Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days
Steelcase Inc. has 4 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, showing fully distributed examiner and unit assignments.
ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel can track common portfolio positions while tailoring prosecution decisions to each separate examination path.
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 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J | 1 | 77.7% | +15.2% |
| SALEHI, HELAI | 1 | 73.0% | +32.2% |
| WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | 1 | 82.6% | +17.8% |
| FIBBI, CHRISTOPHER J | 1 | 53.2% | +39.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19104309 | DAMPENING SYSTEM FOR AN ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND ADJUSTABLE PIECE OF FURNITURE | ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J | — |
| 19013594 | RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | SALEHI, HELAI | — |
| 18999528 | BODY SUPPORT STRUCTURE | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | — |
| 18958450 | ROOM SCHEDULING SYSTEM | FIBBI, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19104309 | DAMPENING SYSTEM FOR AN ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND ADJUSTABLE PIECE OF FURNITURE | ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J | — |
| 19013594 | RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | SALEHI, HELAI | — |
| 18999528 | BODY SUPPORT STRUCTURE | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | — |
| 18958450 | ROOM SCHEDULING SYSTEM | FIBBI, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3637 | 1 |
| 2433 | 1 |
| 3636 | 1 |
| 2174 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19104309 | DAMPENING SYSTEM FOR AN ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND ADJUSTABLE PIECE OF FURNITURE | ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J | 3637 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 19013594 | RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | SALEHI, HELAI | 2433 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18999528 | BODY SUPPORT STRUCTURE | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | 3636 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18958450 | ROOM SCHEDULING SYSTEM | FIBBI, CHRISTOPHER J | 2174 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSteelcase Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Daniel J Rohrhoff has the most, with 1 of Steelcase Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
