Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Liberty Hardware Mfg. Corp. is navigating 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio is handled by 3 distinct examiners, with each examiner responsible for exactly one action. These matters are also spread across 3 distinct art units, resulting in a one to one ratio between actions, examiners, and art units. NICHOLAS A ROS is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending office action.
This distribution means the company must manage three entirely separate prosecution paths without any overlap in personnel or art unit oversight. The 3 distinct examiners may have different preferences for claim language, requiring the applicant to tailor three unique strategies. Furthermore, the 3 distinct art units indicate that the technical review is being conducted by three different administrative groups within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area. Because the busiest examiner, NICHOLAS A ROS, only has 1 busiest examiner pending office action, there is no central examiner to coordinate with. Practitioners should prepare for a decentralized prosecution process across all 3 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROS, NICHOLAS A | 1 | 52.5% | +34.2% |
| BARNETT, DEVIN K | 1 | 56.8% | +25.8% |
| MAH, CHUCK Y | 1 | 79.6% | +10.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18493032 | RETAINER FOR A CABINET, A DRAWER, A BIN, OR FURNITURE | MAH, CHUCK Y | 62d |
| 18949349 | SHOWER DOOR ASSEMBLY | ROS, NICHOLAS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18493032 | RETAINER FOR A CABINET, A DRAWER, A BIN, OR FURNITURE | MAH, CHUCK Y | 62d |
| 18949349 | SHOWER DOOR ASSEMBLY | ROS, NICHOLAS A | — |
| 18923082 | WALL MOUNT BAR ASSEMBLY | BARNETT, DEVIN K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 1 |
| 3631 | 1 |
| 3677 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18949349 | SHOWER DOOR ASSEMBLY | ROS, NICHOLAS A | 3754 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18923082 | WALL MOUNT BAR ASSEMBLY | BARNETT, DEVIN K | 3631 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18493032 | RETAINER FOR A CABINET, A DRAWER, A BIN, OR FURNITURE | MAH, CHUCK Y | 3677 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 62d | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialLiberty Hardware Mfg. Corp. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Nicholas A Ros has the most, with 1 of Liberty Hardware Mfg. Corp.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
