Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
D G N S R L currently has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners but are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. WILLIAM L MILLER is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending office action. The concentration in this art unit suggests a consistent technical focus despite the involvement of different examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER, WILLIAM L | 1 | 79.0% | +14.9% |
| MORGAN, EMILY M | 1 | 35.7% | +33.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18997381 | ADJUSTABLE BASE FOR MOUNTING HINGES WITH DOUBLE ARTICULATED QUADRILATERAL, FOR DOOR LEAVES OF FURNITURE | MILLER, WILLIAM L | 84d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18289931 | ADJUSTABLE DAMPED SNAP-ACTING HINGE | MORGAN, EMILY M | 22d |
| 18997381 | ADJUSTABLE BASE FOR MOUNTING HINGES WITH DOUBLE ARTICULATED QUADRILATERAL, FOR DOOR LEAVES OF FURNITURE | MILLER, WILLIAM L | 84d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3677 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18997381 | ADJUSTABLE BASE FOR MOUNTING HINGES WITH DOUBLE ARTICULATED QUADRILATERAL, FOR DOOR LEAVES OF FURNITURE | MILLER, WILLIAM L | 3677 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 84d | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18289931 | ADJUSTABLE DAMPED SNAP-ACTING HINGE | MORGAN, EMILY M | 3677 | §112 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialD G N S R L has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
William L Miller has the most, with 1 of D G N S R L's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
