Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pella Corporation currently has 5 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are being reviewed by 4 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units, indicating some level of concentration in the examination process. Specifically, the ratio of 5 actions to 3 art units suggests that certain technical groups are handling multiple filings for the company, which can lead to more predictable outcomes within those specific units.
NGUYEN, CHI Q is the busiest examiner for Pella Corporation, with 2 pending office actions under their review. This concentration means that 2 of the 5 pending office actions are subject to the same examiner's discretion, which may allow for more consistent outcomes in those specific cases. The remaining actions are distributed among other distinct examiners. With 4 distinct examiners in total, the company must still manage several different perspectives, but the focus on 3 distinct art units provides a relatively stable environment for the 5 pending office actions. This distribution requires a strategy that balances individual examiner preferences with the broader standards of the 3 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, CHI Q | 2 | 82.4% | +12.4% |
| WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 1 | 73.5% | +30.4% |
| SCHULT, ALLEN | 1 | 68.0% | +30.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18752929 | INSTALLATION FEATURES FOR FENESTRATION UNITS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 65d |
| 19057850 | FENESTRATION UNIT WITH INTERIOR INSTALLATION FEATURES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — |
| 18975728 | FENESTRATION UNIT INSTALLATION CLIPS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — |
| 18516251 | VENTING UNIT AND VENTING METHOD | SCHULT, ALLEN | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18752929 | INSTALLATION FEATURES FOR FENESTRATION UNITS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 65d |
| 19057850 | FENESTRATION UNIT WITH INTERIOR INSTALLATION FEATURES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — |
| 18975728 | FENESTRATION UNIT INSTALLATION CLIPS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — |
| 18516251 | VENTING UNIT AND VENTING METHOD | SCHULT, ALLEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3635 | 3 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19057850 | FENESTRATION UNIT WITH INTERIOR INSTALLATION FEATURES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | NGUYEN, CHI Q | 3635 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 18975728 | FENESTRATION UNIT INSTALLATION CLIPS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | NGUYEN, CHI Q | 3635 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18752929 | INSTALLATION FEATURES FOR FENESTRATION UNITS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 3635 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 65d | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18516251 | VENTING UNIT AND VENTING METHOD | SCHULT, ALLEN | 3762 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialPella Corporation has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Chi Q Nguyen has the most, with 2 of Pella Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
