Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Glydways Inc.

Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Glydways Inc. currently has 5 pending office actions. These 5 pending office actions are categorized within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The prosecution involves 5 distinct examiners. This distribution across 5 distinct examiners indicates that each pending case is handled by a different individual.

The work is organized into 5 distinct art units. These 5 distinct art units are part of the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. INSERRA, MADISON RENEE is the busiest examiner for the company. This examiner is responsible for 1 pending office action. The 1 pending office action is one of the cases currently under review at the patent office.

The 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units provide the technical review for the portfolio. Practitioners should monitor the 5 pending office actions for consistent prosecution results across the different examiners. The Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area remains the focus for these filings. INSERRA, MADISON RENEE and the other examiners handle the ongoing prosecution.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

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

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.

1
Hard (20%)
3
Medium (60%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (40%)
§102 only1 (20%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
20% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
80% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 1 70.1% +34.8%
ISMAIL, OMAR S 1 91.3% +9.9%
CAMBY, RICHARD M 1 89.2% +6.5%
REFAI, RAMSEY 1 50.7% +12.6%
MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE 1 59.7% +26.5%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18826020 VARIABLE BANDWIDTH FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS OR SEMI-AUTONOMOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES ISMAIL, OMAR S —
18671879 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM CAMBY, RICHARD M —

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19288823 VEHICLE TRAJECTORY PRIORITIZATION IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SYSTEM INSERRA, MADISON RENEE —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18387786 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE 5d overdue
18617388 AUTONOMOUS RAIL OR OFF RAIL VEHICLE MOVEMENT AND SYSTEM AMONG A GROUP OF VEHICLES REFAI, RAMSEY 14d
19288823 VEHICLE TRAJECTORY PRIORITIZATION IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SYSTEM INSERRA, MADISON RENEE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3662 1
2635 1
3661 1
3664 1
3669 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19288823 VEHICLE TRAJECTORY PRIORITIZATION IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SYSTEM INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 3662 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 01, 2025
18826020 VARIABLE BANDWIDTH FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS OR SEMI-AUTONOMOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES ISMAIL, OMAR S 2635 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 05, 2024
18671879 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM CAMBY, RICHARD M 3661 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending May 22, 2024
18617388 AUTONOMOUS RAIL OR OFF RAIL VEHICLE MOVEMENT AND SYSTEM AMONG A GROUP OF VEHICLES REFAI, RAMSEY 3664 §112 Final Rejection 14d Pending Mar 26, 2024
18387786 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE 3669 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Nov 07, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Glydways Inc. have?

Glydways Inc. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Glydways Inc. applications?

Madison Renee Inserra has the most, with 1 of Glydways Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Glydways Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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