Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Johns Manville

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

14 pending office actions • 8 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
2
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.

3
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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 (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

11
Hard (79%)
3
Medium (21%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (14%)
§102 only1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (79%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
57% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
7% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
3
Business / Other
21% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PIERCE, JEREMY R 3 56.8% +43.2%
TRIGGS, ANDREW J 1 66.7% +27.8%
HERRING, BRENT W 1 69.1% +16.8%
MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T 1 53.9% +30.2%
KOLB, KATARZYNA I 1 45.2% +15.9%
WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN 1 44.2% +44.5%
LEARY, JOSHUA DENNIS 1 100.0% +0.0%
PHAN, TRUONG D 1 68.6% +16.6%
CHAU, LINDA N 1 44.6% +16.0%
IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 1 33.5% +25.0%

Hard Cases (11)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16923235 CLEANABLE FILTER MEDIUM CHAU, LISA N 51d overdue
18382383 FACER MATERIAL FOR INSULATION IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 23d overdue
18599438 CARPET WITH REINFORCED NONWOVEN PRIMARY BACKING PIERCE, JEREMY R 7d
18966685 POUR IN PLACE FOAM INSULATION FOR BUILDING COMPONENTS TRIGGS, ANDREW J —
18599501 CARPET WITH SCRIM REINFORCED NONWOVEN PRIMARY BACKING MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T —
18442977 DEDUSTING OIL COMPOSITIONS WITH ENHANCED HEAT RESISTANCE KOLB, KATARZYNA I —
18442773 WATERPROOF MEMBRANE WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN —
18529498 EXTERIOR CLADDING FOR INSULATION SYSTEMS LEARY, JOSHUA DENNIS —

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18382383 FACER MATERIAL FOR INSULATION IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 23d overdue
18513715 INSULATION DENSITY MEASURING DEVICE AND METHODS PHAN, TRUONG D 9d overdue
18599438 CARPET WITH REINFORCED NONWOVEN PRIMARY BACKING PIERCE, JEREMY R 7d
18791732 ROOFING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING LINEAR LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE HERRING, BRENT W 27d
18967956 FORMALDEHYDE-CONTAINING PRODUCTS WITH REDUCED FORMALDEHYDE EMISSIONS PIERCE, JEREMY R —
18966685 POUR IN PLACE FOAM INSULATION FOR BUILDING COMPONENTS TRIGGS, ANDREW J —
18599501 CARPET WITH SCRIM REINFORCED NONWOVEN PRIMARY BACKING MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T —
18442977 DEDUSTING OIL COMPOSITIONS WITH ENHANCED HEAT RESISTANCE KOLB, KATARZYNA I —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1789 5
3633 1
1783 1
3753 1
2855 1
4100 1
1762 1
1785 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18967956 FORMALDEHYDE-CONTAINING PRODUCTS WITH REDUCED FORMALDEHYDE EMISSIONS PIERCE, JEREMY R 1789 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 04, 2024
18966685 POUR IN PLACE FOAM INSULATION FOR BUILDING COMPONENTS TRIGGS, ANDREW J — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 03, 2024
18791732 ROOFING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING LINEAR LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE HERRING, BRENT W 3633 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Aug 01, 2024
18599501 CARPET WITH SCRIM REINFORCED NONWOVEN PRIMARY BACKING MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T 1789 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 08, 2024
18599438 CARPET WITH REINFORCED NONWOVEN PRIMARY BACKING PIERCE, JEREMY R 1789 §103§112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Mar 08, 2024
18442977 DEDUSTING OIL COMPOSITIONS WITH ENHANCED HEAT RESISTANCE KOLB, KATARZYNA I — §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 15, 2024
18442773 WATERPROOF MEMBRANE WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN 1783 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 15, 2024
18529498 EXTERIOR CLADDING FOR INSULATION SYSTEMS LEARY, JOSHUA DENNIS 3753 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2023
18513715 INSULATION DENSITY MEASURING DEVICE AND METHODS PHAN, TRUONG D 2855 §102 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Nov 20, 2023
18382404 TUBULAR GAUNTLETS FOR DEEP CYCLE LEAD-ACID BATTERIES CHAU, LINDA N 4100 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 20, 2023
18382383 FACER MATERIAL FOR INSULATION IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 1789 §103§112 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Oct 20, 2023
17731066 METHOD OF BLENDING ADHESIVE COMPONENTS AT THE JOB SITE FOR ROOFING APPLICATIONS EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI 1762 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 27, 2022
17530816 FLEXIBLE AND LOW PERMEABLE VAPOR RETARDANTS FOR FACING PRODUCTS PIERCE, JEREMY R 1789 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 19, 2021
16923235 CLEANABLE FILTER MEDIUM CHAU, LISA N 1785 §103§112 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Jul 08, 2020

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