Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Certainteed LLC

15 pending office actions • 7 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

6
Hard (40%)
9
Medium (60%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (53%)
Double-patenting + other1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
4
Business / Other
27% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PIZIALI, ANDREW T 2 28.5% +27.4%
AHMED, SHEEBA 1 80.8% +14.3%
ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S 1 74.4% +23.6%
WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 1 73.4% +30.4%
MATTEI, BRIAN DAVID 1 67.4% +15.3%
BARLOW, ADAM G 1 70.8% +19.6%
ROSEBACH, CHRISTINA H.W. 1 58.8% -34.7%
VO, HAI 1 57.1% +72.3%
HERRING, BRENT W 1 69.0% +16.7%
KENNY, DANIEL J 1 61.8% +21.7%

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
19003388 METHODS FOR COATING GRANULES AND THE GRANULES THEREOF AHMED, SHEEBA

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18939835 ROOFING PRODUCTS WITH ZONES OF ALGAE-RESISTANT GRANULES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE
18891380 ASPHALT COMPOSITION FOR ROOFING APPLICATIONS PIZIALI, ANDREW T
18884388 BUILDING SURFACE PRODUCT INCLUDING PRESS-IN FASTENER, BUILDING SURFACE SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE BARLOW, ADAM G
18805717 ROOFING SHINGLE HERRING, BRENT W
18799081 FIBER MAT, METHOD OF MAKING THE FIBER MAT, AND BITUMINOUS ROOFING PRODUCT PIZIALI, ANDREW T
18180952 INSULATION STANDOFFS AND EXTERIOR INSULATION SYSTEMS SADLON, JOSEPH
18043098 MATERIALS, METHODS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR INSULATING CAVITIES OF BUILDINGS WITH FOAM INSULATION RIOJA, MELISSA A

Interview Candidates (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18533321 ROOFING PRODUCTS WITH IMPROVED NAIL ZONE, ROOFING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSTALLING THEM KENNY, DANIEL J 27d
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
18939835 ROOFING PRODUCTS WITH ZONES OF ALGAE-RESISTANT GRANULES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE
18891380 ASPHALT COMPOSITION FOR ROOFING APPLICATIONS PIZIALI, ANDREW T
18888414 CORNER PIECE FOR SIDING SYSTEM MATTEI, BRIAN DAVID
18884388 BUILDING SURFACE PRODUCT INCLUDING PRESS-IN FASTENER, BUILDING SURFACE SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE BARLOW, ADAM G
18811879 MICROBIAL GROWTH AND DUST RETARDANT ROOFING SHINGLES VO, HAI

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3635 3
3633 3
1787 1
1766 1
1788 1
1764 1
1761 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19003388 METHODS FOR COATING GRANULES AND THE GRANULES THEREOF AHMED, SHEEBA 1787 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2024
18989739 LOOSEFILL INSULATION INSTALLATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING LOOSEFILL INSULATION ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2024
18939835 ROOFING PRODUCTS WITH ZONES OF ALGAE-RESISTANT GRANULES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2024
18891380 ASPHALT COMPOSITION FOR ROOFING APPLICATIONS PIZIALI, ANDREW T §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 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
18816238 ASPHALT PELLET WITH CALCINED GYPSUM SHELL ROSEBACH, CHRISTINA H.W. 1766 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 27, 2024
18811879 MICROBIAL GROWTH AND DUST RETARDANT ROOFING SHINGLES VO, HAI 1788 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2024
18805717 ROOFING SHINGLE HERRING, BRENT W 3633 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2024
18799081 FIBER MAT, METHOD OF MAKING THE FIBER MAT, AND BITUMINOUS ROOFING PRODUCT PIZIALI, ANDREW T §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 09, 2024
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 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2023
18180952 INSULATION STANDOFFS AND EXTERIOR INSULATION SYSTEMS SADLON, JOSEPH 3635 §103§112 Non-Final OA 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
18090291 ROOFING GRANULE MIXTURES FOR ALGAE-RESISTANT ROOFING SHINGLES DIGGS, TANISHA 1761 §103 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Dec 28, 2022

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