Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
7 pending office actions • 3 clients • 6 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Law Offices of Charles R. Cypher has 6 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems and 367 career applications. The record combines an active current docket with a historical application base in the same technology area.
The resolved allowance rate is 88.34%, and the average is 2.53 office actions per allowance. These measures provide separate information about resolved outcomes and examination activity associated with allowed matters. Practitioners can use the data for response planning and historical context, but should assess each application independently rather than treating the figures as a case-specific prediction.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 2 (29%) |
| §112 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMOS, THEODORE V | 2 | 55.4% | +44.6% |
| WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 1 | 73.5% | +30.4% |
| AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED | 1 | 42.9% | +51.4% |
| BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | 1 | 65.6% | +14.9% |
| DOERRLER, WILLIAM CHARLES | 1 | 77.6% | +14.3% |
| HIJAZ, OMAR F | 1 | 55.5% | +35.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18593841 | Connector for Pre-Fabricated Walls | AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED | 86d overdue |
| 17700388 | THRUST NUT | DOERRLER, WILLIAM CHARLES | 42d |
| 18979582 | Adjustable Post Cap | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | — |
| 18211209 | Anchor Bolt Locator | BUCKLE JR, JAMES 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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17600525 | Column Shoe Manufactured From One Piece of Sheet Metal | HIJAZ, OMAR F | 103d overdue |
| 18593841 | Connector for Pre-Fabricated Walls | AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED | 86d overdue |
| 17700388 | THRUST NUT | DOERRLER, WILLIAM CHARLES | 42d |
| 18979582 | Adjustable Post Cap | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | — |
| 18211209 | Anchor Bolt Locator | BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | — |
| 18206566 | High Capacity Beam Hanger | ADAMOS, THEODORE V | — |
| 17827928 | Tension Tie | ADAMOS, THEODORE V | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| SIMPSON STRONG-TIE COMPANY INC. | 5 |
| Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc. | 1 |
| Simpson Strong-Tie A/S | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3635 | 5 |
| 3633 | 1 |
| 3993 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18979582 | Adjustable Post Cap | Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc. | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 3635 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18593841 | Connector for Pre-Fabricated Walls | Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc. | AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED | 3635 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 86d overdue | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18211209 | Anchor Bolt Locator | Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc. | BUCKLE JR, JAMES J | 3633 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18206566 | High Capacity Beam Hanger | Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc. | ADAMOS, THEODORE V | 3635 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2023 |
| 17827928 | Tension Tie | Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc. | ADAMOS, THEODORE V | 3635 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2022 |
| 17700388 | THRUST NUT | Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc. | DOERRLER, WILLIAM CHARLES | 3993 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 42d | Pending | Mar 21, 2022 |
| 17600525 | Column Shoe Manufactured From One Piece of Sheet Metal | Simpson Strong-Tie A/S | HIJAZ, OMAR F | 3635 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 103d overdue | Pending | Sep 30, 2021 |
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Start Free Trial88.3% of resolved applications prosecuted by Law Offices Of Charles R. Cypher were allowed, across 367 applications in USPTO records.
2.53 office actions per allowed application on average.
7 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 3 clients, before 6 examiners in 3 art units.
