Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Derrick Corporation has 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This means that every one of the 3 pending office actions is being reviewed by a different individual.
The busiest examiner is MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD, who is handling 1 of the 3 pending office actions. Since there are 3 distinct examiners for 3 actions, each examiner is managing exactly 1 case. This distribution requires the company to manage 3 separate examiner relationships for its current active filings. Practitioners should be prepared for 3 unique prosecution styles across the 3 pending office actions.
The 3 pending office actions are spread across 2 distinct art units within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. This variety suggests that the applications cover different technical sub-fields. Practitioners should anticipate that the 3 distinct examiners will each bring a unique perspective to the 3 pending office actions across these 2 art units. MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD, as the busiest examiner with 1 action, represents the even spread of the current workload. Navigating 2 distinct art units requires a flexible approach to meet the standards of different technical divisions within Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (25%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (25%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVINE, MOLLY K | 1 | 67.1% | +32.0% |
| MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | 1 | 84.1% | +11.2% |
| ROYCE, LIAM A | 1 | 65.5% | +21.9% |
| RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 1 | 78.4% | +15.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18925626 | STATIC SCREENING SYSTEM AND METHODS | MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18138894 | METHOD AND APPARATUSES FOR SCREENING | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 51d overdue |
| 18426697 | SMART SOLIDS CONTROL SYSTEM | ROYCE, LIAM A | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18138894 | METHOD AND APPARATUSES FOR SCREENING | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 51d overdue |
| 19112508 | COMPRESSION APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCREENING MATERIALS | DEVINE, MOLLY K | — |
| 18925626 | STATIC SCREENING SYSTEM AND METHODS | MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | — |
| 18426697 | SMART SOLIDS CONTROL SYSTEM | ROYCE, LIAM A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3653 | 2 |
| 3655 | 1 |
| 1777 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19112508 | COMPRESSION APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCREENING MATERIALS | DEVINE, MOLLY K | 3655 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 18925626 | STATIC SCREENING SYSTEM AND METHODS | MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | 3653 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18426697 | SMART SOLIDS CONTROL SYSTEM | ROYCE, LIAM A | 1777 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18138894 | METHOD AND APPARATUSES FOR SCREENING | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 3653 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 51d overdue | Pending | Apr 25, 2023 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialDerrick Corporation has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Molly K Devine has the most, with 1 of Derrick Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
