Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Glaston Germany GmbH currently has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The prosecution profile is highly focused, with all current activity limited to a single examiner and art unit. This singular focus simplifies the management of the portfolio, as there are no competing examiner requirements or varying art unit standards to navigate for the 1 pending office action.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is MCNALLY, DANIEL, who is handling the 1 pending office action. Because the portfolio involves only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the practitioner can dedicate resources to understanding the specific examination style of this individual. The concentration in the Chemistry & Materials area within 1 art unit suggests that the company's current patent efforts are tightly aligned with a specific technical niche rather than being spread across diverse materials science disciplines.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCNALLY, DANIEL | 1 | 68.0% | +13.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18823511 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSEMBLING A TRIPLE INSULATING GLASS PANE HAVING TWO OUTER GLASSES AND A THIN GLASS BETWEEN THEM | MCNALLY, DANIEL | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18823511 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSEMBLING A TRIPLE INSULATING GLASS PANE HAVING TWO OUTER GLASSES AND A THIN GLASS BETWEEN THEM | MCNALLY, DANIEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1746 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18823511 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSEMBLING A TRIPLE INSULATING GLASS PANE HAVING TWO OUTER GLASSES AND A THIN GLASS BETWEEN THEM | MCNALLY, DANIEL | 1746 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
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