Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Saint-Gobain

32 pending office actions • 17 art units • 28 examiners • 0 of 32 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 74 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

32
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
16
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 31 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
11
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 31 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (13)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (11)Due later (4)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
31
Medium (97%)
1
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only29 (91%)
§102 only2 (6%)
§112 only1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

17
Life Sciences
53% of docket
1
Information Tech
3% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
7
Semiconductors
22% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
19% 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.

320 h
Manual time on pending OAs
64 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
112 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 3 40.3% +35.9%
HORGER, KIM S. 2 70.4% +19.7%
SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM 2 71.7% +8.7%
SHEN, YUZHEN 1 70.7% +13.2%
DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G 1 80.2% +18.8%
GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1 32.0% +48.5%
FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN 1 61.4% +25.8%
KHATRI, PRASHANT J 1 60.7% +28.8%
CHENNAULT, AUSTIN ROBERT 1 50.0% +100.0%
HARRIS, WILLIAM N 1 73.7% +13.0%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18865549 GLASS ASSEMBLY AND WINDOW ASSEMBLY DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G 56d

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18700007 GLAZED UNIT HAVING TRANSPARENT POLYCHROMIC COLOURING, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME BY LIQUID DEPOSITION IN ONE OR MORE PASSES KHATRI, PRASHANT J 30d overdue
18041949 LAMINATED GLAZING WITH REDUCED OUTSIDE LIGHT REFLECTION AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY WITH IMPROVED VISIBILITY GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 18d overdue
18711455 MATERIAL COATED WITH A FUNCTIONAL COATING COMPRISING A HIGH-INDEX LAYER HORGER, KIM S. 8d overdue
18693065 GLASS ASSEMBLY, VEHICLE WINDOW GLASS AND VEHICLE HARRIS, WILLIAM N 15d
18696864 ARRANGEMENT FOR A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM CHENNAULT, AUSTIN ROBERT 33d
18714124 HYBRID GLASS-MANUFACTURING FURNACE WITH THREE CONVECTION CURRENTS FOR FEEDING A FLOAT UNIT FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN 40d
18994973 VEHICLE WINDOW GLASS AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED PROJECTION SYSTEM SHEN, YUZHEN 41d
18840592 MATERIAL COMPRISING A SOLAR CONTROL COATING HORGER, KIM S. 41d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1781 7
1785 3
2871 3
2875 2
1784 2
1741 2
2872 2
3761 2
2623 1
1783 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18994973 VEHICLE WINDOW GLASS AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED PROJECTION SYSTEM SHEN, YUZHEN 2623 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Jan 15, 2025
18865549 GLASS ASSEMBLY AND WINDOW ASSEMBLY DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G 2875 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Nov 13, 2024
18840592 MATERIAL COMPRISING A SOLAR CONTROL COATING HORGER, KIM S. 1784 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Aug 22, 2024
18721409 WINDSHIELD WITH IMPROVED IMPACT PROTECTION SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM 1785 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 18, 2024
18720387 WINDSHIELD WITH IMPROVED IMPACT PROTECTION GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1785 §103 Final Rejection 61d Pending Jun 14, 2024
18714124 HYBRID GLASS-MANUFACTURING FURNACE WITH THREE CONVECTION CURRENTS FOR FEEDING A FLOAT UNIT FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN 1741 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending May 29, 2024
18711602 LAMINATED PANE WITH AN EMBEDDED FUNCTIONAL FILM SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM 1785 §103 Non-Final OA 82d Pending May 19, 2024
18711455 MATERIAL COATED WITH A FUNCTIONAL COATING COMPRISING A HIGH-INDEX LAYER HORGER, KIM S. 1784 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending May 17, 2024
18700007 GLAZED UNIT HAVING TRANSPARENT POLYCHROMIC COLOURING, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME BY LIQUID DEPOSITION IN ONE OR MORE PASSES KHATRI, PRASHANT J 1783 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Apr 10, 2024
18696864 ARRANGEMENT FOR A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM CHENNAULT, AUSTIN ROBERT 3667 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Mar 28, 2024
18693065 GLASS ASSEMBLY, VEHICLE WINDOW GLASS AND VEHICLE HARRIS, WILLIAM N 2875 §102 Final Rejection 15d Pending Mar 18, 2024
18686151 GLAZING UNIT WITH ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLABLE OPTICAL PROPERTIES WITH TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT SWITCHING BEHAVIOR SUMLAR, JOURNEY F 2872 §112 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Feb 23, 2024
18575699 SUBSTRATE COATED WITH AT LEAST ONE DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON LAYER PROTECTED BY A GERMANIUM OR GERMANIUM OXIDE TEMPORARY LAYER YANG, ZHEREN J 1781 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Dec 29, 2023
18557689 SOUND INSULATING GLAZING FOR AN AIRCRAFT GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T 1781 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Oct 27, 2023
18554565 PACKING STRUCTURE AND PREPARATION DEVICE THEREOF, ENCAPSULATION MOLD AND VEHICLE WINDOW ASSEMBLY BERNARD, ADRIEN J 1741 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2023
18551125 VEHICLE GLAZING AND DEVICE HAVING AN ASSOCIATED NEAR-INFRARED DETECTION SYSTEM DANG, HUNG Q 2484 §103 Non-Final OA 85d Pending Sep 18, 2023
18550056 ILLUMINABLE GLAZING GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 1781 §103 Non-Final OA 65d Pending Sep 11, 2023
18546923 LAMINATED VEHICLE GLAZING AND DEVICE COMPRISING AN ASSOCIATED NEAR-INFRARED VISION SYSTEM GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 1781 §103 Final Rejection 49d Pending Aug 17, 2023
18546743 LAMINATED PANE, HEATABLE IN REGIONS, FOR PROJECTION ARRANGEMENT MERLIN, JESSICA M 2871 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 16, 2023
18262835 VEHICLE PANE FOR A HEAD-UP DISPLAY DUDEK, JAMES A 2871 §103 Final Rejection 43d Pending Jul 25, 2023
18260298 COMPOSITE PANE WITH IMPROVED COLOR EFFECT HUANG, CHENG YUAN 1787 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Jul 03, 2023
18255260 LAMINATED VEHICLE GLAZING AND DEVICE COMPRISING AN ASSOCIATED NEAR-INFRARED VISION SYSTEM JENNISON, BRIAN W 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending May 31, 2023
18248827 COMPOSITE PANE COMPRISING A SUN SHADING COATING QUANDT, MICHAEL M 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2023
18041949 LAMINATED GLAZING WITH REDUCED OUTSIDE LIGHT REFLECTION AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY WITH IMPROVED VISIBILITY GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 1781 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2023
18005002 LAMINATED PANE WITH FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT WHICH CAN BE SWITCHED IN SEGMENTS AND HAS ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLABLE OPTICAL PROPERTIES SIMONE, CATHERINE A 1781 §102 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Jan 10, 2023
18012888 SOUND INTERLAYER WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE 1781 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2022
18012418 FIRE PROTECTION GLAZING INCLUDING A SECONDARY SEAL HAVING INTUMESCENT FIRE PROTECTION PROPERTY KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 3635 §103 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022
17926057 METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A PRINTED LAMINATED GLAZING GOFF II, JOHN L 1746 §103 Final Rejection 156d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2022
17784460 THERMAL TEMPERING OF A WORKING ELECTRODE KING, GEORGE G 2872 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Jun 10, 2022
17764028 GLASS WITH FUNCTION OF REGULATION IN SECTIONS INCLUDING A FUNCTIONAL COMPONENT AND A CONDUCTIVE ELEMENT, AND SYSTEM FOR REGULATING GLASS IN SECTIONS NGUYEN, LAUREN 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 702d overdue Pending Mar 25, 2022
17440494 VEHICLE COMPOSITE PANE COMPRISING A HEATABLE INLAY ELEMENT MILLS JR., JOE E 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 50d Pending Sep 17, 2021
16614900 METHOD FOR BREAKING A SHEET OF GLASS AYALA, FERNANDO A 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Nov 19, 2019

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