Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 21, 2026

Dority & Manning, P.A. And Uber Technologies, Inc.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

7 pending office actions • 1 client • 7 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Dority & Manning, P.A. and Uber Technologies, Inc. handles Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The firm has 28235 career applications and an 88.31 percent resolved allowance rate. There are 3 pending office actions. The firm averages 3.39 office actions per allowance.

The 3 pending office actions for Uber Technologies, Inc. are managed within the firm's 28235 career applications. The 88.31 percent allowance rate and 3.39 average office actions per allowance serve as benchmarks for these transportation-related matters.

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

7
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

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

5
Hard (71%)
2
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (29%)
§101 + other3 (43%)
§103 only2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
29% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
71% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD 1 28.7% +20.8%
TUNGATE, SCOTT MICHAEL 1 35.6% +16.1%
OBEID, FAHD A 1 28.2% +48.5%
GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE 1 23.2% +34.4%
PRESTON, ASHLEY DAWN 1 42.9% +27.5%
SHARPLESS, SAMUEL 1 80.8% +29.3%
ELFERVIG, TAYLOR A 1 62.9% +38.5%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18598874 Systems and Methods for Query Cancellation SHARPLESS, SAMUEL 9d

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18651077 Dynamic Data Object Distribution Based on Historical Performance PRESTON, ASHLEY DAWN 83d
19226737 Systems and Methods for the Display of Corresponding Content for User-Requested Vehicle Services Using Distributed Electronic Devices BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD —
18940228 REAL-TIME MULTI-ORDER BATCHING USING MULTIPLE COURIERS TUNGATE, SCOTT MICHAEL —
18916158 Multimodal Content Feature Extraction for Action Data Structure Generation and Execution OBEID, FAHD A —
18890898 Systems for Routing and Controlling Vehicles for Freight GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18598874 Systems and Methods for Query Cancellation SHARPLESS, SAMUEL 9d
18651077 Dynamic Data Object Distribution Based on Historical Performance PRESTON, ASHLEY DAWN 83d
19226737 Systems and Methods for the Display of Corresponding Content for User-Requested Vehicle Services Using Distributed Electronic Devices BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD —
18940228 REAL-TIME MULTI-ORDER BATCHING USING MULTIPLE COURIERS TUNGATE, SCOTT MICHAEL —
18916158 Multimodal Content Feature Extraction for Action Data Structure Generation and Execution OBEID, FAHD A —
18890898 Systems for Routing and Controlling Vehicles for Freight GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE —
18594637 Systems and Methods for Ephemeral Processing of High Cardinality Data ELFERVIG, TAYLOR A —

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Uber Technologies, Inc. 7

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36211
36281
36271
36251
36881
21651
24451

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19226737 Systems and Methods for the Display of Corresponding Content for User-Requested Vehicle Services Using Distributed Electronic Devices Uber Technologies, Inc. BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD 3621 §101§102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 03, 2025
18940228 REAL-TIME MULTI-ORDER BATCHING USING MULTIPLE COURIERS Uber Technologies, Inc. TUNGATE, SCOTT MICHAEL 3628 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 07, 2024
18916158 Multimodal Content Feature Extraction for Action Data Structure Generation and Execution Uber Technologies, Inc. OBEID, FAHD A 3627 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 15, 2024
18890898 Systems for Routing and Controlling Vehicles for Freight Uber Technologies, Inc. GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE 3625 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 20, 2024
18651077 Dynamic Data Object Distribution Based on Historical Performance Uber Technologies, Inc. PRESTON, ASHLEY DAWN 3688 §101§103 Final Rejection 83d Pending Apr 30, 2024
18598874 Systems and Methods for Query Cancellation Uber Technologies, Inc. SHARPLESS, SAMUEL 2165 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Mar 07, 2024
18594637 Systems and Methods for Ephemeral Processing of High Cardinality Data Uber Technologies, Inc. ELFERVIG, TAYLOR A 2445 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 04, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Dority & Manning, P.A. And Uber Technologies, Inc.'s patent allowance rate?

88.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Dority & Manning, P.A. And Uber Technologies, Inc. were allowed, across 28,426 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Dority & Manning, P.A. And Uber Technologies, Inc. average before allowance?

3.38 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Dority & Manning, P.A. And Uber Technologies, Inc. have?

7 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 7 examiners in 7 art units.

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