Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cdgm Glass Co. Ltd. manages a company patent portfolio that currently includes 8 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 8 pending actions are distributed across 4 distinct art units, indicating that the company's glass-related innovations cover a range of technical specialties. This distribution requires a prosecution strategy that accounts for the varying standards across 4 distinct art units at the patent office.
The examination process involves 4 distinct examiners, which means that each examiner is responsible for an average of two active cases. AUER, LAURA A is the busiest examiner for Cdgm Glass Co. Ltd., currently overseeing 3 pending office actions. This concentration of work with AUER, LAURA A makes her a central figure in the company's current prosecution efforts, as she manages a significant portion of the total pending actions.
For Cdgm Glass Co. Ltd., the 8 pending office actions represent a significant active pipeline in the Chemistry & Materials sector. The involvement of 4 distinct art units and 4 distinct examiners highlights a moderately decentralized examination environment. AUER, LAURA A, as the busiest examiner with 3 pending actions, is the most critical point of contact for the company's legal team as they seek to secure patent protection.
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.
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 | 6 (75%) |
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (12%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUER, LAURA A | 3 | 49.8% | +34.3% |
| MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | 3 | 81.5% | +0.2% |
| BOLDEN, ELIZABETH A | 1 | 85.1% | +22.1% |
| AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M | 1 | 76.2% | +20.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17923675 | GLASS MATERIAL | MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | 61d |
| 18888613 | GLASS, GLASS ELEMENT AND OPTICAL FILTER | MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | — |
| 18739588 | OPTICAL GLASS, OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND OPTICAL DEVICE | BOLDEN, ELIZABETH A | — |
| 18231410 | OPTICAL GLASS, GLASS PREFORM, OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENT | MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18019053 | MICROCRYSTALLINE GLASS, AND MICROCRYSTALLINE GLASS PRODUCT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | AUER, LAURA A | 29d |
| 18857907 | MICROCRYSTALLINE GLASS, MICROCRYSTALLINE GLASS PRODUCT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | AUER, LAURA A | — |
| 18739588 | OPTICAL GLASS, OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND OPTICAL DEVICE | BOLDEN, ELIZABETH A | — |
| 18384929 | GLASS MATERIAL | AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M | — |
| 18103974 | MICROCRYSTALLINE GLASS, AND MICROCRYSTALLINE GLASS PRODUCT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | AUER, LAURA A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1783 | 3 |
| 1731 | 2 |
| 1763 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18857907 | MICROCRYSTALLINE GLASS, MICROCRYSTALLINE GLASS PRODUCT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | AUER, LAURA A | 1783 | §103DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18888613 | GLASS, GLASS ELEMENT AND OPTICAL FILTER | MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | 1763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18739588 | OPTICAL GLASS, OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND OPTICAL DEVICE | BOLDEN, ELIZABETH A | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18384929 | GLASS MATERIAL | AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M | 1742 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 18231410 | OPTICAL GLASS, GLASS PREFORM, OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENT | MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | 1731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
| 18019053 | MICROCRYSTALLINE GLASS, AND MICROCRYSTALLINE GLASS PRODUCT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | AUER, LAURA A | 1783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Jan 31, 2023 |
| 18103974 | MICROCRYSTALLINE GLASS, AND MICROCRYSTALLINE GLASS PRODUCT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | AUER, LAURA A | 1783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2023 |
| 17923675 | GLASS MATERIAL | MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | 1731 | §103 | Final Rejection | 61d | Pending | Nov 07, 2022 |
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