Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Clayton Supply Inc. has 1 pending office action located in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner working within a distinct art unit, reflecting a narrow scope of current regulatory engagement. This alignment suggests that the company's current legal efforts are focused on a specific technological niche within the broader transportation and mechanical sector. Such a focused approach allows for a very specific prosecution history to be established.
MUDD, HENRY HOOPER is identified as the busiest examiner with a busiest examiner pending action. Because the total portfolio contains only 1 pending office action, this examiner is currently managing the entirety of the company's active prosecution workload. The presence of a distinct examiner for the action ensures that the prosecution history for the company's current filings is consolidated under a single point of review at the office, which can simplify the communication process for the applicant.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUDD, HENRY HOOPER | 1 | 70.0% | +24.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18782773 | Door Threshold | MUDD, HENRY HOOPER | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18782773 | Door Threshold | MUDD, HENRY HOOPER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3642 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18782773 | Door Threshold | MUDD, HENRY HOOPER | 3642 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialClayton Supply Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Henry Hooper Mudd has the most, with 1 of Clayton Supply Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
