Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 8 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
D2L Corporation has 11 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters are distributed across 11 distinct examiners and 8 distinct art units, so the portfolio presents broad examiner exposure rather than concentration in one review channel.
SIMPSON, DIONE N is the busiest listed examiner, with 1 pending action. Because that examiner accounts for only part of the docket, prosecution planning should track individual examiner positions while also maintaining a consistent portfolio strategy across the 8 art units. The examiner and art-unit distribution may require separate response calendars and claim approaches for related mechanical or systems inventions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 5 (50%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (30%) |
| §103 only | 2 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIMPSON, DIONE N | 1 | 32.3% | +32.3% |
| LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE | 1 | 88.5% | +5.3% |
| TRAN, ANHTAI V | 1 | 79.3% | +15.9% |
| PRASAD, NANCY N | 1 | 21.3% | +18.2% |
| RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM | 1 | 26.1% | +23.4% |
| NOVAK, REBECCA R | 1 | 5.9% | +6.7% |
| HOLZMACHER, DERICK J | 1 | 44.4% | +28.6% |
| HULL, JAMES B | 1 | 45.4% | +52.4% |
| ZAMAN, SADARUZ | 1 | 46.0% | +33.5% |
| UTAMA, ROBERT J | 1 | 60.2% | +29.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18963625 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SOCIAL ELECTRONIC LEARNING | LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE | 15d overdue |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18103863 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING POTENTIAL CAREERS OR CAREER PATHS | NOVAK, REBECCA R | 78d overdue |
| 18910663 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COURSE ASSESSMENT IN A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | PRASAD, NANCY N | 67d overdue |
| 17325368 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING LEARNER ENGAGEMENT DURING A LEARNING EVENT | ZAMAN, SADARUZ | 50d overdue |
| 18821158 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CROWD SOURCING IN AN ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT | RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM | 3d overdue |
| 17665194 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING LEARNER'S ROLES AND PERFORMANCE AND FOR INTELLIGENTLY ADAPTING THE DELIVERY OF EDUCATION | HULL, JAMES B | 9d |
| 18989360 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COURSE ASSESSMENT IN A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | SIMPSON, DIONE N | 29d |
| 18103657 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING INDIVIDUALS FOR OPEN ROLES | HOLZMACHER, DERICK J | 83d |
| 16699034 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING ASSESSMENTS IN AN ELECTRONIC LEARNING SYSTEM | UTAMA, ROBERT J | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18910663 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COURSE ASSESSMENT IN A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | PRASAD, NANCY N | 67d overdue |
| 17325368 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING LEARNER ENGAGEMENT DURING A LEARNING EVENT | ZAMAN, SADARUZ | 50d overdue |
| 18912807 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN REPOSITORIES | TRAN, ANHTAI V | 28d overdue |
| 18821158 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CROWD SOURCING IN AN ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT | RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM | 3d overdue |
| 17665194 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING LEARNER'S ROLES AND PERFORMANCE AND FOR INTELLIGENTLY ADAPTING THE DELIVERY OF EDUCATION | HULL, JAMES B | 9d |
| 18989360 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COURSE ASSESSMENT IN A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | SIMPSON, DIONE N | 29d |
| 18103657 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING INDIVIDUALS FOR OPEN ROLES | HOLZMACHER, DERICK J | 83d |
| 16699034 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING ASSESSMENTS IN AN ELECTRONIC LEARNING SYSTEM | UTAMA, ROBERT J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 3 |
| 3628 | 1 |
| 2161 | 1 |
| 2168 | 1 |
| 3624 | 1 |
| 3626 | 1 |
| 3629 | 1 |
| 3625 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18989360 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COURSE ASSESSMENT IN A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | SIMPSON, DIONE N | 3628 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18963625 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SOCIAL ELECTRONIC LEARNING | LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE | 2161 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Nov 28, 2024 |
| 18912807 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN REPOSITORIES | TRAN, ANHTAI V | 2168 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d overdue | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18910663 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COURSE ASSESSMENT IN A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | PRASAD, NANCY N | 3624 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 67d overdue | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18821158 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CROWD SOURCING IN AN ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT | RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM | 3626 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18103863 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING POTENTIAL CAREERS OR CAREER PATHS | NOVAK, REBECCA R | 3629 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 78d overdue | Pending | Jan 31, 2023 |
| 18103657 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING INDIVIDUALS FOR OPEN ROLES | HOLZMACHER, DERICK J | 3625 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 83d | Pending | Jan 31, 2023 |
| 17665194 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING LEARNER'S ROLES AND PERFORMANCE AND FOR INTELLIGENTLY ADAPTING THE DELIVERY OF EDUCATION | HULL, JAMES B | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Feb 04, 2022 |
| 17325368 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING LEARNER ENGAGEMENT DURING A LEARNING EVENT | ZAMAN, SADARUZ | 3715 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 50d overdue | Pending | May 20, 2021 |
| 16699034 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING ASSESSMENTS IN AN ELECTRONIC LEARNING SYSTEM | UTAMA, ROBERT J | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2019 |
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Start Free TrialD2L Corporation has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 10 examiners.
Dione N Simpson has the most, with 1 of D2L Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
