Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
24 pending office actions • 12 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 56 patents granted in the last 365 days
SNAP-ON Incorporated has 25 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters span 21 distinct examiners and 13 distinct art units, reflecting broad examiner distribution across a more limited group of technology units.
SHAKERI, HADI is the busiest listed examiner, with 3 pending actions. The workload is meaningful for that examiner but does not encompass the full docket. Counsel may use art-unit patterns to coordinate related matters while preserving examiner-specific responses where needed.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (4%) |
| §103 only | 11 (46%) |
| §102 only | 3 (12%) |
| §112 only | 1 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (29%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAKERI, HADI | 3 | 62.2% | +36.8% |
| CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES | 2 | 58.0% | +41.8% |
| SCRUGGS, ROBERT J | 2 | 60.4% | +25.8% |
| FABER, DAVID | 1 | 50.8% | +36.9% |
| NGUYEN, HOAI AN D | 1 | 86.0% | +11.8% |
| GOKHALE, PRASAD V | 1 | 85.9% | +8.4% |
| ADAMS, GREGORY W | 1 | 75.2% | +23.8% |
| RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND | 1 | 58.7% | +59.3% |
| BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S | 1 | 62.6% | +29.0% |
| THOMAS, DAVID B | 1 | 76.9% | +21.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19017094 | VARIABLE OFFSET CRANKSHAFT | GOKHALE, PRASAD V | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18442272 | MULTI-PURPOSE CUTTING TOOL | ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R | 11d overdue |
| 15917086 | Handle Support Module | TECCO, ANDREW M | 9d overdue |
| 17985707 | MULTI-SPEED GEAR TRAIN FOR POWER TOOL | CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES | 8d |
| 19064514 | Electrical Testing Device with Probe Having Portions with Different Cross-Sectional Areas | NGUYEN, HOAI AN D | — |
| 18888749 | PISTOL-GRIP STYLE ELECTRIC AIR PUMP TOOLS | BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S | — |
| 18535207 | Multi-Position Pliers With Elongated Recesses | SHAKERI, HADI | — |
| 18165987 | Method and system for servicing a vehicle using a functional test | GASCA ALVA JR, MOISES | — |
| 17748801 | GAITER WITH COUPLING | SHAKERI, HADI | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18385626 | HAMMER BIT | CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES | 1d overdue |
| 17985707 | MULTI-SPEED GEAR TRAIN FOR POWER TOOL | CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES | 8d |
| 19433849 | Method and System for Displaying Routing Diagram with Highlighted Routable Components | FABER, DAVID | — |
| 19064514 | Electrical Testing Device with Probe Having Portions with Different Cross-Sectional Areas | NGUYEN, HOAI AN D | — |
| 19011532 | Trolley for mounting, dismounting, and transporting a tire, wheel, or tire-wheel assembly | ADAMS, GREGORY W | — |
| 18957635 | Tool Having Pawl Travel Control | RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND | — |
| 18888749 | PISTOL-GRIP STYLE ELECTRIC AIR PUMP TOOLS | BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S | — |
| 18883741 | SOCKET DRIVE IMPROVEMENT | THOMAS, DAVID B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 10 |
| 3731 | 3 |
| 2846 | 2 |
| 2172 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| 3653 | 1 |
| 3652 | 1 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| 1723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19433849 | Method and System for Displaying Routing Diagram with Highlighted Routable Components | FABER, DAVID | 2172 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2025 |
| 19064514 | Electrical Testing Device with Probe Having Portions with Different Cross-Sectional Areas | NGUYEN, HOAI AN D | 2858 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19017094 | VARIABLE OFFSET CRANKSHAFT | GOKHALE, PRASAD V | 3653 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19011532 | Trolley for mounting, dismounting, and transporting a tire, wheel, or tire-wheel assembly | ADAMS, GREGORY W | 3652 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18957635 | Tool Having Pawl Travel Control | RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND | 3723 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18888749 | PISTOL-GRIP STYLE ELECTRIC AIR PUMP TOOLS | BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S | 3746 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18883741 | SOCKET DRIVE IMPROVEMENT | THOMAS, DAVID B | 3723 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18789892 | CONTROLLING A BRUSHLESS MOTOR | AGARED, GABRIEL T | 2846 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18595050 | ORBITAL TOOLS | IGBOKWE, NICHOLAS E | 3731 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18442272 | MULTI-PURPOSE CUTTING TOOL | ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 11d overdue | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18433386 | Magnetic Bit Holder | SHAKERI, HADI | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 18427250 | PORTABLE AND MODULAR PRODUCTION ELECTROPLATING SYSTEM | CHUNG, HOSUNG CHARLES | 1794 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18535207 | Multi-Position Pliers With Elongated Recesses | SHAKERI, HADI | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
| 18385626 | HAMMER BIT | CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18127954 | POWER TOOL BATTERY WITH VENTS | WYROUGH, PAUL CHRISTIAN ST | 1723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2023 |
| 18191629 | Methods and Systems for Automatic Condition Analysis of Vehicle Tires | EDWARDS, ETHAN WESLEY | 2857 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2023 |
| 18124270 | SOFT-FACED DEAD BLOW HAMMER | SCRUGGS, ROBERT J | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2023 |
| 18165987 | Method and system for servicing a vehicle using a functional test | GASCA ALVA JR, MOISES | 3667 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2023 |
| 18096843 | DEAD BLOW HAMMER HEAD | SCRUGGS, ROBERT J | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2023 |
| 17985707 | MULTI-SPEED GEAR TRAIN FOR POWER TOOL | CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Nov 11, 2022 |
| 17748801 | GAITER WITH COUPLING | SHAKERI, HADI | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2022 |
| 17694218 | MOTOR TIMEOUT IN POWER TOOL | LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | 3731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2022 |
| 17694267 | CURRENT PULSE LIMITING PROTECTION | LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S | 2846 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Mar 14, 2022 |
| 15917086 | Handle Support Module | TECCO, ANDREW M | 3731 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Mar 09, 2018 |
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Start Free TrialSNAP-ON Incorporated has 24 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 12 art units and 20 examiners.
Hadi Shakeri has the most, with 3 of SNAP-ON Incorporated's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
