Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hunter Douglas Inc. has 5 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 5 examiners and 4 art units, showing distinct examiner assignments with limited technical-assignment overlap.
SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. No examiner concentration is shown, so counsel should prepare each response against its own record. The shared art-unit context can assist with identifying recurring technical questions while preserving separate arguments for each examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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% |
| KELLY, CATHERINE A | 1 | 60.4% | +27.5% |
| CHOI, DAVID E | 1 | 75.9% | +11.9% |
| TRAN, PHI DIEU | 1 | 65.5% | +22.3% |
| HANES JR., JOHN | 1 | 47.6% | +38.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18478488 | OPERATING SYSTEMS AND RAIL ASSEMBLIES FOR COVERINGS FOR ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES AND RELATED COVERINGS | HANES JR., JOHN | 24d overdue |
| 19228167 | Architectural Covering with Woven Material | SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | — |
| 19107311 | SPRING MOTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL-STRUCTURE COVERING | KELLY, CATHERINE 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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18478488 | OPERATING SYSTEMS AND RAIL ASSEMBLIES FOR COVERINGS FOR ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES AND RELATED COVERINGS | HANES JR., JOHN | 24d overdue |
| 18755873 | PROTECTIVE CASE FOR A TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR(S) FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL-STRUCTURE COVERING | TRAN, PHI DIEU | 33d |
| 19228167 | Architectural Covering with Woven Material | SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | — |
| 19107311 | SPRING MOTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL-STRUCTURE COVERING | KELLY, CATHERINE A | — |
| 18767532 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL CONFIGURATION FOR INSTALLED ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURAL COVERINGS | CHOI, DAVID E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3634 | 2 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 2148 | 1 |
| 3633 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19228167 | Architectural Covering with Woven Material | SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | 3634 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19107311 | SPRING MOTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL-STRUCTURE COVERING | KELLY, CATHERINE A | 3619 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 18767532 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL CONFIGURATION FOR INSTALLED ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURAL COVERINGS | CHOI, DAVID E | 2148 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18755873 | PROTECTIVE CASE FOR A TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR(S) FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL-STRUCTURE COVERING | TRAN, PHI DIEU | 3633 | §102Other | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18478488 | OPERATING SYSTEMS AND RAIL ASSEMBLIES FOR COVERINGS FOR ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES AND RELATED COVERINGS | HANES JR., JOHN | 3634 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 24d overdue | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialHunter Douglas Inc. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.
Johnnie A Shablack has the most, with 1 of Hunter Douglas Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
