Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.

9 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

4
Hard (44%)
5
Medium (56%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (11%)
§103 only5 (56%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
78% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
22% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN 5 61.2% +25.0%
MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS 1 81.7% +10.2%
HERRING, LISA L 1 72.7% +17.2%
TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T 1 81.3% +19.2%
DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S 1 62.2% +10.8%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19290354 BULK MATERIAL RECEIVING, CONVEYING, STORING, AND DISPENSING MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS

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
19071360 SUBMERGED COMBUSTION MELTING EXHAUST SYSTEMS FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN
18826830 GLASS CONTAINER BLOW MOLDING, MOLDS, AND MOLD BOTTOM PLATES HERRING, LISA L
18680326 METALLIZING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR METALLIZING A WORKPIECE TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T
18432748 Glass Manufacturing FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18659498 COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR A GLASS MELTING APPARATUS FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN 60d overdue
18693511 INCLUDING SMALL AESTHETIC BUBBLES IN GLASS ARTICLES FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN 43d overdue
18455599 MOLTEN GLASS TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S 28d overdue
18325207 EXHAUST STACK FOR GLASS MELTER FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN 34d
19290354 BULK MATERIAL RECEIVING, CONVEYING, STORING, AND DISPENSING MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS
19071360 SUBMERGED COMBUSTION MELTING EXHAUST SYSTEMS FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN
18826830 GLASS CONTAINER BLOW MOLDING, MOLDS, AND MOLD BOTTOM PLATES HERRING, LISA L
18680326 METALLIZING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR METALLIZING A WORKPIECE TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1741 6
1717 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19290354 BULK MATERIAL RECEIVING, CONVEYING, STORING, AND DISPENSING MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 2025
19071360 SUBMERGED COMBUSTION MELTING EXHAUST SYSTEMS FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN §101 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 05, 2025
18826830 GLASS CONTAINER BLOW MOLDING, MOLDS, AND MOLD BOTTOM PLATES HERRING, LISA L 1741 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2024
18680326 METALLIZING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR METALLIZING A WORKPIECE TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T 1717 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 31, 2024
18659498 COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR A GLASS MELTING APPARATUS FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN 1741 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending May 09, 2024
18693511 INCLUDING SMALL AESTHETIC BUBBLES IN GLASS ARTICLES FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN 1741 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Mar 19, 2024
18432748 Glass Manufacturing FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN 1741 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 05, 2024
18455599 MOLTEN GLASS TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S 1741 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Aug 24, 2023
18325207 EXHAUST STACK FOR GLASS MELTER FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN 1741 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending May 30, 2023

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