Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
21 pending office actions • 14 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation has 21 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 20 distinct examiners and 14 distinct art units, indicating broad examiner distribution with repeated activity within some art units. This profile supports centralized portfolio oversight alongside technology-specific response planning.
MARTIN, VERONICA is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The limited concentration at one examiner means that coordinated examiner engagement can help only part of the docket, while consistent claim strategy remains useful across the wider portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 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. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (5%) |
| §103 only | 5 (24%) |
| §112 only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 12 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, VERONICA | 2 | 82.6% | +13.4% |
| MUSSER, BARBARA J | 1 | 71.1% | +26.6% |
| BARTLETT, VICTORIA | 1 | 51.0% | +29.5% |
| KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J | 1 | 71.3% | +17.5% |
| THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1 | 73.7% | +10.5% |
| RIVERA, JOSHEL | 1 | 73.7% | +6.7% |
| POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M | 1 | 73.0% | +26.2% |
| KENNY, DANIEL J | 1 | 61.8% | +21.6% |
| HIJAZ, OMAR F | 1 | 55.5% | +35.4% |
| DERUSSO, JOHN J | 1 | 80.5% | +14.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18109036 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A FIRE-RETARDANT TREATED WOOD COMPOSITE PANEL | YE, XINWEN | 88d overdue |
| 18799775 | ADJUSTABLE FOAM-PENETRATING NAIL GUN WITH TIP LOCKING MECHANISM | MARTIN, VERONICA | 66d overdue |
| 16840366 | NON-BACKED METALLIZED PET RADIANT BARRIER FACTORY BONDED TO CELLULOSIC SUBSTRATE | KRUER, KEVIN R | 52d overdue |
| 18940642 | STRAND SIDING WITH PEBBLED STUCCO TEXTURE | POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M | 37d overdue |
| 18503350 | METHOD TO PRODUCE FACTORY-FINISHED WOOD PANELS | RODRIGUEZ, MICHAEL P | 31d overdue |
| 18097048 | ENGINEERED WOOD SIDING, TRIM AND FENCING WITH FIRE RESISTANT PROPERTIES | SIMONE, CATHERINE A | 25d overdue |
| 18587320 | WOOD STRUCTURAL PANELS WITH COATING COMBINING FIRE-RESISTANCE AND WATER RESISTANCE | HANDVILLE, BRIAN | 7d |
| 18798082 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ENGINEERED COMPOSITE PANEL WITH LIGNOCELLULOSIC STRANDS AND ANTI-SETTLING FIBERS | DERUSSO, JOHN J | 41d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18799775 | ADJUSTABLE FOAM-PENETRATING NAIL GUN WITH TIP LOCKING MECHANISM | MARTIN, VERONICA | 66d overdue |
| 18940642 | STRAND SIDING WITH PEBBLED STUCCO TEXTURE | POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M | 37d overdue |
| 18798082 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ENGINEERED COMPOSITE PANEL WITH LIGNOCELLULOSIC STRANDS AND ANTI-SETTLING FIBERS | DERUSSO, JOHN J | 41d |
| 19212333 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN IMPROVED ORIENTED STRAND BOARD PANEL | MUSSER, BARBARA J | — |
| 19173646 | MANUFACTURED WOOD PANEL WITH INTEGRATED INORGANIC MATERIAL | BARTLETT, VICTORIA | — |
| 19055413 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A FIRE-RETARDANT TREATED WOOD COMPOSITE PANEL | KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J | — |
| 18987077 | FIRE-RATED STRUCTURAL OSB PANELS WITH OVERLAID WATER-RESISTANT BARRIER | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | — |
| 18916870 | FIRE-RESISTANT MANUFACTURED-WOOD BASED SIDING | KENNY, DANIEL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1746 | 3 |
| 1744 | 2 |
| 3633 | 2 |
| 3635 | 2 |
| 3731 | 2 |
| 1787 | 2 |
| 1743 | 1 |
| 1786 | 1 |
| 1785 | 1 |
| 1783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19212333 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN IMPROVED ORIENTED STRAND BOARD PANEL | MUSSER, BARBARA J | 1746 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2025 |
| 19173646 | MANUFACTURED WOOD PANEL WITH INTEGRATED INORGANIC MATERIAL | BARTLETT, VICTORIA | 1744 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 19055413 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A FIRE-RETARDANT TREATED WOOD COMPOSITE PANEL | KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J | 1743 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 18987077 | FIRE-RATED STRUCTURAL OSB PANELS WITH OVERLAID WATER-RESISTANT BARRIER | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1786 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18945242 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING AND FINISHING IMPROVED ENGINEERED WOOD SIDING | RIVERA, JOSHEL | 1746 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18940642 | STRAND SIDING WITH PEBBLED STUCCO TEXTURE | POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M | 1785 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 37d overdue | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18916870 | FIRE-RESISTANT MANUFACTURED-WOOD BASED SIDING | KENNY, DANIEL J | 3633 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18820011 | ATTIC BAFFLE RADIANT BARRIER VENTILATION SYSTEM | HIJAZ, OMAR F | 3635 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18799775 | ADJUSTABLE FOAM-PENETRATING NAIL GUN WITH TIP LOCKING MECHANISM | MARTIN, VERONICA | 3731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 66d overdue | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18799754 | ADJUSTABLE FOAM-PENETRATING NAIL GUN | MARTIN, VERONICA | 3731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18798082 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ENGINEERED COMPOSITE PANEL WITH LIGNOCELLULOSIC STRANDS AND ANTI-SETTLING FIBERS | DERUSSO, JOHN J | 1744 | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18777448 | FACTORY-APPLIED END GASKET FOR LAP SIDING | CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T | 3633 | §103 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18777084 | PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OF CEMENT-COATED WOOD PRODUCTS WITH INTERFACE BINDING AGENTS | NELSON, MICHAEL B | 1787 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18587320 | WOOD STRUCTURAL PANELS WITH COATING COMBINING FIRE-RESISTANCE AND WATER RESISTANCE | HANDVILLE, BRIAN | 1783 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18503350 | METHOD TO PRODUCE FACTORY-FINISHED WOOD PANELS | RODRIGUEZ, MICHAEL P | 1712 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18129806 | ADDITIVE-CONVEYING LAMINATE LAYER | SALVATORE, LYNDA | 1789 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
| 18109036 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A FIRE-RETARDANT TREATED WOOD COMPOSITE PANEL | YE, XINWEN | 1754 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 88d overdue | Pending | Feb 13, 2023 |
| 18106415 | FIRE-RESISTANT WALL ASSEMBLY | FERENCE, JAMES M | 3635 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2023 |
| 18097048 | ENGINEERED WOOD SIDING, TRIM AND FENCING WITH FIRE RESISTANT PROPERTIES | SIMONE, CATHERINE A | 1781 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 25d overdue | Pending | Jan 13, 2023 |
| 17843544 | FINES INTERFACE LAYER FOR IMPROVED ENGINEERED WOOD PRODUCTS | GROSS, CARSON | 1746 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2022 |
| 16840366 | NON-BACKED METALLIZED PET RADIANT BARRIER FACTORY BONDED TO CELLULOSIC SUBSTRATE | KRUER, KEVIN R | 1787 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 52d overdue | Pending | Apr 04, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialLouisiana-Pacific Corporation has 21 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 14 art units and 20 examiners.
Veronica Martin has the most, with 2 of Louisiana-Pacific Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.