Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

GAF Energy LLC

8 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)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.

4
Hard (50%)
4
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (12%)
§103 only3 (38%)
Double-patenting + other1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
25% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK 4 56.8% +45.3%
WHITE, SADIE 1 48.9% +31.4%
FONSECA, JESSIE T 1 68.0% +18.9%
GILBERT, WILLIAM V 1 58.0% +25.6%
PILLAY, DEVINA 1 43.9% +26.4%

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
18506584 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE SYSTEMS AND METHODS MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK 71d overdue
19014988 BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK 60d overdue
18737665 JUMPER MODULE FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK 71d
18943521 ROOF MATERIAL STORAGE BRACKET GILBERT, WILLIAM V

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18088314 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES FOR COMMERCIAL ROOFING MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK 93d overdue
18506584 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE SYSTEMS AND METHODS MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK 71d overdue
19014988 BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK 60d overdue
18169718 ROOFING MODULE SYSTEM PILLAY, DEVINA 38d overdue
18737665 JUMPER MODULE FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK 71d
19034187 ACTIVE COMPONENT INDICATORS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS WHITE, SADIE
18953833 ROOF INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM FONSECA, JESSIE T
18943521 ROOF MATERIAL STORAGE BRACKET GILBERT, WILLIAM V

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1726 5
1721 1
3993 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19034187 ACTIVE COMPONENT INDICATORS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS WHITE, SADIE 1721 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2025
19014988 BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK 1726 §101 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2025
18953833 ROOF INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM FONSECA, JESSIE T §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
18737665 JUMPER MODULE FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK 1726 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 71d Pending Jun 07, 2024
18506584 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE SYSTEMS AND METHODS MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK 1726 §102§103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Nov 10, 2023
18169718 ROOFING MODULE SYSTEM PILLAY, DEVINA 1726 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2023
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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