Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Communications
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Acr Ii Glass America Inc. currently has 1 pending office action within the Communications technology area. This matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. The prosecution effort is currently limited to this individual case, indicating a very focused interaction with the USPTO. This 1 to 1 ratio between the pending action and the examiner suggests a highly concentrated review process.
Brent D Castiaux is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending office action. This represents the total volume of 1 pending office action for the portfolio. The data shows a singular focus for the company's current patenting activity within the Communications field. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the company's prosecution results are entirely dependent on the findings of this single individual. This narrow footprint simplifies the management of the portfolio but limits the diversity of examiner perspectives.
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%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASTIAUX, BRENT D | 1 | 83.4% | +15.1% |
| GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T | 1 | 52.3% | +2.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19358069 | GLAZING FOR HEAD-UP DISPLAY | CASTIAUX, BRENT D | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19358069 | GLAZING FOR HEAD-UP DISPLAY | CASTIAUX, BRENT D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2623 | 1 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19358069 | GLAZING FOR HEAD-UP DISPLAY | CASTIAUX, BRENT D | 2623 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2025 |
| 17265619 | METHODS OF REINFORCING OPENINGS IN GLASS AND PRODUCTS FORMED THEREFROM | GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T | 1781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2021 |
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