Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
17 pending office actions • 10 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Certainteed LLC has 18 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The docket spans 16 examiners and 10 art units, showing broad examiner distribution with some grouping at the technical-unit level. Most matters therefore involve distinct examiner relationships, while several cases share broader art-unit context.
PIZIALI, ANDREW T is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The limited concentration suggests that counsel should use centralized docket controls but preserve matter-specific analysis of examiner practice, claim construction issues, and art-unit treatment.
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 | 3 (18%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 13 (76%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIZIALI, ANDREW T | 2 | 28.4% | +27.4% |
| KENNY, DANIEL J | 2 | 61.8% | +21.6% |
| HERRING, BRENT W | 1 | 69.0% | +16.5% |
| AHMED, SHEEBA | 1 | 80.6% | +14.5% |
| ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 1 | 73.8% | +24.6% |
| ZHANG, MICHAEL N | 1 | 54.5% | +22.5% |
| CARROLL, JEREMY W | 1 | 75.0% | +12.0% |
| MATTEI, BRIAN DAVID | 1 | 67.3% | +15.5% |
| BARLOW, ADAM G | 1 | 70.8% | +19.6% |
| VO, HAI | 1 | 57.1% | +72.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18492329 | MANUFACTURED BUILDING PANEL ASSEMBLY | TRIGGS, ANDREW J | 2d overdue |
| 19042055 | BUILDING SURFACE PANELS AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | HERRING, BRENT W | — |
| 19003388 | METHODS FOR COATING GRANULES AND THE GRANULES THEREOF | AHMED, SHEEBA | — |
| 18989739 | LOOSEFILL INSULATION INSTALLATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING LOOSEFILL INSULATION | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | — |
| 18891380 | ASPHALT COMPOSITION FOR ROOFING APPLICATIONS | PIZIALI, ANDREW T | — |
| 18890064 | LOOSE FILL DELIVERY MACHINE | CARROLL, JEREMY W | — |
| 18884388 | BUILDING SURFACE PRODUCT INCLUDING PRESS-IN FASTENER, BUILDING SURFACE SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | BARLOW, ADAM G | — |
| 18837919 | ROOFING SYSTEM WITH VISUALLY MATCHING ROOFING PANELS AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION | KENNY, DANIEL 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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18533321 | ROOFING PRODUCTS WITH IMPROVED NAIL ZONE, ROOFING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSTALLING THEM | KENNY, DANIEL J | 27d |
| 19042055 | BUILDING SURFACE PANELS AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | HERRING, BRENT W | — |
| 19003388 | METHODS FOR COATING GRANULES AND THE GRANULES THEREOF | AHMED, SHEEBA | — |
| 18989739 | LOOSEFILL INSULATION INSTALLATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING LOOSEFILL INSULATION | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | — |
| 18891354 | ASPHALT COMPOSITION FOR ROOFING APPLICATIONS | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | — |
| 18891380 | ASPHALT COMPOSITION FOR ROOFING APPLICATIONS | PIZIALI, ANDREW T | — |
| 18890064 | LOOSE FILL DELIVERY MACHINE | CARROLL, JEREMY W | — |
| 18888414 | CORNER PIECE FOR SIDING SYSTEM | MATTEI, BRIAN DAVID | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3633 | 4 |
| 3635 | 3 |
| 1789 | 2 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| 3754 | 1 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| 3653 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19042055 | BUILDING SURFACE PANELS AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | HERRING, BRENT W | 3633 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19003388 | METHODS FOR COATING GRANULES AND THE GRANULES THEREOF | AHMED, SHEEBA | 1787 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18989739 | LOOSEFILL INSULATION INSTALLATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING LOOSEFILL INSULATION | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 3725 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18891354 | ASPHALT COMPOSITION FOR ROOFING APPLICATIONS | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18891380 | ASPHALT COMPOSITION FOR ROOFING APPLICATIONS | PIZIALI, ANDREW T | 1789 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18890064 | LOOSE FILL DELIVERY MACHINE | CARROLL, JEREMY W | 3754 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18888414 | CORNER PIECE FOR SIDING SYSTEM | MATTEI, BRIAN DAVID | 3635 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18884388 | BUILDING SURFACE PRODUCT INCLUDING PRESS-IN FASTENER, BUILDING SURFACE SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | BARLOW, ADAM G | 3633 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18811879 | MICROBIAL GROWTH AND DUST RETARDANT ROOFING SHINGLES | VO, HAI | 1788 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18837919 | ROOFING SYSTEM WITH VISUALLY MATCHING ROOFING PANELS AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION | KENNY, DANIEL J | 3633 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18799081 | FIBER MAT, METHOD OF MAKING THE FIBER MAT, AND BITUMINOUS ROOFING PRODUCT | PIZIALI, ANDREW T | 1789 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18396211 | Interlocking Gypsum Building Surface Products, Methods of Manufacture, and Interlocking Gypsum Building Surface Systems | WASHVILLE, JEFFREY D | 1766 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2023 |
| 18533321 | ROOFING PRODUCTS WITH IMPROVED NAIL ZONE, ROOFING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSTALLING THEM | KENNY, DANIEL J | 3633 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18492329 | MANUFACTURED BUILDING PANEL ASSEMBLY | TRIGGS, ANDREW J | 3635 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18180952 | INSULATION STANDOFFS AND EXTERIOR INSULATION SYSTEMS | SADLON, JOSEPH | 3635 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 09, 2023 |
| 18043098 | MATERIALS, METHODS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR INSULATING CAVITIES OF BUILDINGS WITH FOAM INSULATION | RIOJA, MELISSA A | 1764 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
| 17701234 | LOOSE FILL INSULATION DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH ADDITIVE INJECTION AND METHOD OF INCLUDING ADDITIVE IN LOOSE FILL INSULATION | HARP, WILLIAM RAY | 3653 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialCertainteed LLC has 17 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 10 art units and 15 examiners.
Andrew T Piziali has the most, with 2 of Certainteed LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
