Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Tarkett Gdl currently manages 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are distributed across 2 distinct art units, indicating that the company's current patent filings cover different technical aspects within the broader mechanical field. The prosecution involves 2 distinct examiners, with each examiner handling a separate case.
MUDD, HENRY HOOPER is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing 1 pending office action. For a practitioner, the distribution of 2 pending office actions across 2 distinct art units and 2 distinct examiners means there is no administrative or technical overlap in the current workload. MUDD, HENRY HOOPER is the point of contact for 1 of the cases, while the other is being reviewed by a different individual in a separate art unit.
This decentralized structure requires the company to manage two independent prosecution paths. The lack of overlap between the 2 distinct art units suggests that the legal strategy must be tailored to the specific standards of each group. MUDD, HENRY HOOPER and the other assigned examiner will each provide independent feedback, necessitating a versatile approach to the company's intellectual property negotiations.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUDD, HENRY HOOPER | 1 | 70.0% | +24.5% |
| KRUER, KEVIN R | 1 | 26.6% | +29.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19107339 | FLOORING TILE WITH INTERLOCKING CONNECTORS | MUDD, HENRY HOOPER | — |
| 18704674 | PVC-BASED MULTILAYER SURFACE COVERING WITH PVOH BARRIER | KRUER, KEVIN R | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19107339 | FLOORING TILE WITH INTERLOCKING CONNECTORS | MUDD, HENRY HOOPER | — |
| 18704674 | PVC-BASED MULTILAYER SURFACE COVERING WITH PVOH BARRIER | KRUER, KEVIN R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3642 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19107339 | FLOORING TILE WITH INTERLOCKING CONNECTORS | MUDD, HENRY HOOPER | 3642 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 18704674 | PVC-BASED MULTILAYER SURFACE COVERING WITH PVOH BARRIER | KRUER, KEVIN R | 1787 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialTarkett Gdl has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Henry Hooper Mudd has the most, with 1 of Tarkett Gdl's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
