Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
15 pending office actions • 6 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Gold Bond Building Products LLC maintains a portfolio with 13 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 12 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, HUANG, CHENG YUAN, is responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending actions.
The presence of 6 distinct art units indicates that the company's building product innovations span several specialized chemical and material classifications. With 12 distinct examiners involved, the company's prosecution strategy is well-diversified, reducing the impact of any single examiner's decisions. Because HUANG, CHENG YUAN handles only 2 of the 13 pending office actions, the portfolio's success is spread across many different examination dockets. This level of activity across 6 distinct art units requires a coordinated approach to ensure consistency in how the company's materials are presented to the USPTO. Managing these pending office actions simultaneously suggests a steady pipeline of innovation that requires constant attention to the 12 distinct examiners' specific requirements.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (7%) |
| §103 only | 8 (53%) |
| §112 only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUANG, CHENG YUAN | 2 | 39.0% | +22.8% |
| DUMBRIS, SETH M | 1 | 76.4% | +16.6% |
| FLORES JR, DONALD M | 1 | 76.9% | +27.3% |
| VO, HAI | 1 | 57.1% | +72.4% |
| KHAN, TAHSEEN | 1 | 61.7% | +20.5% |
| TAVARES-CROCKETT, ULA CORINNA | 1 | 39.6% | +29.9% |
| WEISS, PAMELA HL | 1 | 54.9% | +45.9% |
| SAMPLE, DAVID R | 1 | 79.9% | +10.2% |
| KONVES, ADRIANNA N | 1 | 76.2% | +14.8% |
| KHATRI, PRASHANT J | 1 | 61.4% | +28.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19051287 | Gypsum Panel Containing an Intercalated Additive | DUMBRIS, SETH M | — |
| 18929811 | Cementitious Panels with Swellable Materials and Methods of Providing a Moisture or Water Barrier in Cementitious Panels Using Swellable Materials | FLORES JR, DONALD M | — |
| 18889477 | Fire Resistant Gypsum Panel | VO, HAI | — |
| 18429568 | Gypsum Panel Having Reduced Calcination | WEISS, PAMELA HL | — |
| 18411142 | Gypsum Panel Containing a Polyoxazoline | SAMPLE, DAVID R | — |
| 17896232 | GLASS MAT FACED GYPSUM BOARD AND GYPSUM SLURRY FORMED USING A PHOSPHORUS CONTAINING COMPOUND | PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18645773 | Gypsum Panel Having Enhanced Hail Resistance | TAVARES-CROCKETT, ULA CORINNA | 26d overdue |
| 19051287 | Gypsum Panel Containing an Intercalated Additive | DUMBRIS, SETH M | — |
| 18929811 | Cementitious Panels with Swellable Materials and Methods of Providing a Moisture or Water Barrier in Cementitious Panels Using Swellable Materials | FLORES JR, DONALD M | — |
| 18909002 | Gypsum Panel Having Controlled Intumescence | HUANG, CHENG YUAN | — |
| 18889477 | Fire Resistant Gypsum Panel | VO, HAI | — |
| 18780989 | Gypsum Board with Improved Starch Binder | HUANG, CHENG YUAN | — |
| 18758381 | Gypsum Panel Having Enhanced Gypsum Core to Facing Material Bond | KHAN, TAHSEEN | — |
| 18429568 | Gypsum Panel Having Reduced Calcination | WEISS, PAMELA HL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1788 | 3 |
| 1781 | 2 |
| 1731 | 2 |
| 1783 | 2 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 1729 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19051287 | Gypsum Panel Containing an Intercalated Additive | DUMBRIS, SETH M | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 18929811 | Cementitious Panels with Swellable Materials and Methods of Providing a Moisture or Water Barrier in Cementitious Panels Using Swellable Materials | FLORES JR, DONALD M | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18909002 | Gypsum Panel Having Controlled Intumescence | HUANG, CHENG YUAN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18889477 | Fire Resistant Gypsum Panel | VO, HAI | 1788 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18780989 | Gypsum Board with Improved Starch Binder | HUANG, CHENG YUAN | 1787 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18758381 | Gypsum Panel Having Enhanced Gypsum Core to Facing Material Bond | KHAN, TAHSEEN | 1781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18645773 | Gypsum Panel Having Enhanced Hail Resistance | TAVARES-CROCKETT, ULA CORINNA | 1729 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18429568 | Gypsum Panel Having Reduced Calcination | WEISS, PAMELA HL | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 |
| 18411142 | Gypsum Panel Containing a Polyoxazoline | SAMPLE, DAVID R | 1731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18409904 | Method For Calcining Gypsum and Making a Gypsum Board | KONVES, ADRIANNA N | 1731 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18507190 | Gypsum Panel with Enhanced Fire Resistance | KHATRI, PRASHANT J | 1783 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18507220 | Gypsum Panel Containing Additives for Improved Fire Resistance | LE, HOA T | 1788 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18319530 | Low Density Gypsum Panel | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | 1781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 18, 2023 |
| 17896232 | GLASS MAT FACED GYPSUM BOARD AND GYPSUM SLURRY FORMED USING A PHOSPHORUS CONTAINING COMPOUND | PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA | 1783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2022 |
| 17731331 | Gypsum Board Including a Laminate Layer | MANGOHIG, THOMAS A | 1788 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2022 |
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