Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

SIMPSON STRONG-TIE Company Inc.

12 pending office actions • 5 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

9
Hard (75%)
2
Medium (17%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (17%)
§112 only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (75%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
8% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
83% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 2 68.3% +19.7%
SAETHER, FLEMMING 2 65.0% +28.1%
ADAMOS, THEODORE V 2 55.3% +44.7%
WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 1 73.4% +30.4%
HERRING, BRENT W 1 69.0% +16.7%
BUCKLE JR, JAMES J 1 65.3% +14.7%
HANDVILLE, BRIAN 1 51.6% +28.1%
DOERRLER, WILLIAM CHARLES 1 77.9% +13.7%
WONG, JOCK M 1 35.6% +46.1%

Hard Cases (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18542131 ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 84d overdue
17700388 THRUST NUT DOERRLER, WILLIAM CHARLES 42d
18979582 Adjustable Post Cap WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE
18629299 BOX BEAM ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEMS KWIECINSKI, RYAN D
18492637 ONE-PIECE MOMENT FRAME CONNECTOR HERRING, BRENT W
18466302 MODULAR ADHESIVE ANCHOR SCREEN SAETHER, FLEMMING
18211209 Anchor Bolt Locator BUCKLE JR, JAMES J
17711466 SYSTEM FOR FILLING VOIDS IN GLUED-IN-ROD STRUCTURES HANDVILLE, BRIAN

Interview Candidates (12)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
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
18629299 BOX BEAM ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEMS KWIECINSKI, RYAN D
18492637 ONE-PIECE MOMENT FRAME CONNECTOR HERRING, BRENT W
18466302 MODULAR ADHESIVE ANCHOR SCREEN SAETHER, FLEMMING
18211209 Anchor Bolt Locator BUCKLE JR, JAMES J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3635 5
3675 3
3633 2
1783 1
3993 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18979582 Adjustable Post Cap WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 3635 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2024
18629299 BOX BEAM ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEMS KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 3635 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 08, 2024
18542131 ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 3635 §103§112 Final Rejection 84d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18492637 ONE-PIECE MOMENT FRAME CONNECTOR HERRING, BRENT W 3633 §102§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 23, 2023
18466302 MODULAR ADHESIVE ANCHOR SCREEN SAETHER, FLEMMING 3675 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2023
18453840 SYSTEM FOR CENTERING RODS IN GLUED-IN-ROD STRUCTURES SAETHER, FLEMMING 3675 §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
17369137 SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SECURING NON-LOAD BEARING WALLS WONG, JOCK M 3675 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 07, 2021

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