Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Pella Corporation

6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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 (67%)
2
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (17%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
83% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KELLY, CATHERINE A 1 60.0% +28.0%
MASSAD, ABE L 1 56.7% +65.5%
NGUYEN, CHI Q 1 82.3% +12.4%
MENEZES, MARCUS 1 70.6% +51.3%
SCHULT, ALLEN 1 68.1% +31.2%
DEMUREN, BABAJIDE A 1 73.8% +22.3%

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
19211787 POWERED PIVOTING FENESTRATION UNIT AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS KELLY, CATHERINE A
18975728 FENESTRATION UNIT INSTALLATION CLIPS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS NGUYEN, CHI Q
18637534 THERMAL BREAK FOR A FENESTRATION UNIT MENEZES, MARCUS
18516251 VENTING UNIT AND VENTING METHOD SCHULT, ALLEN

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19211787 POWERED PIVOTING FENESTRATION UNIT AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS KELLY, CATHERINE A
18985555 SCREEN EDGE RETENTION AND SCREEN RETHREADING FEATURES FOR A HIDDEN SCREEN ASSEMBLY AND A FENESTRATION ASSEMBLY MASSAD, ABE L
18975728 FENESTRATION UNIT INSTALLATION CLIPS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS NGUYEN, CHI Q
18637534 THERMAL BREAK FOR A FENESTRATION UNIT MENEZES, MARCUS
18516251 VENTING UNIT AND VENTING METHOD SCHULT, ALLEN
18470850 FENESTRATION UNIT WITH ACCESSIBLE IG SPACE DEMUREN, BABAJIDE A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3634 2
3619 1
3762 1
3633 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19211787 POWERED PIVOTING FENESTRATION UNIT AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS KELLY, CATHERINE A 3619 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 19, 2025
18985555 SCREEN EDGE RETENTION AND SCREEN RETHREADING FEATURES FOR A HIDDEN SCREEN ASSEMBLY AND A FENESTRATION ASSEMBLY MASSAD, ABE L 3634 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2024
18975728 FENESTRATION UNIT INSTALLATION CLIPS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS NGUYEN, CHI Q §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 10, 2024
18637534 THERMAL BREAK FOR A FENESTRATION UNIT MENEZES, MARCUS 3634 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 17, 2024
18516251 VENTING UNIT AND VENTING METHOD SCHULT, ALLEN 3762 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 21, 2023
18470850 FENESTRATION UNIT WITH ACCESSIBLE IG SPACE DEMUREN, BABAJIDE A 3633 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2023

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