Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Clarkwestern Dietrich Building Systems LLC is currently managing 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution indicates that the company's mechanical innovations are being reviewed by different specialized groups within the patent office.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is HERRING, BRENT W, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, each examiner is handling exactly 1 matter. This prevents any single examiner's tendencies from dominating the company's overall prosecution outcomes across the 2 distinct art units.
The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the technical subject matter spans different classifications. With 2 pending office actions, the portfolio requires attention to the specific standards of each unit. Practitioners should coordinate their responses to ensure consistency across the 2 distinct examiners while addressing the unique requirements of each of the 2 distinct art units.
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 | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HERRING, BRENT W | 1 | 69.0% | +16.5% |
| HIJAZ, OMAR F | 1 | 55.5% | +35.4% |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18910355 | CONSTRUCTION FRAMING SYSTEM INCLUDING A LAYOUT TRACK | HERRING, BRENT W | — |
| 18679857 | Control Joint and Related Accessories | HIJAZ, OMAR F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3633 | 1 |
| 3635 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18910355 | CONSTRUCTION FRAMING SYSTEM INCLUDING A LAYOUT TRACK | HERRING, BRENT W | 3633 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18679857 | Control Joint and Related Accessories | HIJAZ, OMAR F | 3635 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialClarkwestern Dietrich Building Systems LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Brent W Herring has the most, with 1 of Clarkwestern Dietrich Building Systems LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
