Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Armstrong World Industries Inc.

7 pending office actions • 3 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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.

4
Hard (57%)
3
Medium (43%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (43%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (57%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
43% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
3
Business / Other
43% 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
GRAHAM, ANDREW D 1 59.7% +22.4%
COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A 1 81.5% +14.4%
GOLDEN, CHINESSA T 1 57.7% +4.7%
MUDD, HENRY HOOPER 1 70.3% +23.8%
JACKSON, MONIQUE R 1 34.8% +44.3%
SAETHER, FLEMMING 1 65.0% +28.1%
HANDVILLE, BRIAN 1 51.6% +28.1%

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
18989645 ANTIMICROBIAL BUILDING PANELS COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18216757 MULTI-FEATURED PANEL FASTENER AND PANEL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE MULTI-FEATURED PANEL FASTENER SAETHER, FLEMMING 24d overdue
17825101 SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR PRINTING UPON TEXTURED SURFACES OF BUILDING PANELS, AND METHODS THEREOF HANDVILLE, BRIAN 1d overdue
19031922 PELLETIZATION OF RECYCLED CEILING MATERIALS GRAHAM, ANDREW D
18595817 COIL COATING JACKSON, MONIQUE R

Interview Candidates (6)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18216757 MULTI-FEATURED PANEL FASTENER AND PANEL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE MULTI-FEATURED PANEL FASTENER SAETHER, FLEMMING 24d overdue
17825101 SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR PRINTING UPON TEXTURED SURFACES OF BUILDING PANELS, AND METHODS THEREOF HANDVILLE, BRIAN 1d overdue
19031922 PELLETIZATION OF RECYCLED CEILING MATERIALS GRAHAM, ANDREW D
18989645 ANTIMICROBIAL BUILDING PANELS COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A
18866548 SURFACE COVERING SYSTEM MUDD, HENRY HOOPER
18595817 COIL COATING JACKSON, MONIQUE R

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1787 2
3675 1
1783 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19031922 PELLETIZATION OF RECYCLED CEILING MATERIALS GRAHAM, ANDREW D 1787 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 18, 2025
18989645 ANTIMICROBIAL BUILDING PANELS COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2024
18988339 ANTIMICROBIAL BUILDING PANELS GOLDEN, CHINESSA T §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2024
18866548 SURFACE COVERING SYSTEM MUDD, HENRY HOOPER §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 17, 2024
18595817 COIL COATING JACKSON, MONIQUE R 1787 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 05, 2024
18216757 MULTI-FEATURED PANEL FASTENER AND PANEL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE MULTI-FEATURED PANEL FASTENER SAETHER, FLEMMING 3675 §102§103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
17825101 SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR PRINTING UPON TEXTURED SURFACES OF BUILDING PANELS, AND METHODS THEREOF HANDVILLE, BRIAN 1783 §103§112 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending May 26, 2022

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