Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

D2L Corporation

11 pending office actions • 9 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due later (1)

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.

1
Hard (9%)
10
Medium (91%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (9%)
§103 only9 (82%)
§102 only1 (9%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
18% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
82% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SIMPSON, DIONE N 1 33.1% +34.4%
LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE 1 88.4% +5.4%
TRAN, ANHTAI V 1 79.1% +16.1%
PRASAD, NANCY N 1 21.5% +18.2%
RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM 1 26.2% +22.8%
SPAR, ILANA L 1 45.3% +28.4%
HU, KANG 1 34.5% +36.1%
NOVAK, REBECCA R 1 6.3% +7.4%
HOLZMACHER, DERICK J 1 44.6% +28.8%
HULL, JAMES B 1 44.8% +52.7%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18963625 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SOCIAL ELECTRONIC LEARNING LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE 15d overdue

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue 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
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

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18821232 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COURSE REGISTRATION IN A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SPAR, ILANA L 79d overdue
18910663 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COURSE ASSESSMENT IN A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PRASAD, NANCY N 67d overdue
18620304 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUESTION/ANSWER GENERATION IN A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HU, KANG 52d 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

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3715 3
3628 1
2161 1
2168 1
3624 1
3626 1
3622 1
3629 1
3625 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18989360 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COURSE ASSESSMENT IN A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SIMPSON, DIONE N 3628 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Dec 20, 2024
18963625 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SOCIAL ELECTRONIC LEARNING LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE 2161 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2024
18912807 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN REPOSITORIES TRAN, ANHTAI V 2168 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2024
18910663 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COURSE ASSESSMENT IN A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PRASAD, NANCY N 3624 §103 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2024
18821158 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CROWD SOURCING IN AN ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM 3626 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2024
18821232 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COURSE REGISTRATION IN A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SPAR, ILANA L 3622 §103 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2024
18620304 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUESTION/ANSWER GENERATION IN A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HU, KANG 3715 §102 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18103863 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING POTENTIAL CAREERS OR CAREER PATHS NOVAK, REBECCA R 3629 §103 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2023
18103657 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING INDIVIDUALS FOR OPEN ROLES HOLZMACHER, DERICK J 3625 §103 Final Rejection 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 Final Rejection 9d Pending Feb 04, 2022
17325368 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING LEARNER ENGAGEMENT DURING A LEARNING EVENT ZAMAN, SADARUZ 3715 §103 Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending May 20, 2021

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