Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
16 pending office actions • 12 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days
NSG Group maintains a company patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area with 15 pending office actions currently active. These actions are handled by 14 distinct examiners, showing a wide distribution of responsibility across the patent office. The portfolio spans 11 distinct art units, which reflects a diverse range of chemical or material science applications. This breadth suggests that the company's intellectual property covers multiple specialized sub-sectors within its primary technology area.
YANG, ZHEREN J is identified as the busiest examiner, holding 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. This count of 2 is the highest for any single examiner, yet it remains a minor portion of the 15 total pending office actions. The fact that 14 distinct examiners are involved across 11 distinct art units indicates that prosecution outcomes are not dependent on a single individual. Practitioners should be prepared to navigate various examination styles and art unit specificities to successfully manage these 15 pending matters. Consistent communication across the 11 distinct art units will be vital for the NSG Group portfolio.
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 | 4 (25%) |
| §112 only | 2 (12%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (56%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YANG, ZHEREN J | 2 | 57.4% | +52.4% |
| NELSON, MICHAEL B | 1 | 21.2% | +37.0% |
| TUROCY, DAVID P | 1 | 46.9% | +35.5% |
| VAN SELL, NATHAN L | 1 | 54.5% | +24.8% |
| CHEN, BRET P | 1 | 84.5% | +16.4% |
| TALBOT, BRIAN K | 1 | 59.1% | +30.9% |
| AUBREY, BETH A | 1 | 80.6% | +17.0% |
| COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON | 1 | 69.9% | +16.1% |
| TRAN, UYEN M | 1 | 31.2% | +39.2% |
| SWIER, WAYNE K. | 1 | 67.6% | +19.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18875215 | COATED GLASS ARTICLES | NELSON, MICHAEL B | — |
| 18865778 | PROCESS FOR FORMING A COATING | TUROCY, DAVID P | — |
| 18864152 | GLAZING COMPRISING INTEGRATED SECONDARY GLAZING PANE | VAN SELL, NATHAN L | — |
| 18861900 | METHOD OF FORMING A TIN OXIDE COATING | CHEN, BRET P | — |
| 18760798 | COATED GLASS PANE | YANG, ZHEREN J | — |
| 18718529 | GLAZING UNIT | AUBREY, BETH A | — |
| 18572911 | FIRE-RESISTANT GLAZING | SWIER, WAYNE K. | — |
| 18546292 | SUPPORT FOR A SHEET OF GLASS | WILKINSON, RALPH DAVID | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18836779 | PROCESS FOR FORMING A COATING | TALBOT, BRIAN K | 31d overdue |
| 18599688 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL GLAZING UNIT | TRAN, UYEN M | 12d |
| 18875215 | COATED GLASS ARTICLES | NELSON, MICHAEL B | — |
| 18865778 | PROCESS FOR FORMING A COATING | TUROCY, DAVID P | — |
| 18864152 | GLAZING COMPRISING INTEGRATED SECONDARY GLAZING PANE | VAN SELL, NATHAN L | — |
| 18861900 | METHOD OF FORMING A TIN OXIDE COATING | CHEN, BRET P | — |
| 18760798 | COATED GLASS PANE | YANG, ZHEREN J | — |
| 18718529 | GLAZING UNIT | AUBREY, BETH A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1718 | 2 |
| 1781 | 2 |
| 1784 | 2 |
| 1783 | 1 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| 3633 | 1 |
| 1726 | 1 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| 1732 | 1 |
| 3654 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18875215 | COATED GLASS ARTICLES | NELSON, MICHAEL B | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18865778 | PROCESS FOR FORMING A COATING | TUROCY, DAVID P | 1718 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18864152 | GLAZING COMPRISING INTEGRATED SECONDARY GLAZING PANE | VAN SELL, NATHAN L | 1783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18861900 | METHOD OF FORMING A TIN OXIDE COATING | CHEN, BRET P | 1718 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18836779 | PROCESS FOR FORMING A COATING | TALBOT, BRIAN K | 1712 | §103 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18760798 | COATED GLASS PANE | YANG, ZHEREN J | 1781 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18718529 | GLAZING UNIT | AUBREY, BETH A | 3633 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18709836 | A FIRE-RESISTANT GLAZING | COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON | 1784 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18599688 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL GLAZING UNIT | TRAN, UYEN M | 1726 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18572911 | FIRE-RESISTANT GLAZING | SWIER, WAYNE K. | 1748 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18485361 | Compound | DAVIS, SHENG HAN | 1732 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18546292 | SUPPORT FOR A SHEET OF GLASS | WILKINSON, RALPH DAVID | 3654 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2023 |
| 18250233 | COATED GLAZING | HORGER, KIM S. | 1784 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Apr 24, 2023 |
| 18246867 | LAMINATED GLAZING | YANG, ZHEREN J | 1781 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2023 |
| 17919058 | DESIGN OF APPARATUS FOR TEMPERING CURVED GLASS SHEETS | FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN | 1741 | §112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Oct 14, 2022 |
| 17910026 | COATED GLAZING | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1787 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2022 |
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