Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Saint-Gobain has 3 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The portfolio involves 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, so each matter presents a separate examination setting.
DERUSSO, JOHN J is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should manage the actions individually while checking for chemistry and materials issues that may support consistent positions across the portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DERUSSO, JOHN J | 1 | 80.5% | +14.0% |
| FERENCE, JAMES M | 1 | 71.2% | +16.8% |
| SEREBOFF, NEAL | 1 | 28.3% | +33.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18574286 | ABSORBER TILE ELEMENT AND TILE SYSTEM | FERENCE, JAMES M | 17d overdue |
| 18855918 | METHOD FOR RECYCLING MINERAL WOOL MATERIAL | DERUSSO, JOHN J | — |
| 17999900 | DETERMINING AN AIRBORNE AND/OR AEROSOL PATHOGEN RISK EXPOSURE | SEREBOFF, NEAL | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18574286 | ABSORBER TILE ELEMENT AND TILE SYSTEM | FERENCE, JAMES M | 17d overdue |
| 18855918 | METHOD FOR RECYCLING MINERAL WOOL MATERIAL | DERUSSO, JOHN J | — |
| 17999900 | DETERMINING AN AIRBORNE AND/OR AEROSOL PATHOGEN RISK EXPOSURE | SEREBOFF, NEAL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1744 | 1 |
| 3635 | 1 |
| 1685 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18855918 | METHOD FOR RECYCLING MINERAL WOOL MATERIAL | DERUSSO, JOHN J | 1744 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18574286 | ABSORBER TILE ELEMENT AND TILE SYSTEM | FERENCE, JAMES M | 3635 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Dec 26, 2023 |
| 17999900 | DETERMINING AN AIRBORNE AND/OR AEROSOL PATHOGEN RISK EXPOSURE | SEREBOFF, NEAL | 1685 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialSaint-Gobain has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
John J Derusso has the most, with 1 of Saint-Gobain's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
