Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Dority & Manning, P.A. & The Chamberlain Group LLC

Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

17 pending office actions • 2 clients • 10 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Dority & Manning, P.A. & The Chamberlain Group LLC has 16 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems and 28426 career applications. The profile shows active prosecution in a technology area spanning mechanical systems, transportation applications, and commerce-related functionality, supported by a broader recorded application history.

The resolved allowance rate is 88.25%, with an average of 3.38 office actions per allowance. These figures help place the current docket within the available historical prosecution record, but they do not determine the outcome of any pending matter. For practitioners, the profile supports attention to both open actions and the examination activity associated with resolved allowances.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=28426 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.2%
Allowance Rate
n=28426
+0.60σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=28426
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=17513
-0.15σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=17513
1010 days
Time to Allowance
n=17513
+3.4pp
Interview Lift
n=28426
28.1%
RCE Rate
n=28426
2.8%
Appeal Rate
n=28426

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

70.8%
§101 Overcome
n=1492
77.5%
§102 Overcome
n=8516
77.4%
§103 Overcome
n=14036
78.3%
§112 Overcome
n=8032

Specialization & Scale

G06F, F05D, F01D
Top CPC Subclasses
8%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=28426
60
Practitioners
n=28426
473.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=28426

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

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

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.

7
Hard (41%)
1
Medium (6%)
9
Easy (53%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (12%)
§103 only1 (6%)
Double-patenting only9 (53%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
6% of docket
5
Communications
29% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
59% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, CHI Q 8 82.4% +12.4%
VO, TUYEN KIM 1 78.5% +17.7%
SYED, NABIL H 1 60.5% +30.3%
PHAM, QUANG 1 54.4% +57.0%
AZIZ, ADNAN 1 77.1% +34.3%
MILLNER, MONICA E 1 77.4% +21.8%
PEARSON, AMANDA HYEONWOO 1 63.4% +36.6%
GIOMMI, ALEXANDER PAUL 1 — —
ORR, HENRY W 1 50.6% +37.3%
BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O 1 62.8% +24.3%

Quick Wins (8)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18923059 System and Method for Implementing a Rules Optimizer at a Facility Associated with Freight NGUYEN, CHI Q —
18820647 System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises NGUYEN, CHI Q —
18820565 System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises NGUYEN, CHI Q —
18820602 System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises NGUYEN, CHI Q —
18820665 System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises NGUYEN, CHI Q —
18820659 System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises NGUYEN, CHI Q —
18820629 System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises NGUYEN, CHI Q —
18820587 System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises NGUYEN, CHI Q —

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18383278 Movable Barrier Operator With Ultra-Wideband Device BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O 40d
19021846 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBSTRUCTION DETECTION AND ACCESS CONTROL SYED, NABIL H —
19007756 SYSTEM INTERACTION WITH A MOVABLE BARRIER OPERATOR PHAM, QUANG —
18923110 Systems and Methods for Affecting a State Change of a Movable Barrier Operator Based on a Concentration of One or More Gases AZIZ, ADNAN —
18914714 LOADING DOCK VEHICLE SENSOR APPARATUS MILLNER, MONICA E —
18809919 MANUAL HOOK VEHICLE RESTRAINT SYSTEM GIOMMI, ALEXANDER PAUL —
18758975 FEED STITCHING AND CONSOLIDATED EVENT NOTIFICATION ORR, HENRY W —

Interview Candidates (16)

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
18383278 Movable Barrier Operator With Ultra-Wideband Device BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O 40d
19383204 MOVABLE BARRIER OPERATOR WITH ULTRA-WIDEBAND DEVICE VO, TUYEN KIM —
19021846 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBSTRUCTION DETECTION AND ACCESS CONTROL SYED, NABIL H —
19007756 SYSTEM INTERACTION WITH A MOVABLE BARRIER OPERATOR PHAM, QUANG —
18923059 System and Method for Implementing a Rules Optimizer at a Facility Associated with Freight NGUYEN, CHI Q —
18923110 Systems and Methods for Affecting a State Change of a Movable Barrier Operator Based on a Concentration of One or More Gases AZIZ, ADNAN —
18914714 LOADING DOCK VEHICLE SENSOR APPARATUS MILLNER, MONICA E —
18910386 Training Image Classifiers Using Data Environments for Movable Barrier Operator Systems PEARSON, AMANDA HYEONWOO —

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
THE CHAMBERLAIN GROUP LLC 16
Multi-Fab Products, LLC 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36358
26853
28761
26891
36321
26661
36511
21721

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19383204 MOVABLE BARRIER OPERATOR WITH ULTRA-WIDEBAND DEVICE The Chamberlain Group LLC VO, TUYEN KIM 2876 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 07, 2025
19021846 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBSTRUCTION DETECTION AND ACCESS CONTROL The Chamberlain Group LLC SYED, NABIL H 2689 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 15, 2025
19007756 SYSTEM INTERACTION WITH A MOVABLE BARRIER OPERATOR The Chamberlain Group LLC PHAM, QUANG 2685 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 02, 2025
18923059 System and Method for Implementing a Rules Optimizer at a Facility Associated with Freight The Chamberlain Group LLC NGUYEN, CHI Q 3635 DP Final Rejection — Pending Oct 22, 2024
18923110 Systems and Methods for Affecting a State Change of a Movable Barrier Operator Based on a Concentration of One or More Gases The Chamberlain Group LLC AZIZ, ADNAN 2685 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 22, 2024
18914714 LOADING DOCK VEHICLE SENSOR APPARATUS The Chamberlain Group LLC MILLNER, MONICA E 3632 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 14, 2024
18910386 Training Image Classifiers Using Data Environments for Movable Barrier Operator Systems The Chamberlain Group LLC PEARSON, AMANDA HYEONWOO 2666 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 09, 2024
18820647 System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises The Chamberlain Group LLC NGUYEN, CHI Q 3635 DP Final Rejection — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18820565 System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises The Chamberlain Group LLC NGUYEN, CHI Q 3635 DP Final Rejection — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18820602 System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises The Chamberlain Group LLC NGUYEN, CHI Q 3635 DP Final Rejection — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18820665 System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises The Chamberlain Group LLC NGUYEN, CHI Q 3635 DP Final Rejection — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18820659 System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises The Chamberlain Group LLC NGUYEN, CHI Q 3635 DP Final Rejection — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18820629 System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises The Chamberlain Group LLC NGUYEN, CHI Q 3635 DP Final Rejection — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18820587 System and method for controlling movable barrier operation at a secured premises The Chamberlain Group LLC NGUYEN, CHI Q 3635 DP Final Rejection — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18809919 MANUAL HOOK VEHICLE RESTRAINT SYSTEM Multi-Fab Products, LLC GIOMMI, ALEXANDER PAUL 3651 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 20, 2024
18758975 FEED STITCHING AND CONSOLIDATED EVENT NOTIFICATION The Chamberlain Group LLC ORR, HENRY W 2172 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18383278 Movable Barrier Operator With Ultra-Wideband Device The Chamberlain Group LLC BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O 2685 §103§112 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Oct 24, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Dority & Manning, P.A. & The Chamberlain Group LLC's patent allowance rate?

88.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Dority & Manning, P.A. & The Chamberlain Group LLC were allowed, across 28,426 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Dority & Manning, P.A. & The Chamberlain Group LLC average before allowance?

3.38 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Dority & Manning, P.A. & The Chamberlain Group LLC have?

17 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 2 clients, before 10 examiners in 8 art units.

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