Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
13 pending office actions • 6 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
SIMPSON STRONG-TIE Company Inc. has 11 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 7 examiners across 5 art units, and SAETHER, FLEMMING is the busiest examiner with 3 pending actions.
The docket combines examiner concentration with coverage across several art units. Counsel may benefit from coordinated treatment of recurring mechanical issues, especially for matters before the busiest examiner. Responses should still account for art-unit-specific examination practice and application-level claim differences.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (8%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| §112 only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (77%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAETHER, FLEMMING | 3 | 65.2% | +27.8% |
| KWIECINSKI, RYAN D | 2 | 68.2% | +19.7% |
| ADAMOS, THEODORE V | 2 | 55.4% | +44.6% |
| WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 1 | 73.5% | +30.4% |
| STERLING, AMY JO | 1 | 76.7% | +10.5% |
| AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED | 1 | 42.9% | +51.4% |
| BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | 1 | 65.6% | +14.9% |
| HANDVILLE, BRIAN | 1 | 51.3% | +28.4% |
| DOERRLER, WILLIAM CHARLES | 1 | 77.6% | +14.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18593841 | Connector for Pre-Fabricated Walls | AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED | 86d overdue |
| 18542131 | ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | KWIECINSKI, RYAN D | 84d overdue |
| 18453840 | SYSTEM FOR CENTERING RODS IN GLUED-IN-ROD STRUCTURES | SAETHER, FLEMMING | 4d overdue |
| 17700388 | THRUST NUT | DOERRLER, WILLIAM CHARLES | 42d |
| 18979582 | Adjustable Post Cap | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | — |
| 18810452 | Post Frame Column Base | STERLING, AMY JO | — |
| 18629299 | BOX BEAM ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEMS | KWIECINSKI, RYAN D | — |
| 18466302 | MODULAR ADHESIVE ANCHOR SCREEN | SAETHER, FLEMMING | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18593841 | Connector for Pre-Fabricated Walls | AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED | 86d overdue |
| 18542131 | ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | KWIECINSKI, RYAN D | 84d overdue |
| 18453577 | CONCRETE FASTENER | SAETHER, FLEMMING | 31d overdue |
| 18453840 | SYSTEM FOR CENTERING RODS IN GLUED-IN-ROD STRUCTURES | SAETHER, FLEMMING | 4d overdue |
| 17700388 | THRUST NUT | DOERRLER, WILLIAM CHARLES | 42d |
| 18979582 | Adjustable Post Cap | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | — |
| 18810452 | Post Frame Column Base | STERLING, AMY JO | — |
| 18629299 | BOX BEAM ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEMS | KWIECINSKI, RYAN D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3635 | 6 |
| 3675 | 3 |
| 3632 | 1 |
| 3633 | 1 |
| 1783 | 1 |
| 3993 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18979582 | Adjustable Post Cap | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 3635 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18810452 | Post Frame Column Base | STERLING, AMY JO | 3632 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18629299 | BOX BEAM ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEMS | KWIECINSKI, RYAN D | 3635 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18593841 | Connector for Pre-Fabricated Walls | AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED | 3635 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 86d overdue | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18542131 | ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | KWIECINSKI, RYAN D | 3635 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 84d overdue | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18466302 | MODULAR ADHESIVE ANCHOR SCREEN | SAETHER, FLEMMING | 3675 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2023 |
| 18453577 | CONCRETE FASTENER | SAETHER, FLEMMING | 3675 | §102 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18453840 | SYSTEM FOR CENTERING RODS IN GLUED-IN-ROD STRUCTURES | SAETHER, FLEMMING | 3675 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18211209 | Anchor Bolt Locator | BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | 3633 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18206566 | High Capacity Beam Hanger | ADAMOS, THEODORE V | 3635 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2023 |
| 17827928 | Tension Tie | ADAMOS, THEODORE V | 3635 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2022 |
| 17711466 | SYSTEM FOR FILLING VOIDS IN GLUED-IN-ROD STRUCTURES | HANDVILLE, BRIAN | 1783 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2022 |
| 17700388 | THRUST NUT | DOERRLER, WILLIAM CHARLES | 3993 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 42d | Pending | Mar 21, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialSIMPSON STRONG-TIE Company Inc. has 13 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 9 examiners.
Flemming Saether has the most, with 3 of SIMPSON STRONG-TIE Company Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
