Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Dority & Manning, P.A. And Milwaukee Electric Tool

19 pending office actions • 1 client • 16 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
2
Due this week
9
Due this month
3
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. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (9)Due ≤ 60 days (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%)
19
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only19 (100%)

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
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
18
Mechanical / Eng
95% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 3 63.8% +48.4%
LEE, LAURA MICHELLE 2 54.8% +30.9%
WIEHE, NATHANIEL EDWARD 1 51.5% +32.8%
DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER 1 84.5% +22.8%
AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY 1 79.7% +17.6%
FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR 1 73.7% +14.5%
PARK, KYLE S 1 66.0% +33.2%
AMAYA, CARLOS DAVID 1 83.9% +13.5%
MACFARLANE, EVAN H 1 50.1% +42.7%
DONG, LIANG 1 52.3% +32.1%

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
18402247 BACKPACK BLOWER AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME AMAYA, CARLOS DAVID 4d overdue
19042862 BLOWER DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER 6d

Interview Candidates (13)

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
18235145 CHAINSAWS HAVING CHAIN TENSIONING BIASING ELEMENTS DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 19d overdue
18402247 BACKPACK BLOWER AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME AMAYA, CARLOS DAVID 4d overdue
19042862 BLOWER DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER 6d
18514496 LUBRICATION SYSTEM FOR OUTDOOR TOOL DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 7d
19208195 BLOWER WITH VIBRATION ISOLATION FEATURES WIEHE, NATHANIEL EDWARD 12d
18503533 HEDGE TRIMMERS HAVING ROTATABLE HANDLES MACFARLANE, EVAN H 12d
18681200 INTERCHANGEABLE TOOL ATTACHMENT AND SYSTEM DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 15d
18324539 TRIMMERS AND AUTO ADVANCING TRIMMER LINES LEE, LAURA MICHELLE 19d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Techtronic Industries 19

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
372413
37452
37461
36661
28361
37231

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19208195 BLOWER WITH VIBRATION ISOLATION FEATURES Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation WIEHE, NATHANIEL EDWARD 3745 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending May 14, 2025
19042862 BLOWER Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER 3745 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jan 31, 2025
18904246 BLOWERS Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Oct 02, 2024
18794251 RECIPROCATING SCISSORS Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Aug 05, 2024
18681200 INTERCHANGEABLE TOOL ATTACHMENT AND SYSTEM Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Feb 05, 2024
18293597 DRIVE SYSTEM HOPPING DETECTION AND CONTROL Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation PARK, KYLE S 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jan 30, 2024
18402247 BACKPACK BLOWER AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation AMAYA, CARLOS DAVID 2836 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jan 02, 2024
18514496 LUBRICATION SYSTEM FOR OUTDOOR TOOL Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Nov 20, 2023
18503533 HEDGE TRIMMERS HAVING ROTATABLE HANDLES Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation MACFARLANE, EVAN H 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Nov 07, 2023
18469902 GARDEN TOOL AND PARALLEL POSITION SENSING SYSTEM Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation DONG, LIANG 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Sep 19, 2023
18235145 CHAINSAWS HAVING CHAIN TENSIONING BIASING ELEMENTS Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 3724 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2023
18219810 WORKING TOOL WITH ARTICULATING HEAD Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation SCRUGGS, ROBERT J 3723 §103 Final Rejection 43d Pending Jul 10, 2023
18341054 POWER TOOL HAVING A LEVEL Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation ALIE, GHASSEM 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Jun 26, 2023
18324539 TRIMMERS AND AUTO ADVANCING TRIMMER LINES Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation LEE, LAURA MICHELLE 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending May 26, 2023
18141730 CHAINSAW SHARPENING FEATURES AND DEVICES Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation LEE, LAURA MICHELLE 3724 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending May 01, 2023
18141930 HANDHELD BATTERY POWERED CHAINSAW Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation PAYER, HWEI-SIU C 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending May 01, 2023
18095852 SAW SYSTEMS HAVING INTERCHANGEABLE SAW CARTRIDGES Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation PRONE, JASON D 3724 §103 Final Rejection 85d overdue Pending Jan 11, 2023
17855217 STRING TRIMMER ASSEMBLY AND TRIMMER HEAD FOR USE WITH SAME Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation CORNETT, ROBERT D 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jun 30, 2022
17809527 HEDGE TRIMMER Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation AYALA, FERNANDO A 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2022

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