Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
12 pending office actions • 6 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 69 patents granted in the last 365 days
Schlage Lock Company LLC has 12 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The actions involve 10 examiners across 6 art units, indicating broad examiner distribution and repeated activity within several technical examination groups.
MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The modest concentration does not replace matter-specific review, but it creates an opportunity to compare positions in those assigned cases. Across the six art units, counsel should coordinate core mechanical claim themes while monitoring how each unit addresses distinctions involving lock and access-control systems.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (8%) |
| §103 only | 5 (42%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUGO, CARLOS | 2 | 74.9% | +13.6% |
| MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 2 | 64.6% | +31.2% |
| WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 2 | 54.9% | +37.8% |
| JIANG, YONG HANG | 1 | 61.5% | +20.6% |
| RUSHING, MARK S | 1 | 76.8% | +23.5% |
| FRENCH, CORRELL T | 1 | 45.3% | +33.9% |
| MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | 1 | 52.7% | +27.6% |
| NOORISTANY, SULAIMAN | 1 | 77.6% | +24.3% |
| STRIMBU, GREGORY J | 1 | 56.5% | +80.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18662158 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTING POWER ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY DOOR OPERATOR | STRIMBU, GREGORY J | 49d overdue |
| 18407000 | ELECTRIFIED LATCH ASSEMBLY | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 34d |
| 19240794 | INDICATOR LEVER | LUGO, CARLOS | — |
| 19097359 | LOCK STATUS INDICATORS | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | — |
| 19069925 | EXIT DEVICE ASSEMBLY WITH INTEGRATED ACCESS CONTROL | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | — |
| 18894823 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR LEVERAGING MACHINE LEARNING FOR CUSTOMIZED INSTALLATION OF ACCESS CONTROL HARDWARE | FRENCH, CORRELL T | — |
| 18809789 | INTERCHANGEABLE HANDLE LOCKSET | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18662158 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTING POWER ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY DOOR OPERATOR | STRIMBU, GREGORY J | 49d overdue |
| 18407000 | ELECTRIFIED LATCH ASSEMBLY | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 34d |
| 19240794 | INDICATOR LEVER | LUGO, CARLOS | — |
| 19200083 | AUTOMATED ARCHITECTURAL SPECIFICATION GENERATION AND HARDWARE IDENTIFICATION | JIANG, YONG HANG | — |
| 19097359 | LOCK STATUS INDICATORS | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | — |
| 19069925 | EXIT DEVICE ASSEMBLY WITH INTEGRATED ACCESS CONTROL | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | — |
| 19045184 | ULTRA-WIDEBAND TECHNOLOGIES FOR SEAMLESS ACCESS CONTROL | RUSHING, MARK S | — |
| 18894823 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR LEVERAGING MACHINE LEARNING FOR CUSTOMIZED INSTALLATION OF ACCESS CONTROL HARDWARE | FRENCH, CORRELL T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3675 | 6 |
| 2689 | 2 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| 3734 | 1 |
| 2415 | 1 |
| 3634 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19240794 | INDICATOR LEVER | LUGO, CARLOS | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 19200083 | AUTOMATED ARCHITECTURAL SPECIFICATION GENERATION AND HARDWARE IDENTIFICATION | JIANG, YONG HANG | 2689 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19097359 | LOCK STATUS INDICATORS | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 3675 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 19069925 | EXIT DEVICE ASSEMBLY WITH INTEGRATED ACCESS CONTROL | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 3675 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19045184 | ULTRA-WIDEBAND TECHNOLOGIES FOR SEAMLESS ACCESS CONTROL | RUSHING, MARK S | 2689 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 18894823 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR LEVERAGING MACHINE LEARNING FOR CUSTOMIZED INSTALLATION OF ACCESS CONTROL HARDWARE | FRENCH, CORRELL T | 3715 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18816942 | BICYCLE LOCK MOUNTING BRACKET | MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | 3734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18809789 | INTERCHANGEABLE HANDLE LOCKSET | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18665055 | UWB-BASED ACCESS CONTROL MODE CONFIGURATIONS | NOORISTANY, SULAIMAN | 2415 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18662158 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTING POWER ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY DOOR OPERATOR | STRIMBU, GREGORY J | 3634 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18630599 | LOCK DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS | LUGO, CARLOS | 3675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18407000 | ELECTRIFIED LATCH ASSEMBLY | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 3675 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSchlage Lock Company LLC has 12 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 9 examiners.
Carlos Lugo has the most, with 2 of Schlage Lock Company LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
