Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
7 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days
OVERHEAD DOOR Corporation has 7 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 5 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating that several examiners are working within a compact technical structure.
HARTMANN, GARY S is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. That concentration makes examiner-specific review particularly useful. Counsel can examine the three related records for consistent treatment of claim scope and prior art, while using the remaining assignments to distinguish broader art-unit practices from issues tied to one examiner.
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 | 4 (57%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARTMANN, GARY S | 3 | 72.6% | +19.1% |
| SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | 1 | 65.5% | +34.2% |
| MAYY, MOHAMMAD | 1 | 48.5% | +23.2% |
| CHU, KATHERINE J | 1 | 46.6% | +20.6% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18332406 | Dock Leveler With Spring Anchor | CHU, KATHERINE J | 61d |
| 19178271 | UNIVERSAL ROLLER BRACKET FOR A MOVABLE BARRIER | SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | — |
| 18471126 | DOCK LEVELER HAVING SLIP RESISTANT COATING | HARTMANN, GARY 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18332406 | Dock Leveler With Spring Anchor | CHU, KATHERINE J | 61d |
| 19178271 | UNIVERSAL ROLLER BRACKET FOR A MOVABLE BARRIER | SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | — |
| 18733517 | TOE GUARD FOR A DOCK LEVELER | HARTMANN, GARY S | — |
| 18471126 | DOCK LEVELER HAVING SLIP RESISTANT COATING | HARTMANN, GARY S | — |
| 18332585 | DOCK LEVELER WITH ADJUSTABLE BRACKET ASSEMBLY | HARTMANN, GARY S | — |
| 18332530 | DOCK LEVELER WITH INCREASED TRACTION | MAYY, MOHAMMAD | — |
| 17889195 | MODULAR BARRIER PANEL FRAME REINFORCEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | HANES JR., JOHN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3671 | 5 |
| 3634 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19178271 | UNIVERSAL ROLLER BRACKET FOR A MOVABLE BARRIER | SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | 3634 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 |
| 18733517 | TOE GUARD FOR A DOCK LEVELER | HARTMANN, GARY S | 3671 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18471126 | DOCK LEVELER HAVING SLIP RESISTANT COATING | HARTMANN, GARY S | 3671 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
| 18332585 | DOCK LEVELER WITH ADJUSTABLE BRACKET ASSEMBLY | HARTMANN, GARY S | 3671 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
| 18332530 | DOCK LEVELER WITH INCREASED TRACTION | MAYY, MOHAMMAD | 3671 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
| 18332406 | Dock Leveler With Spring Anchor | CHU, KATHERINE J | 3671 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 61d | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
| 17889195 | MODULAR BARRIER PANEL FRAME REINFORCEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | HANES JR., JOHN | 3634 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialOVERHEAD DOOR Corporation has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 5 examiners.
Gary S Hartmann has the most, with 3 of OVERHEAD DOOR Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
