Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
41 pending office actions • 18 art units • 33 examiners • 0 of 41 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 78 patents granted in the last 365 days
Schott AG maintains a portfolio with 42 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are spread across 33 distinct examiners and 19 distinct art units. The presence of 19 art units suggests a diverse range of chemical and material science applications being prosecuted simultaneously. This breadth requires a coordinated strategy to ensure consistency across many different examining groups.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is WIESE, NOAH S, who currently handles 4 pending office actions. This concentration is the highest for any individual examiner among the 33 distinct examiners identified. This distribution highlights that no single examiner controls more than a small fraction of the total 42 pending actions. Practitioners must manage a wide variety of examiner preferences and art unit norms to navigate the current prosecution cycle effectively.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 16 (39%) |
| §102 only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 21 (51%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WIESE, NOAH S | 3 | 83.3% | -1.7% |
| BOLDEN, ELIZABETH A | 3 | 85.1% | +22.1% |
| MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | 3 | 81.5% | +0.2% |
| FLORES JR, DONALD M | 2 | 76.9% | +27.3% |
| SAMPLE, DAVID R | 2 | 79.9% | +10.2% |
| HERRING, LISA L | 1 | 72.9% | +17.1% |
| DOUMBIA, MOHAMED | 1 | 72.9% | +29.6% |
| MAY, ROBERT J | 1 | 75.4% | +15.5% |
| DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S | 1 | 62.3% | +10.8% |
| CHUNG, DAVID Y | 1 | 70.4% | +7.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17929743 | NON-FLAT FORMED GLASS, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND USE THEREOF | MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | — |
| 17541793 | METHOD FOR ERADICATING METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS | MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19004803 | Illumination System | MAY, ROBERT J | 140d overdue |
| 17931066 | CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED GLASS SHEET AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION | SAMPLE, DAVID R | 96d overdue |
| 16379133 | SENSOR RECEPTACLE FOR A BIOREACTOR, AND BIOREACTOR WITH SENSOR RECEPTACLE, AND METHOD FOR PROPAGATION OR CULTIVATION OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL | ESPERON, NATHAN GREGORY | 72d overdue |
| 18349555 | METHOD FOR REDUCING RAISED STRUCTURES ON GLASS ELEMENTS, AND GLASS ELEMENT PRODUCED ACCORDING TO THE METHOD | FLORES JR, DONALD M | 1d overdue |
| 18316281 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE POROUS SINTERING BODY HAVING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS METHOD FOR PRODUCING | TRAN, THIEN S | 7d |
| 18707051 | HERMETIC LASER-WELDED ENCLOSURE | ROBINSON, KRYSTAL | 14d |
| 18479175 | CASTING COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND CHANNEL SYSTEMS WITH STABILIZING CASTING COMPOUND | WIESE, NOAH S | 34d |
| 18349531 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING RAISED STRUCTURES ON GLASS ELEMENTS, AND GLASS ELEMENT PRODUCED ACCORDING TO THE METHOD | FLORES JR, DONALD M | 71d |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19004803 | Illumination System | MAY, ROBERT J | 140d overdue |
| 17931066 | CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED GLASS SHEET AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION | SAMPLE, DAVID R | 96d overdue |
| 18349555 | METHOD FOR REDUCING RAISED STRUCTURES ON GLASS ELEMENTS, AND GLASS ELEMENT PRODUCED ACCORDING TO THE METHOD | FLORES JR, DONALD M | 1d overdue |
| 18300087 | GLASS ELEMENT WITH STRUCTURED WALL AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF | SAMPLE, DAVID R | 21d |
| 18349531 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING RAISED STRUCTURES ON GLASS ELEMENTS, AND GLASS ELEMENT PRODUCED ACCORDING TO THE METHOD | FLORES JR, DONALD M | 71d |
| 18996372 | HOT JOINING PROCESS FOR PRODUCING COMPLEX LIGHT-WEIGHT STRUCTURES | HERRING, LISA L | — |
| 18992827 | FLOW CELL FOR OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY, AND METHOD FOR MONITORING BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES | DOUMBIA, MOHAMED | — |
| 18989376 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A GLASS TUBE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A GLASS TUBE VIA A DRAWING PROCESS | DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1731 | 8 |
| 1781 | 4 |
| 1784 | 4 |
| 1741 | 3 |
| 2847 | 2 |
| 1783 | 2 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 2875 | 1 |
| 2841 | 1 |
| 1721 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18996372 | HOT JOINING PROCESS FOR PRODUCING COMPLEX LIGHT-WEIGHT STRUCTURES | HERRING, LISA L | 1741 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18992827 | FLOW CELL FOR OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY, AND METHOD FOR MONITORING BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES | DOUMBIA, MOHAMED | 2877 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 19004803 | Illumination System | MAY, ROBERT J | 2875 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 140d overdue | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18989376 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A GLASS TUBE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A GLASS TUBE VIA A DRAWING PROCESS | DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S | 1741 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18966876 | MIRROR AND MIRROR SUBSTRATE WITH HIGH ASPECT RATIO, AND METHOD AND MEANS FOR PRODUCING SUCH A MIRROR SUBSTRATE | CHUNG, DAVID Y | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18863684 | Flexible glass element and method for its production | ESTRADA, ANGEL R | 2841 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18854841 | FRONT-FACE SUBSTRATE FOR A SOLAR MODULE | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | 1721 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18898942 | BEAM SPLITTER, STACK COMPRISING TWO OR MORE SUCH BEAM SPLIT-TERS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH A BEAM SPLITTER | WILSON, PAISLEY L | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18893054 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GLASS TUBES WITH CLOSED ENDS | SNELTING, ERIN LYNN | 1741 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18785198 | SUBSTRATE WITH HARD ANTIREFLECTIVE COATING | WHIPKEY, TARA NOELLE | 1781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18833589 | COATED SUBSTRATE | HORGER, KIM S. | 1784 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18722761 | ELECTRICAL LEAD-THROUGH AND LEAD-THROUGH ASSEMBLY | GANI, OBAIDUL NMN | 2847 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18707290 | GLASS PRODUCT, GLASS COMPOSITION, AND METHOD OF MAKING A GLASS PRODUCT | WIESE, NOAH S | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18707051 | HERMETIC LASER-WELDED ENCLOSURE | ROBINSON, KRYSTAL | 2847 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18701399 | ENCLOSURE | NGUYEN, DAO H | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
| 18602415 | LITHIUM ION-CONDUCTING MATERIAL WITH IMPROVED DENDRITE RESISTANCE | WILLS, MONIQUE M | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18542367 | TRANSPARENT GLASS CERAMIC, ESPECIALLY AS A COVER PANE | GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA | 1781 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18536432 | ALUMINOSILICATE GLASS | BOLDEN, ELIZABETH A | 1731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18479175 | CASTING COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND CHANNEL SYSTEMS WITH STABILIZING CASTING COMPOUND | WIESE, NOAH S | 1731 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Oct 02, 2023 |
| 18478136 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE WITH OPTIMIZED COLOR GAMUT | FEATHERLY, HANA SANEI | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18478144 | HIGH-INDEX GLASS | VETERE, ROBERT A | 1712 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18471709 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A GLASS PRODUCT AND CORRESPONDING GLASS PRODUCT | WIESE, NOAH S | 1731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
| 18451217 | LIGHT APPLICATION DEVICE | MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
| 18349555 | METHOD FOR REDUCING RAISED STRUCTURES ON GLASS ELEMENTS, AND GLASS ELEMENT PRODUCED ACCORDING TO THE METHOD | FLORES JR, DONALD M | 1781 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Jul 10, 2023 |
| 18349531 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING RAISED STRUCTURES ON GLASS ELEMENTS, AND GLASS ELEMENT PRODUCED ACCORDING TO THE METHOD | FLORES JR, DONALD M | 1781 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 71d | Pending | Jul 10, 2023 |
| 18316281 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE POROUS SINTERING BODY HAVING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS METHOD FOR PRODUCING | TRAN, THIEN S | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | May 12, 2023 |
| 18252377 | LIGHT ISOLATING ARRAYS | JORDAN, ANDREW | 2874 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 10, 2023 |
| 18300087 | GLASS ELEMENT WITH STRUCTURED WALL AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF | SAMPLE, DAVID R | 1784 | §102 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Apr 13, 2023 |
| 18119641 | FILTER GLASS | BOLDEN, ELIZABETH A | 1731 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 09, 2023 |
| 18086157 | OPTICAL GLASS WITH HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX | GOLOBOY, JAMES C | 1771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 17931066 | CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED GLASS SHEET AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION | SAMPLE, DAVID R | 1784 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 96d overdue | Pending | Sep 09, 2022 |
| 17929743 | NON-FLAT FORMED GLASS, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND USE THEREOF | MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | 1731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2022 |
| 17592541 | SHEET-LIKE CHEMICALLY TOUGHENED OR CHEMICALLY TOUGHENABLE GLASS ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON | 1784 | §103 | Final Rejection | 78d overdue | Pending | Feb 04, 2022 |
| 17541793 | METHOD FOR ERADICATING METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS | MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | 1731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2021 |
| 17516187 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE AND A LITHIUM-ION CONDUCTIVE GLASS-CERAMICS | SON, TAEYOUNG | 1751 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Nov 01, 2021 |
| 17313730 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE THAT CAN BE WORN ON THE BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | SABOKTAKIN, MARJAN | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 06, 2021 |
| 17307572 | OPTICAL GLASS WITH LOW DENSITY | BOLDEN, ELIZABETH A | 1731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 04, 2021 |
| 16986203 | PLATE-SHAPED, CHEMICALLY PRESTRESSED OR CHEMICALLY PRESTRESSABLE GLASS ARTICLES, AND METHODS OF PRODUCING | HANDVILLE, BRIAN | 1783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2020 |
| 16986191 | PLATE-SHAPED GLASS ARTICLES AND METHODS OF PRODUCING AND USING | MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | 1731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2020 |
| 16379133 | SENSOR RECEPTACLE FOR A BIOREACTOR, AND BIOREACTOR WITH SENSOR RECEPTACLE, AND METHOD FOR PROPAGATION OR CULTIVATION OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL | ESPERON, NATHAN GREGORY | 1799 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 72d overdue | Pending | Apr 09, 2019 |
| 16835346 | SPILL RETENTION MECHANISMS FOR COOKTOPS AND OTHER SUBSTRATES | VAN SELL, NATHAN L | 1783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2020 |
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