISUN 1 68.6% +61.7%
WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE 1 84.1% +20.4%
RAILEY, JENNIFER A 1 79.3% +8.5%
PATEL, ROHAN OM 1 100.0% +0.0%
ROCCA, JOSEPH M 1 78.1% +23.0%

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
18816704 GROUND FOLLOWING TRIMMER WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18373712 MOW DECK AND BAGGING SYSTEM FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY WALK-BEHIND MOWING APPARATUS PATEL, ROHAN OM 4d overdue
18370236 HIGH EFFICIENCY MOW DECK AND MULTI-BLADE CUTTING SYSTEM FOR RIDE-ON MAINTENANCE APPARATUS RUNCO, MADELINE IVY 14d
19271136 DIFFERENTIAL TRACTION DRIVE AND STEERING AXIS COORDINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD EL SAYAH, MOHAMAD O
19010398 FORCE FEEDBACK AND RETURN TO CENTER FOR DRIVE-BY-WIRE STEERING SYSTEM SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS
18985422 SIDE DISCHARGE CHUTE APPARATUS FOR A POWER EQUIPMENT MACHINE RUNCO, MADELINE IVY
18101797 POWER EQUIPMENT MACHINE WITH FOOT PEDAL STEERING AND SPEED CONTROLS ROCCA, JOSEPH M

Interview Candidates (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18920455 POWER EQUIPMENT DEVICE WITH OPERATOR-INITIATED AUTOMATED LIMITED TURNING APPARATUS CHOI, JISUN 9d overdue
19010398 FORCE FEEDBACK AND RETURN TO CENTER FOR DRIVE-BY-WIRE STEERING SYSTEM SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS
18816704 GROUND FOLLOWING TRIMMER WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE
18101797 POWER EQUIPMENT MACHINE WITH FOOT PEDAL STEERING AND SPEED CONTROLS ROCCA, JOSEPH M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3671 3
3658 1
3663 1
3666 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19271136 DIFFERENTIAL TRACTION DRIVE AND STEERING AXIS COORDINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD EL SAYAH, MOHAMAD O 3658 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 16, 2025
19010398 FORCE FEEDBACK AND RETURN TO CENTER FOR DRIVE-BY-WIRE STEERING SYSTEM SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 3663 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 06, 2025
18985422 SIDE DISCHARGE CHUTE APPARATUS FOR A POWER EQUIPMENT MACHINE RUNCO, MADELINE IVY §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2024
18920455 POWER EQUIPMENT DEVICE WITH OPERATOR-INITIATED AUTOMATED LIMITED TURNING APPARATUS CHOI, JISUN 3666 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2024
18816704 GROUND FOLLOWING TRIMMER WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 27, 2024
18778521 SHIFTABLE MOW DECK RAILEY, JENNIFER A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2024
18373712 MOW DECK AND BAGGING SYSTEM FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY WALK-BEHIND MOWING APPARATUS PATEL, ROHAN OM 3671 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2023
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
18101797 POWER EQUIPMENT MACHINE WITH FOOT PEDAL STEERING AND SPEED CONTROLS ROCCA, JOSEPH M 3671 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 26, 2023

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