Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

NIPPON SHEET GLASS Company, Limited

26 pending office actions • 13 art units • 22 examiners • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

26
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

3
Overdue
1
Due this week
4
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due later (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.

8
Hard (31%)
17
Medium (65%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only14 (54%)
§102 only1 (4%)
§112 only1 (4%)
Double-patenting + other2 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (31%)

Industry Mix

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

16
Life Sciences
62% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
6
Semiconductors
23% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
8% of docket
2
Business / Other
8% 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.

260 h
Manual time on pending OAs
52 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
91 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 2 69.9% +16.4%
YANG, ZHEREN J 2 57.2% +52.9%
PAN, JIA X 2 72.4% +37.1%
GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 2 40.6% +35.0%
COLLINS, DARRYL J 1 89.0% +4.9%
HORGER, KIM S. 1 70.8% +19.1%
SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM 1 71.6% +9.1%
BOOHER, ADAM W 1 75.4% +9.5%
SHAH, SAMIR 1 36.3% +34.7%
DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S 1 62.2% +10.8%

Hard Cases (8)

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
18714986 GLASS FIBER STRAND HORGER, KIM S. 3d overdue
18575444 WINDSHIELD GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 3d overdue
18715359 GLASS FIBER THOMPSON, CAMIE S 1d overdue
18279127 DEPRESSURIZED MULTILAYERED GLASS PANEL EWALD, MARIA VERONICA 29d
17906245 ANTIGLARE FILM-ATTACHED TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE LAMB II, CHRISTOPHER A 79d
18881133 OPTICAL DEVICE, IMAGE SENSOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DEVICE COLLINS, DARRYL J
18688747 GLASS BODY SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM
18569101 ANTIFOG-FILM-ATTACHED RESIN SUBSTRATE, ANTIFOG-FILM-ATTACHED TRANSPARENT ARTICLE, AND COATING LIQUID COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R

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
18714986 GLASS FIBER STRAND HORGER, KIM S. 3d overdue
18575444 WINDSHIELD GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 3d overdue
18561665 LIGHT ABSORBER, LIGHT-ABSORBER-ATTACHED ARTICLE, AND LIGHT-ABSORBING COMPOSITION PAN, JIA X 5d
18741484 GLASS UNIT YANG, ZHEREN J 15d
18728777 EASY-TO-CLEAN-COATING-ATTACHED GLASS ARTICLE SHAH, SAMIR
18728731 GLASS ARTICLE COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON
18728780 EASY-TO-CLEAN-COATING-ATTACHED GLASS ARTICLE COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON
18760236 METHOD FOR PRODUCING GLASS PLATE WITH FUNCTIONAL LAYER AND DEVICE FOR FORMING FUNCTIONAL LAYER DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1781 5
2871 3
1784 2
2872 2
1741 2
1731 2
3761 2
1787 1
1786 1
1611 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18881133 OPTICAL DEVICE, IMAGE SENSOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DEVICE COLLINS, DARRYL J §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 03, 2025
18714986 GLASS FIBER STRAND HORGER, KIM S. 1784 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2024
18688747 GLASS BODY SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 28, 2024
18840402 OPTICAL FILTER, LIGHT ABSORBING COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL FILTER, SENSING DEVICE AND SENSING METHOD BOOHER, ADAM W 2872 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 21, 2024
18728777 EASY-TO-CLEAN-COATING-ATTACHED GLASS ARTICLE SHAH, SAMIR 1787 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 12, 2024
18728731 GLASS ARTICLE COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 1784 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2024
18728780 EASY-TO-CLEAN-COATING-ATTACHED GLASS ARTICLE COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 1741 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2024
18760236 METHOD FOR PRODUCING GLASS PLATE WITH FUNCTIONAL LAYER AND DEVICE FOR FORMING FUNCTIONAL LAYER DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S 1741 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 01, 2024
18741484 GLASS UNIT YANG, ZHEREN J 1781 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jun 12, 2024
18715359 GLASS FIBER THOMPSON, CAMIE S 1786 §102§103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending May 31, 2024
18713057 LIGHT ABSORBER, LIGHT-ABSORBER-ATTACHED ARTICLE, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND LIGHT-ABSORBING COMPOSITION PAN, JIA X 2871 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 23, 2024
18292811 FLAKY PARTICLES AND GLITTER PIGMENT GREEN, ANTHONY J 1731 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 26, 2024
18575444 WINDSHIELD GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 1781 §103§112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2023
18569101 ANTIFOG-FILM-ATTACHED RESIN SUBSTRATE, ANTIFOG-FILM-ATTACHED TRANSPARENT ARTICLE, AND COATING LIQUID COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R 1781 §102§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2023
18561665 LIGHT ABSORBER, LIGHT-ABSORBER-ATTACHED ARTICLE, AND LIGHT-ABSORBING COMPOSITION PAN, JIA X 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Nov 16, 2023
18561664 GLITTER PIGMENT INCLUDING ZIRCONIUM-OXIDE-INCLUDING COATING ALAM, AYAAN A 1611 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 16, 2023
18279127 DEPRESSURIZED MULTILAYERED GLASS PANEL EWALD, MARIA VERONICA 1783 §103§112 Final Rejection 29d Pending Aug 28, 2023
18264185 GLASS COMPOSITION, GLASS FILLER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH 1731 §102Other Non-Final OA 8d Pending Aug 03, 2023
18001198 GLASS COMPOSITION, GLASS FILLER, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF GLASS FILLER, AND RESIN COMPOSITION INCLUDING GLASS FILLER UTECH, BENJAMIN L 1700 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 08, 2022
17914489 WINDSHIELD GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 1781 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2022
17906245 ANTIGLARE FILM-ATTACHED TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE LAMB II, CHRISTOPHER A 2882 §102§103 Non-Final OA 79d Pending Sep 13, 2022
17627959 GLASS SHEET MODULE ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T 3761 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 01, 2022
17782262 AUTOMOBILE LAMINATED GLASS CROCKETT, RYAN M 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jun 03, 2022
17769040 GLASS BODY LEI, JIE 2872 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 14, 2022
17602318 WINDSHIELD WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA 3761 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 23, 2021
17602481 GLASS UNIT YANG, ZHEREN J 1781 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2021

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