Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Somfy Activites S.A. has 6 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 6 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, so examiner assignments are fully dispersed while some art-unit overlap remains.
HANES JR., JOHN is the busiest identified examiner, with 1 pending matter. A coordinated portfolio framework can support consistent technical positions, with separate prosecution planning for each examiner relationship.
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 | 2 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANES JR., JOHN | 1 | 47.6% | +38.8% |
| HESCHEL, SUSAN MARIE | 1 | 77.0% | +17.8% |
| SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | 1 | 65.5% | +34.2% |
| MCDANIEL, TYNESE V | 1 | 59.1% | +15.9% |
| RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 1 | 52.6% | +46.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19483530 | ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR FOR A SCREENING DEVICE, AND SCREENING DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH AN ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR | HANES JR., JOHN | — |
| 19219180 | ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR FOR A SUN PROTECTION OR A PRIVACY DEVICE | HESCHEL, SUSAN MARIE | — |
| 18378057 | CHARGING ADAPTER FOR CHARGING A BATTERY FOR BLINDS AND ELECTRIC CURTAINS ALL HAVING A DC BATTERY | MCDANIEL, TYNESE V | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18552375 | ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR AND CLOSURE, COVERING OR SOLAR PROTECTION INSTALLATION COMPRISING SUCH AN ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR | RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 13d |
| 19483530 | ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR FOR A SCREENING DEVICE, AND SCREENING DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH AN ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR | HANES JR., JOHN | — |
| 19219180 | ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR FOR A SUN PROTECTION OR A PRIVACY DEVICE | HESCHEL, SUSAN MARIE | — |
| 18992497 | ACTUATOR FOR DRIVING A SCREEN | SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | — |
| 18378057 | CHARGING ADAPTER FOR CHARGING A BATTERY FOR BLINDS AND ELECTRIC CURTAINS ALL HAVING A DC BATTERY | MCDANIEL, TYNESE V | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3634 | 3 |
| 3637 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19483530 | ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR FOR A SCREENING DEVICE, AND SCREENING DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH AN ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR | HANES JR., JOHN | 3634 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2025 |
| 19219180 | ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR FOR A SUN PROTECTION OR A PRIVACY DEVICE | HESCHEL, SUSAN MARIE | 3637 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 18992497 | ACTUATOR FOR DRIVING A SCREEN | SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | 3634 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18378057 | CHARGING ADAPTER FOR CHARGING A BATTERY FOR BLINDS AND ELECTRIC CURTAINS ALL HAVING A DC BATTERY | MCDANIEL, TYNESE V | 2859 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2023 |
| 18552375 | ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR AND CLOSURE, COVERING OR SOLAR PROTECTION INSTALLATION COMPRISING SUCH AN ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR | RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 3634 | §103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSomfy Activites S.A. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 5 examiners.
John Hanes Jr. has the most, with 1 of Somfy Activites S.A.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
