Prosecution Insights
Last updated: September 29, 2026

NIPPON SHEET GLASS Company, Limited

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

22 pending office actions • 11 art units • 19 examiners • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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.

7
Hard (32%)
14
Medium (64%)
1
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only12 (55%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Double-patenting + other2 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (32%)

Industry Mix

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

12
Life Sciences
55% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
14% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
9% of docket
5
Business / Other
23% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YANG, ZHEREN J 3 57.4% +52.4%
PAN, JIA X 2 72.4% +37.0%
COLLINS, DARRYL J 1 89.1% +5.0%
SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R 1 70.6% +8.9%
SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM 1 71.6% +9.1%
COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 1 69.9% +16.1%
SHAH, SAMIR 1 36.4% +34.9%
THOMPSON, CAMIE S 1 73.7% +10.4%
GREEN, ANTHONY J 1 84.9% +13.5%
COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R 1 85.5% +18.4%

Hard Cases (7)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18715359 GLASS FIBER THOMPSON, CAMIE S 1d overdue
18279127 DEPRESSURIZED MULTILAYERED GLASS PANEL EWALD, MARIA VERONICA 29d
18881133 OPTICAL DEVICE, IMAGE SENSOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DEVICE COLLINS, DARRYL J —
18688747 GLASS BODY SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM —
18292811 FLAKY PARTICLES AND GLITTER PIGMENT GREEN, ANTHONY J —
18569101 ANTIFOG-FILM-ATTACHED RESIN SUBSTRATE, ANTIFOG-FILM-ATTACHED TRANSPARENT ARTICLE, AND COATING LIQUID COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R —
18727129 CORROSION-RESISTANT AND/OR CLEANABLE COATED GLASS SUBSTRATE OTT, PATRICK S —

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18715359 GLASS FIBER THOMPSON, CAMIE S 1d overdue
18561665 LIGHT ABSORBER, LIGHT-ABSORBER-ATTACHED ARTICLE, AND LIGHT-ABSORBING COMPOSITION PAN, JIA X 5d
18741484 GLASS UNIT YANG, ZHEREN J 15d
18713502 COVER MEMBER YANG, ZHEREN J —
18728731 GLASS ARTICLE COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON —
18728777 EASY-TO-CLEAN-COATING-ATTACHED GLASS ARTICLE SHAH, SAMIR —
18713057 LIGHT ABSORBER, LIGHT-ABSORBER-ATTACHED ARTICLE, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND LIGHT-ABSORBING COMPOSITION PAN, JIA X —
18292811 FLAKY PARTICLES AND GLITTER PIGMENT GREEN, ANTHONY J —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1781 4
2871 2
1783 2
3761 2
1784 1
1787 1
1786 1
1731 1
1611 1
2872 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
18713502 COVER MEMBER YANG, ZHEREN J — §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 17, 2024
18852939 RUBBER-REINFORCING CORD SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18688747 GLASS BODY SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM — §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 28, 2024
18728731 GLASS ARTICLE COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 1784 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 12, 2024
18728777 EASY-TO-CLEAN-COATING-ATTACHED GLASS ARTICLE SHAH, SAMIR 1787 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 12, 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 Non-Final OA — Pending May 23, 2024
18292811 FLAKY PARTICLES AND GLITTER PIGMENT GREEN, ANTHONY J 1731 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 26, 2024
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
18561556 VEHICLE WINDOW GLASS TRAN-LE, THAO UYEN — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 16, 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 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Aug 28, 2023
17914489 WINDSHIELD GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 1781 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2022
17627959 GLASS SHEET MODULE ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T 3761 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 01, 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
17428724 GLASS UNIT UTT, ETHAN A 1783 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2021
18727129 CORROSION-RESISTANT AND/OR CLEANABLE COATED GLASS SUBSTRATE OTT, PATRICK S 1794 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 08, 2024

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