Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Owens Corning Intellectual Capital LLC

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

23 pending office actions • 14 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Owens Corning Intellectual Capital LLC has 23 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. Those matters are distributed across 20 distinct examiners and 14 distinct art units, indicating that prosecution activity spans multiple examination assignments rather than concentrating in one technical group.

TATESURE, VINCENT is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The limited concentration at the busiest examiner suggests that counsel should manage the portfolio through matter-specific prosecution strategies, while also monitoring differences among the art units handling the cases. The examiner and art-unit spread makes centralized tracking important for identifying recurring claim, prior-art, or disclosure issues across related applications.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

23
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
2
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
3
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
Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (3)

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 (30%)
15
Medium (65%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only12 (52%)
§102 only1 (4%)
Double-patenting only1 (4%)
Double-patenting + other2 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (30%)

Industry Mix

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

18
Life Sciences
78% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
22% 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.

230 h
Manual time on pending OAs
46 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
80 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TATESURE, VINCENT 2 44.8% +31.9%
CHOI, PETER Y 2 20.4% +32.5%
WORRELL, KEVIN 2 12.5% -3.1%
DESAI, ANISH P 1 45.5% +6.1%
GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD 1 72.2% +18.6%
HIJAZ, OMAR F 1 55.5% +35.4%
MINSKEY, JACOB T 1 69.2% +33.1%
BYRD, EUGENE G 1 70.1% +8.9%
FLORES JR, DONALD M 1 77.0% +26.9%
SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R 1 70.5% +9.2%

Hard Cases (10)

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
17796327 COMPOSITE PARTS WITH IMPROVED MODULUS CHEN, VIVIAN 79d
18859232 STABILIZED FABRICS SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R —
18908134 POTTING MIX WITH GLASS FIBERS ALMATRAHI, SAHAR FARIS —
18664604 FIBER CATCHING DEVICE FOR ROTATING TUBE BURRELL, KATELYNNE RUTH —
18658377 INSULATION PAD FOR PIPES AND VESSELS CHOI, PETER Y —
18582846 CELLULAR GLASS PASSIVE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM MINTZ, RODNEY K —
18562955 FIBERGLASS INSULATION PRODUCT WITH IMPROVED CAVITY RETENTION MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T —
18246521 COATED NONWOVEN MAT WITH COATING LAYER CHOI, PETER Y —

Interview Candidates (8)

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
19057167 MULTILAYER STRUCTURE WITH ENHANCED WALKABILITY TATESURE, VINCENT 27d
19051729 JOINT ADHESIVE FOR CELLULAR GLASS INSULATION GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD —
19043797 HIP AND RIDGE SHINGLES WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE HIJAZ, OMAR F —
18981825 FORMULATION FOR A FIBROUS NON-WOVEN FACING MATERIAL MINSKEY, JACOB T —
18859248 HYBRID FABRIC FLORES JR, DONALD M —
18658377 INSULATION PAD FOR PIPES AND VESSELS CHOI, PETER Y —
18527882 MULTILAYER STRUCTURE WITH ENHANCED WALKABILITY TATESURE, VINCENT —
18246521 COATED NONWOVEN MAT WITH COATING LAYER CHOI, PETER Y —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1786 4
1789 3
1748 2
3635 2
1781 2
1783 2
1788 1
3675 1
1759 1
3643 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19057167 MULTILAYER STRUCTURE WITH ENHANCED WALKABILITY TATESURE, VINCENT 1786 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Feb 19, 2025
19053589 MULTI-MATERIAL SHEATHING SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED THERMAL INSULATION PERFORMANCE DESAI, ANISH P 1788 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 14, 2025
19051729 JOINT ADHESIVE FOR CELLULAR GLASS INSULATION GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD 1748 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 12, 2025
19043797 HIP AND RIDGE SHINGLES WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE HIJAZ, OMAR F 3635 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 03, 2025
18981825 FORMULATION FOR A FIBROUS NON-WOVEN FACING MATERIAL MINSKEY, JACOB T 1748 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 16, 2024
18940947 ACOUSTICALLY ATTENUATING FASTENERS BYRD, EUGENE G 3675 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 08, 2024
18859248 HYBRID FABRIC FLORES JR, DONALD M 1781 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2024
18859232 STABILIZED FABRICS SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R 1759 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2024
18908134 POTTING MIX WITH GLASS FIBERS ALMATRAHI, SAHAR FARIS 3643 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 07, 2024
18848582 FUNCTIONALIZED FABRIC WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN 1783 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2024
18723687 SOLAR REFLECTIVE POLYMER-BASED GRANULES WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE 1781 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 24, 2024
18664604 FIBER CATCHING DEVICE FOR ROTATING TUBE BURRELL, KATELYNNE RUTH 3654 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 15, 2024
18658377 INSULATION PAD FOR PIPES AND VESSELS CHOI, PETER Y 1786 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 08, 2024
18600933 HYBRID POLYURETHANE SPRAY FOAMS MADE WITH URETHANE PREPOLYMERS AND RHEOLOGY MODIFIERS RIOJA, MELISSA A 1764 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 11, 2024
18582846 CELLULAR GLASS PASSIVE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM MINTZ, RODNEY K 3635 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 21, 2024
18294705 REINFORCED COMPOSITE FACER AND INSULATION ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE SAME VAN SELL, NATHAN L 1783 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Feb 02, 2024
18527882 MULTILAYER STRUCTURE WITH ENHANCED WALKABILITY TATESURE, VINCENT 1786 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 04, 2023
18524422 COATED CELLULAR GLASS INSULATION SYSTEM SAMPLE, DAVID R 1784 §102 Final Rejection 86d Pending Nov 30, 2023
18562955 FIBERGLASS INSULATION PRODUCT WITH IMPROVED CAVITY RETENTION MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T 1789 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 21, 2023
18246521 COATED NONWOVEN MAT WITH COATING LAYER CHOI, PETER Y 1786 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 24, 2023
17796327 COMPOSITE PARTS WITH IMPROVED MODULUS CHEN, VIVIAN 1787 §103§112 Final Rejection 79d Pending Jul 29, 2022
17621782 FLEXIBLE NON-WOVEN MAT WORRELL, KEVIN 1789 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 22, 2021
16578793 CEILING BOARD AND TILE WITH REDUCED DISCOLORATION WORRELL, KEVIN 1789 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 23, 2019

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Owens Corning Intellectual Capital LLC have?

Owens Corning Intellectual Capital LLC has 23 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 14 art units and 20 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Owens Corning Intellectual Capital LLC applications?

Vincent Tatesure has the most, with 2 of Owens Corning Intellectual Capital LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Owens Corning Intellectual Capital LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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