Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
12 pending office actions • 8 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days
Knauf Gips KG manages a portfolio of 12 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 12 actions are distributed among 12 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is reviewing 1 application. The technical breadth of the portfolio is further evidenced by its presence in 8 distinct art units, indicating a range of research focuses within the chemistry and materials sector.
The busiest examiner, MACHNESS, ARIELLA, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because there are 12 distinct examiners for 12 pending office actions, no 1 examiner has more than 1 matter under review. This high level of dispersion across 12 distinct examiners and 8 distinct art units suggests that the company's patent strategy is decentralized. Practitioners must be prepared to handle a variety of examination styles and technical standards, as the 12 pending office actions are not concentrated under any 1 individual or unit. This structure requires a versatile prosecution approach to ensure consistency across the many different art units and examiners involved. The presence of 8 distinct art units underscores the diversity of the technical subject matter being pursued by the company.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (17%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| §112 only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (58%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACHNESS, ARIELLA | 1 | 61.9% | +28.5% |
| CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T | 1 | 70.7% | +15.1% |
| TRIGGS, ANDREW J | 1 | 66.7% | +27.8% |
| GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A | 1 | 68.9% | +16.6% |
| BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | 1 | 57.1% | +40.6% |
| KENNY, DANIEL J | 1 | 61.8% | +21.9% |
| FONSECA, JESSIE T | 1 | 68.0% | +18.8% |
| BEHA, CAROLINE | 1 | 57.5% | +23.8% |
| WALTERS JR, ROBERT S | 1 | 51.5% | +50.4% |
| CASE, SARAH CATHERINE | 1 | 41.1% | +50.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17663006 | READY-MIXED DRYING-TYPE JOINT COMPOUNDS CONTAINING pH BUFFER SYSTEMS | LING, DORIS | 19d |
| 18038100 | Starch as a Primer for Substrates | WALTERS JR, ROBERT S | 22d |
| 18861271 | POCKET PROFILE FOR A VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE INSTALLATION OF A RUNNER RAIL IN A DRY WALL CONSTRUCTION, MOUNTING ELEMENT FOR A VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE INSTALLATION OF A RUNNER RAIL IN A POCKET DRYWALL CONSTRUCTION, AND DRYWALL CONSTRUCTION FOR A SLIDING DOOR SYSTEM | CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T | — |
| 18836898 | MULTI-COMPONENT COMPOSITION FOR PRINTABLE MORTAR | GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A | — |
| 18574892 | Spray-Applicable Joint Tape for Drywall Constructions | BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | — |
| 18531334 | BUILDING SYSTEM ENHANCING ATTACHMENT OF ADJACENT PANELS | KENNY, DANIEL J | — |
| 18485005 | GYPSUM STUD WALL SYSTEM WITH HIGH KNOCK FACTOR | FONSECA, JESSIE T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18038100 | Starch as a Primer for Substrates | WALTERS JR, ROBERT S | 22d |
| 18242129 | NON-CONTACT ENCODER FOR BOARD MEASUREMENT | BEHA, CAROLINE | 28d |
| 18116484 | LIGHT-WEIGHT FAST-DRY SELF-LEVELING CEMENTITIOUS GYPSUM UNDERLAYMENT WITH PARTICLE FILLERS | CASE, SARAH CATHERINE | 30d |
| 18871691 | Extruder for Producing Gypsum Moulded Articles, Process for Manufacturing Gypsum-Based Articles and Gypsum-Based Articles | MACHNESS, ARIELLA | — |
| 18861271 | POCKET PROFILE FOR A VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE INSTALLATION OF A RUNNER RAIL IN A DRY WALL CONSTRUCTION, MOUNTING ELEMENT FOR A VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE INSTALLATION OF A RUNNER RAIL IN A POCKET DRYWALL CONSTRUCTION, AND DRYWALL CONSTRUCTION FOR A SLIDING DOOR SYSTEM | CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T | — |
| 18861124 | MOUNTING ELEMENT FOR A VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE INSTALLATION OF A RUNNER RAIL IN A POCKET DRYWALL CONSTRUCTION | TRIGGS, ANDREW J | — |
| 18836898 | MULTI-COMPONENT COMPOSITION FOR PRINTABLE MORTAR | GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A | — |
| 18574892 | Spray-Applicable Joint Tape for Drywall Constructions | BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3633 | 2 |
| 1743 | 1 |
| 3635 | 1 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| 1717 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| 1782 | 1 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18871691 | Extruder for Producing Gypsum Moulded Articles, Process for Manufacturing Gypsum-Based Articles and Gypsum-Based Articles | MACHNESS, ARIELLA | 1743 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18861271 | POCKET PROFILE FOR A VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE INSTALLATION OF A RUNNER RAIL IN A DRY WALL CONSTRUCTION, MOUNTING ELEMENT FOR A VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE INSTALLATION OF A RUNNER RAIL IN A POCKET DRYWALL CONSTRUCTION, AND DRYWALL CONSTRUCTION FOR A SLIDING DOOR SYSTEM | CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T | — | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18861124 | MOUNTING ELEMENT FOR A VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE INSTALLATION OF A RUNNER RAIL IN A POCKET DRYWALL CONSTRUCTION | TRIGGS, ANDREW J | 3635 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18836898 | MULTI-COMPONENT COMPOSITION FOR PRINTABLE MORTAR | GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18574892 | Spray-Applicable Joint Tape for Drywall Constructions | BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18531334 | BUILDING SYSTEM ENHANCING ATTACHMENT OF ADJACENT PANELS | KENNY, DANIEL J | 3633 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18485005 | GYPSUM STUD WALL SYSTEM WITH HIGH KNOCK FACTOR | FONSECA, JESSIE T | 3633 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2023 |
| 18242129 | NON-CONTACT ENCODER FOR BOARD MEASUREMENT | BEHA, CAROLINE | 1748 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
| 18038100 | Starch as a Primer for Substrates | WALTERS JR, ROBERT S | 1717 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | May 22, 2023 |
| 18116484 | LIGHT-WEIGHT FAST-DRY SELF-LEVELING CEMENTITIOUS GYPSUM UNDERLAYMENT WITH PARTICLE FILLERS | CASE, SARAH CATHERINE | 1731 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Mar 02, 2023 |
| 17809101 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING PAPER USING UNCOOKED STARCH FOR GYPSUM PANELS | HON, SOW FUN | 1782 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2022 |
| 17663006 | READY-MIXED DRYING-TYPE JOINT COMPOUNDS CONTAINING pH BUFFER SYSTEMS | LING, DORIS | 1764 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | May 11, 2022 |
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