Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
9 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
GAF Energy LLC has 9 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 7 examiners and 5 art units, indicating meaningful distribution across the portfolio while leaving some examiner overlap. The five art units provide a practical structure for separating technical issues and coordinating related applications.
MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending actions. Those matters are the strongest location for identifying recurring objections or useful interview themes. Other actions require examiner-specific preparation, so a single amendment template should be used cautiously across the portfolio.
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 (33%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (56%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK | 3 | 56.3% | +45.6% |
| WHITE, SADIE | 1 | 49.3% | +31.2% |
| TRAN, PHI DIEU | 1 | 65.5% | +22.3% |
| FONSECA, JESSIE T | 1 | 68.2% | +18.6% |
| GILBERT, WILLIAM V | 1 | 58.0% | +25.8% |
| HERRING, BRENT W | 1 | 69.0% | +16.5% |
| SADLON, JOSEPH | 1 | 63.4% | +26.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19034187 | ACTIVE COMPONENT INDICATORS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS | WHITE, SADIE | — |
| 18956892 | PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE FOR A ROOF WITH CONTINUOUS FIBER TAPE | TRAN, PHI DIEU | — |
| 18943521 | ROOF MATERIAL STORAGE BRACKET | GILBERT, WILLIAM V | — |
| 18925844 | BACKSHEETS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES | HERRING, BRENT W | — |
| 18890454 | PHOTOVOLTAIC SHINGLES WITH POWER ELECTRONICS AND LOW PROFILE CONNECTORS | MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18088314 | PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES FOR COMMERCIAL ROOFING | MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK | 93d overdue |
| 19016769 | BASEPLATES FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES | MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK | 23d overdue |
| 19034187 | ACTIVE COMPONENT INDICATORS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS | WHITE, SADIE | — |
| 18956892 | PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE FOR A ROOF WITH CONTINUOUS FIBER TAPE | TRAN, PHI DIEU | — |
| 18953833 | ROOF INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM | FONSECA, JESSIE T | — |
| 18943521 | ROOF MATERIAL STORAGE BRACKET | GILBERT, WILLIAM V | — |
| 18925844 | BACKSHEETS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES | HERRING, BRENT W | — |
| 18890454 | PHOTOVOLTAIC SHINGLES WITH POWER ELECTRONICS AND LOW PROFILE CONNECTORS | MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1726 | 3 |
| 3633 | 3 |
| 1721 | 1 |
| 3993 | 1 |
| 3635 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19034187 | ACTIVE COMPONENT INDICATORS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS | WHITE, SADIE | 1721 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19016769 | BASEPLATES FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES | MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK | 1726 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18956892 | PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE FOR A ROOF WITH CONTINUOUS FIBER TAPE | TRAN, PHI DIEU | 3633 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18953833 | ROOF INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM | FONSECA, JESSIE T | 3633 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18943521 | ROOF MATERIAL STORAGE BRACKET | GILBERT, WILLIAM V | 3993 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18925844 | BACKSHEETS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES | HERRING, BRENT W | 3633 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18890454 | PHOTOVOLTAIC SHINGLES WITH POWER ELECTRONICS AND LOW PROFILE CONNECTORS | MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK | 1726 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18810205 | SYSTEM OF ROOFING AND PHOTOVOLTAIC SHINGLES AND METHODS OF INSTALLING SAME | SADLON, JOSEPH | 3635 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18088314 | PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES FOR COMMERCIAL ROOFING | MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK | 1726 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 93d overdue | Pending | Dec 23, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialGAF Energy LLC has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 7 examiners.
Daniel Patrick Malley Jr. has the most, with 3 of GAF Energy LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
