Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Garland Industries Inc. has 3 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters are distributed across 3 examiners and 3 art units, so each pending matter has its own examination setting.
SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should use individualized prosecution plans and compare outcomes only to maintain consistency across the portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | 1 | 65.5% | +34.2% |
| BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | 1 | 65.6% | +14.9% |
| NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 1 | 56.5% | +37.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18957067 | EXTENSION POLE | SHABLACK, JOHNNIE 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18957067 | EXTENSION POLE | SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | — |
| 18933946 | CONCRETE REPAIR DEVICE | BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | — |
| 18207914 | FIBERBOARD SURFACE PROTECTION SYSTEM | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3634 | 1 |
| 3633 | 1 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18957067 | EXTENSION POLE | SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | 3634 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18933946 | CONCRETE REPAIR DEVICE | BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | 3633 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18207914 | FIBERBOARD SURFACE PROTECTION SYSTEM | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 1788 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialGarland Industries Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Johnnie A Shablack has the most, with 1 of Garland Industries Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
