Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 1 client • 6 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Dority & Manning, P.A. and Hunter Douglas Inc has 5 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems and 28426 career applications. The profile combines current prosecution activity with a broad application record in a field that may include mechanical systems, transportation-related technologies, and commerce applications.
The resolved allowance rate is 88.25%, and the average is 3.38 office actions per allowance. These measures provide historical context for the current docket and describe examination activity associated with resolved allowances. Practitioners can use the figures to examine workload and prosecution outcomes, while recognizing that the historical record does not predict any individual pending result.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 1 (17%) |
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | 1 | 65.5% | +34.2% |
| KELLY, CATHERINE A | 1 | 60.4% | +27.5% |
| MASSAD, ABE L | 1 | 56.7% | +65.7% |
| CHOI, DAVID E | 1 | 75.9% | +11.9% |
| TRAN, PHI DIEU | 1 | 65.5% | +22.3% |
| HANES JR., JOHN | 1 | 47.6% | +38.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18478488 | OPERATING SYSTEMS AND RAIL ASSEMBLIES FOR COVERINGS FOR ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES AND RELATED COVERINGS | HANES JR., JOHN | 24d overdue |
| 19228167 | Architectural Covering with Woven Material | SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | — |
| 19107311 | SPRING MOTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL-STRUCTURE COVERING | KELLY, CATHERINE A | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18478488 | OPERATING SYSTEMS AND RAIL ASSEMBLIES FOR COVERINGS FOR ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES AND RELATED COVERINGS | HANES JR., JOHN | 24d overdue |
| 18755873 | PROTECTIVE CASE FOR A TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR(S) FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL-STRUCTURE COVERING | TRAN, PHI DIEU | 33d |
| 19228167 | Architectural Covering with Woven Material | SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | — |
| 19107311 | SPRING MOTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL-STRUCTURE COVERING | KELLY, CATHERINE A | — |
| 18841172 | RAIL FOR A COVERING | MASSAD, ABE L | — |
| 18767532 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL CONFIGURATION FOR INSTALLED ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURAL COVERINGS | CHOI, DAVID E | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Hunter Douglas | 6 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3634 | 2 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 2148 | 1 |
| 3633 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19228167 | Architectural Covering with Woven Material | Hunter Douglas Inc. | SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 | |
| 19107311 | SPRING MOTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL-STRUCTURE COVERING | Hunter Douglas Inc. | KELLY, CATHERINE A | 3619 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 18841172 | RAIL FOR A COVERING | Hunter Douglas Industries B.V. | MASSAD, ABE L | 3634 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18767532 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL CONFIGURATION FOR INSTALLED ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURAL COVERINGS | Hunter Douglas Inc. | CHOI, DAVID E | 2148 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18755873 | PROTECTIVE CASE FOR A TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR(S) FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL-STRUCTURE COVERING | Hunter Douglas Inc. | TRAN, PHI DIEU | 3633 | §102Other | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18478488 | OPERATING SYSTEMS AND RAIL ASSEMBLIES FOR COVERINGS FOR ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES AND RELATED COVERINGS | Hunter Douglas Inc. | HANES JR., JOHN | 3634 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 24d overdue | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
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Start Free Trial88.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Dority & Manning, P.A. And Hunter Douglas Inc. were allowed, across 28,426 applications in USPTO records.
3.38 office actions per allowed application on average.
6 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 6 examiners in 4 art units.
