Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dormakaba Deutschland GmbH manages 9 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 5 distinct art units. The prosecution involves 9 distinct examiners, meaning each pending case is being handled by a different person.
AUBREY, BETH A is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 pending office action currently assigned. This distribution of 1 pending office action per examiner across the 9 distinct examiners indicates a lack of examiner concentration. The 5 distinct art units suggest that the 9 pending office actions are grouped into several technical categories.
The 9 pending office actions require coordination across 9 distinct examiners to ensure consistency. With 5 distinct art units involved, the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems filings are subject to various departmental standards. Practitioners must manage 9 separate examiner relationships to address the 9 pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 + other | 1 (12%) |
| §103 only | 4 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUBREY, BETH A | 1 | 80.7% | +16.8% |
| REID JR, CHARLES H | 1 | 69.4% | +23.9% |
| TRUONG, THOMAS | 1 | 73.5% | +15.8% |
| STRIMBU, GREGORY J | 1 | 56.5% | +80.5% |
| BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | 1 | 65.6% | +14.9% |
| TAN, ALVIN H | 1 | 56.9% | +18.6% |
| MENEZES, MARCUS | 1 | 70.7% | +50.8% |
| LIANG, LEONARD S | 1 | 62.3% | +4.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18993284 | REVOLVING DOOR | AUBREY, BETH A | — |
| 18345457 | REVOLVING DOOR AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A REVOLVING DOOR | BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | — |
| 18300058 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DOOR SYSTEM | TAN, ALVIN H | — |
| 17839926 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND/OR VERIFYING A STATUS OF A DOOR SYSTEM, METHOD FOR GENERATING A MODEL, STATUS DETERMINATION DEVICE, SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | LIANG, LEONARD S | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18446974 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR AUTOMATED DOOR SYSTEMS, DOOR SYSTEM EQUIPPED THEREWITH AND OPERATING METHOD FOR SUCH A DOOR SYSTEM | STRIMBU, GREGORY J | 92d overdue |
| 18057985 | PASSAGE DEVICE FOR ACCESS CONTROL AND/OR SEPARATION | MENEZES, MARCUS | 8d overdue |
| 18752150 | PERMANENT MAGNET ARRANGEMENT FOR AN AXIAL FLUX MACHINE OF A DOOR DRIVE AND AXIAL FLUX MACHINE | TRUONG, THOMAS | 28d |
| 18993284 | REVOLVING DOOR | AUBREY, BETH A | — |
| 18752256 | PERMANENT MAGNET ARRANGEMENT, AXIAL FLUX MACHINE AND ELECTROMECHANICAL DRIVE | REID JR, CHARLES H | — |
| 18345457 | REVOLVING DOOR AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A REVOLVING DOOR | BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | — |
| 18300058 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DOOR SYSTEM | TAN, ALVIN H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3634 | 3 |
| 2834 | 2 |
| 3633 | 1 |
| 2118 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18993284 | REVOLVING DOOR | AUBREY, BETH A | 3634 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18752256 | PERMANENT MAGNET ARRANGEMENT, AXIAL FLUX MACHINE AND ELECTROMECHANICAL DRIVE | REID JR, CHARLES H | 2834 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18752150 | PERMANENT MAGNET ARRANGEMENT FOR AN AXIAL FLUX MACHINE OF A DOOR DRIVE AND AXIAL FLUX MACHINE | TRUONG, THOMAS | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18446974 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR AUTOMATED DOOR SYSTEMS, DOOR SYSTEM EQUIPPED THEREWITH AND OPERATING METHOD FOR SUCH A DOOR SYSTEM | STRIMBU, GREGORY J | 3634 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 92d overdue | Pending | Aug 09, 2023 |
| 18345457 | REVOLVING DOOR AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A REVOLVING DOOR | BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | 3633 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 |
| 18300058 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DOOR SYSTEM | TAN, ALVIN H | 2118 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 13, 2023 |
| 18057985 | PASSAGE DEVICE FOR ACCESS CONTROL AND/OR SEPARATION | MENEZES, MARCUS | 3634 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Nov 22, 2022 |
| 17839926 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND/OR VERIFYING A STATUS OF A DOOR SYSTEM, METHOD FOR GENERATING A MODEL, STATUS DETERMINATION DEVICE, SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | LIANG, LEONARD S | 2857 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialDormakaba Deutschland GmbH has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 8 examiners.
Beth A Aubrey has the most, with 1 of Dormakaba Deutschland GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
