Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kcc Glass Corporation has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These are distributed between 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. This means that each of the 2 pending office actions is being reviewed by a different examiner. This lack of overlap requires a tailored approach for each of the 2 pending office actions.
KELLY, CATHERINE A is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. With 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, the company's current transportation portfolio is split between two different technical divisions. This distribution requires managing two independent prosecution tracks for its mechanical innovations. The absence of concentration under a single examiner means that the company must adapt to two different sets of examination styles. Each of the 2 pending office actions represents a separate technical challenge in the glass and transportation sector. The company's current success depends on navigating these 2 distinct art units effectively.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KELLY, CATHERINE A | 1 | 60.4% | +27.5% |
| FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | 1 | 78.5% | +13.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18949642 | FLUSH VEHICLE DOOR HAVING A DETACHABLE SLIDER FIXING RAIL AND A METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A FLUSH DOOR | KELLY, CATHERINE A | 9d |
| 18902249 | VEHICLE GLASS HAVING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PATTERN | FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18949642 | FLUSH VEHICLE DOOR HAVING A DETACHABLE SLIDER FIXING RAIL AND A METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A FLUSH DOOR | KELLY, CATHERINE A | 9d |
| 18902249 | VEHICLE GLASS HAVING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PATTERN | FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3619 | 1 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18949642 | FLUSH VEHICLE DOOR HAVING A DETACHABLE SLIDER FIXING RAIL AND A METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A FLUSH DOOR | KELLY, CATHERINE A | 3619 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18902249 | VEHICLE GLASS HAVING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PATTERN | FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | 1781 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialKcc Glass Corporation has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Catherine A Kelly has the most, with 1 of Kcc Glass Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
