Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Luxwall Inc. has 5 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct art units. This spread across 3 art units for 5 actions indicates that the company's chemical innovations are being reviewed by a few different specialized technical groups at the patent office.
There are 4 distinct examiners assigned to these matters. GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T is the busiest examiner, handling 2 pending actions. The remaining 3 actions are split among 3 other examiners, showing a moderate level of examiner concentration for a portfolio of this size. The 2 actions assigned to GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T represent a significant share of the total pending workload.
With 5 pending actions and 4 examiners across 3 art units, the company has some examiner overlap. The 2 actions assigned to GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T provide a small but significant data set for understanding that examiner's specific preferences. For a practitioner, this concentration offers an opportunity to develop a consistent strategy for a large portion of the company's current pending matters in the Chemistry & Materials area.
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 (40%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (20%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T | 2 | 52.3% | +2.1% |
| SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM | 1 | 71.6% | +9.2% |
| ZHANG, MICHAEL N | 1 | 54.2% | +23.3% |
| PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA | 1 | 54.4% | +28.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18616420 | VACUUM INSULATED PANEL WITH SEAL FOR EVACUATION TUBE AND METHOD | 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18633733 | VACUUM INSULATED PANEL WITH GLASS REMOVAL PROXIMATE EDGE SEAL | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | — |
| 18616420 | VACUUM INSULATED PANEL WITH SEAL FOR EVACUATION TUBE AND METHOD | PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1781 | 3 |
| 1785 | 1 |
| 1783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19266219 | VACUUM INSULATED PANEL WITH SEAL MATERIAL THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY AND/OR CONDUCTIVITY | SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM | 1785 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2025 |
| 18668374 | VACUUM INSULATED PANEL WITH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY/DIFFUSIVITY ADDITIVE(S) FOR SEAL MATERIAL | GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T | 1781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18654040 | VACUUM INSULATED PANEL WITH GLASS SUBSTRATES HAVING EDGE(S) WITH REDUCED SURFACE ROUGHNESS AND/OR SEAL DESIGNED TO REDUCE STRESS | GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T | 1781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18633733 | VACUUM INSULATED PANEL WITH GLASS REMOVAL PROXIMATE EDGE SEAL | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | 1781 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18616420 | VACUUM INSULATED PANEL WITH SEAL FOR EVACUATION TUBE AND METHOD | PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA | 1783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
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