Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pella Corporation is managing 6 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 6 actions are distributed among 6 distinct examiners, resulting in a distribution where each examiner handles a single matter. The portfolio's technical breadth is reflected in its presence across 5 distinct art units.
KELLY, CATHERINE A is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. The high number of 5 distinct art units suggests that the company's mechanical innovations are being categorized into several different specialized examination groups. This variety requires the applicant to navigate multiple sets of internal office practices across the 5 distinct art units currently in use.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| §102 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (71%) |
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% |
| KELLY, CATHERINE A | 1 | 60.3% | +27.7% |
| MASSAD, ABE L | 1 | 56.5% | +65.8% |
| WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 1 | 73.3% | +30.4% |
| SCHULT, ALLEN | 1 | 67.7% | +31.2% |
| DEMUREN, BABAJIDE A | 1 | 73.9% | +22.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18752929 | INSTALLATION FEATURES FOR FENESTRATION UNITS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 65d |
| 19211787 | POWERED PIVOTING FENESTRATION UNIT AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | KELLY, CATHERINE A | — |
| 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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18752929 | INSTALLATION FEATURES FOR FENESTRATION UNITS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 65d |
| 19211787 | POWERED PIVOTING FENESTRATION UNIT AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | KELLY, CATHERINE A | — |
| 19057850 | FENESTRATION UNIT WITH INTERIOR INSTALLATION FEATURES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18516251 | VENTING UNIT AND VENTING METHOD | SCHULT, ALLEN | — |
| 18470850 | FENESTRATION UNIT WITH ACCESSIBLE IG SPACE | DEMUREN, BABAJIDE A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3619 | 1 |
| 3634 | 1 |
| 3635 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| 3633 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19211787 | POWERED PIVOTING FENESTRATION UNIT AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | KELLY, CATHERINE A | 3619 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2025 |
| 19057850 | FENESTRATION UNIT WITH INTERIOR INSTALLATION FEATURES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 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 |
| 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 |
| 18470850 | FENESTRATION UNIT WITH ACCESSIBLE IG SPACE | DEMUREN, BABAJIDE A | 3633 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
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