Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Ohara Inc.

12 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
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.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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 (5)

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.

4
Hard (33%)
8
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (33%)
Double-patenting + other4 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

12
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 10 69.9% +16.4%
SUN, MICHAEL Y 1 57.0% +27.1%
AUER, LAURA A 1 49.3% +34.3%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18024489 REINFORCED CRYSTALLIZED GLASS COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 11d overdue
18026824 CRYSTALLIZED GLASS AND REINFORCED CRYSTALLIZED GLASS COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 9d overdue
18994649 INORGANIC COMPOSITION ARTICLE COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON
18024491 INORGANIC COMPOSITION ARTICLE COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18686875 CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED OPTICAL GLASS COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 53d overdue
18834606 INORGANIC COMPOSITION ARTICLE COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 29d overdue
18024489 REINFORCED CRYSTALLIZED GLASS COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 11d overdue
18026824 CRYSTALLIZED GLASS AND REINFORCED CRYSTALLIZED GLASS COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 9d overdue
18011187 REINFORCED CRYSTALLIZED GLASS AUER, LAURA A 2d overdue
18994649 INORGANIC COMPOSITION ARTICLE COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON
18834614 CRYSTALLIZED INORGANIC COMPOSITION ARTICLE COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON
18691497 CRYSTALLIZED GLASS COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1784 10
1728 1
1783 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18994649 INORGANIC COMPOSITION ARTICLE COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 1784 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 15, 2025
18834614 CRYSTALLIZED INORGANIC COMPOSITION ARTICLE COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 1784 §102§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 30, 2024
18834606 INORGANIC COMPOSITION ARTICLE COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 1784 §103DP Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Jul 30, 2024
18691497 CRYSTALLIZED GLASS COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 1784 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Mar 13, 2024
18686875 CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED OPTICAL GLASS COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 1784 §103DP Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2024
18284337 LITHIUM-ION-CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL SUN, MICHAEL Y 1728 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2023
18026824 CRYSTALLIZED GLASS AND REINFORCED CRYSTALLIZED GLASS COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 1784 §103§112 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2023
18024490 CRYSTALLIZED GLASS AND REINFORCED CRYSTALLIZED GLASS COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 1784 §103DP Final Rejection Pending Mar 02, 2023
18024489 REINFORCED CRYSTALLIZED GLASS COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 1784 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Mar 02, 2023
18024491 INORGANIC COMPOSITION ARTICLE COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 1784 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 02, 2023
18011187 REINFORCED CRYSTALLIZED GLASS AUER, LAURA A 1783 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Dec 18, 2022
17913440 CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED OPTICAL GLASS COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 1784 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 22, 2022

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