Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Snap-On Incorporated

23 pending office actions • 14 art units • 22 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 46 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

23
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
0
Due this week
7
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (3)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
18
Medium (78%)
2
Easy (9%)
3
Unknown (13%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only17 (74%)
§102 only1 (4%)
§112 only2 (9%)
No statute on record3 (13%)

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
8
Semiconductors
35% of docket
15
Mechanical / Eng
65% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

230 h
Manual time on pending OAs
46 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
80 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES 2 56.1% +41.3%
ELLIS, SUEZU Y 1 76.4% +22.0%
PATHAK, PRAACHI M. 1 79.6% +22.9%
NGUYEN, TAN QUANG 1 90.5% +7.2%
JHA, ABDHESH K 1 80.2% +17.8%
GLASS, ERICK DAVID 1 89.4% +7.0%
ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R 1 55.5% +27.1%
KUJUNDZIC, DINO 1 73.4% +28.1%
BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES 1 68.2% +42.7%
RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND 1 59.0% +59.7%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18772975 METHOD OF BRAKING A POWER TOOL GLASS, ERICK DAVID 36d overdue
18929054 Method and system for test driving mobile machine JHA, ABDHESH K 28d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18442272 MULTI-PURPOSE CUTTING TOOL ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R 11d overdue
18419774 Method and system for configuring vehicle service tool with categorized descriptors KUJUNDZIC, DINO 3d overdue
18385626 HAMMER BIT CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES 1d overdue
17985707 MULTI-SPEED GEAR TRAIN FOR POWER TOOL CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES 8d
18206648 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDICATING TORQUE RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND 14d
19042153 IMPACT TOOL WITH TAPERED ANVIL WING DESIGN PATHAK, PRAACHI M. 21d
18929054 Method and system for test driving mobile machine JHA, ABDHESH K 28d
19096095 TOOL IDENTIFIER RECOGNITION AND SENSOR CALIBRATION IN A TOOL CONTROL SYSTEM ELLIS, SUEZU Y 33d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3723 6
3731 4
2846 2
2876 1
3661 1
3668 1
3658 1
3726 1
2844 1
2857 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19096095 TOOL IDENTIFIER RECOGNITION AND SENSOR CALIBRATION IN A TOOL CONTROL SYSTEM ELLIS, SUEZU Y 2876 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Mar 31, 2025
19042153 IMPACT TOOL WITH TAPERED ANVIL WING DESIGN PATHAK, PRAACHI M. 3731 §112 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jan 31, 2025
18944587 Methods and Systems for Providing a Vehicle Repair Tip NGUYEN, TAN QUANG 3661 Other Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Nov 12, 2024
18929054 Method and system for test driving mobile machine JHA, ABDHESH K 3668 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Oct 28, 2024
18772975 METHOD OF BRAKING A POWER TOOL GLASS, ERICK DAVID 2846 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jul 15, 2024
18442272 MULTI-PURPOSE CUTTING TOOL ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2024
18419774 Method and system for configuring vehicle service tool with categorized descriptors KUJUNDZIC, DINO 3658 §112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jan 23, 2024
18385626 HAMMER BIT CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2023
18380402 PRYBAR FOOT ATTACHMENT BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 68d Pending Oct 16, 2023
18206648 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDICATING TORQUE RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 07, 2023
18141809 Tool Handle SHAKERI, HADI 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 69d Pending May 01, 2023
18140272 CIRCUIT BOARD WITH SENSOR CONTROLLED LIGHTS AND END-TO-END CONNECTION LUONG, HENRY T 2844 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Apr 27, 2023
18127456 IMPACT WRENCH LOPEZ, MICHELLE 3731 §102 Non-Final OA 153d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2023
18160892 DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENT DALBO, MICHAEL J 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jan 27, 2023
18086535 WIRELESS CHARGING AND POWERING OF TOOLS WILLIAMS, ARUN C 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2022
17985707 MULTI-SPEED GEAR TRAIN FOR POWER TOOL CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Nov 11, 2022
17704587 WIRELESS TORQUE WRENCH WITH TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS MARINI, MATTHEW G 2853 §103 Final Rejection 61d Pending Mar 25, 2022
17694218 MOTOR TIMEOUT IN POWER TOOL LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY 3731 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 14, 2022
17694267 CURRENT PULSE LIMITING PROTECTION LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S 2846 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Mar 14, 2022
17158551 TOOL WITH SURFACES WITH A COMPRESSIVE SURFACE STRESS LAYER HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2021
17144777 DOUBLE OVERMOLDED DISPLAY HOUSING ASSEMBLY LAU, EDMOND C 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jan 08, 2021
16433754 SOCKET PUNCHES DAVIES, SAMUEL ALLEN 3724 Final Rejection Pending Jun 06, 2019
15917086 Handle Support Module TECCO, ANDREW M 3731 Other Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Mar 09, 2018

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