Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Schott Technical Glass Solutions GmbH has 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D is the busiest examiner, handling 1 pending action. The data indicates that each of the 3 pending office actions is being reviewed by a different individual.
While there are 3 distinct examiners, they are situated within 2 distinct art units. This suggests that at least two of the examiners share the same art unit, potentially leading to some shared institutional knowledge or prior art pools. However, the company still faces 3 distinct examiners for its 3 pending office actions, requiring three separate communication strategies. FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D is one of these three examiners. The focus on Chemistry & Materials across 2 distinct art units shows a technical scope that involves multiple examiners. Practitioners should manage 3 distinct examiner relationships for the 3 pending office actions.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | 1 | 81.6% | +0.3% |
| SAMPLE, DAVID R | 1 | 79.9% | +10.2% |
| ZHANG, MICHAEL N | 1 | 54.5% | +22.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18606087 | CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED GLASS SHEET AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION | MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18423735 | Glass pane for use in architectural glazing, pane laminates and their use | SAMPLE, DAVID R | — |
| 18057381 | SHEET-LIKE GLASS ARTICLE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND USE THEREOF | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18423735 | Glass pane for use in architectural glazing, pane laminates and their use | SAMPLE, DAVID R | — |
| 18057381 | SHEET-LIKE GLASS ARTICLE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND USE THEREOF | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1731 | 1 |
| 1784 | 1 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18606087 | CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED GLASS SHEET AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION | MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | 1731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18423735 | Glass pane for use in architectural glazing, pane laminates and their use | SAMPLE, DAVID R | 1784 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18057381 | SHEET-LIKE GLASS ARTICLE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND USE THEREOF | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | 1781 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialSchott Technical Glass Solutions GmbH has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Cameron Kenneth Miller has the most, with 1 of Schott Technical Glass Solutions GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
