Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Vkr Holding A/S

8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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%)
7
Medium (88%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (88%)
§112 only1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
25% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
75% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 1 68.2% +19.7%
HIJAZ, OMAR F 1 55.5% +35.2%
TRIGGS, ANDREW J 1 66.6% +27.4%
FERENCE, JAMES M 1 71.6% +16.8%
SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A 1 64.9% +34.6%
MORGAN, EMILY M 1 35.5% +33.0%
PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A 1 74.1% +11.2%
BLADES, JOHN A 1 50.7% +40.0%

Interview Candidates (8)

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
16973535 Manufacturing of glass sheet assemblies by means of preheated edge sealing material BLADES, JOHN A 97d overdue
18288387 HINGE FOR A ROOF WINDOW AND ROOF WINDOW WITH A SET OF HINGES MORGAN, EMILY M 52d overdue
18544124 Screening arrangement comprising a suspension assembly, and a method of mounting the screening arrangement SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A 50d overdue
17524967 VACUUM INSULATED GLASS UNIT WITH GETTER, AND METHOD OF ACTIVATING A GETTER IN VACUUM INSULATED GLASS UNIT PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A 19d overdue
18771217 FRAME PROVIDING RESTRICTION OF THERMAL DEFLECTION OF A VIG UNIT EDGE KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 17d overdue
18443814 Weatherproofing assembly for use with a group of roof windows comprising at least two roof windows and a method for weatherproofing a group of roof windows TRIGGS, ANDREW J 15d overdue
18442183 Packed flashing assembly for use with a group of roof windows and a method for weatherproofing a group of roof windows FERENCE, JAMES M 10d overdue
18625691 Flashing assembly comprising a top flashing arrangement, a roof element system comprising such a flashing assembly, and a method of manufacturing a flashing assembly HIJAZ, OMAR F 14d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3635 4
1746 2
3634 1
3677 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18771217 FRAME PROVIDING RESTRICTION OF THERMAL DEFLECTION OF A VIG UNIT EDGE KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 3635 §112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2024
18625691 Flashing assembly comprising a top flashing arrangement, a roof element system comprising such a flashing assembly, and a method of manufacturing a flashing assembly HIJAZ, OMAR F 3635 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Apr 03, 2024
18443814 Weatherproofing assembly for use with a group of roof windows comprising at least two roof windows and a method for weatherproofing a group of roof windows TRIGGS, ANDREW J 3635 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2024
18442183 Packed flashing assembly for use with a group of roof windows and a method for weatherproofing a group of roof windows FERENCE, JAMES M 3635 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2024
18544124 Screening arrangement comprising a suspension assembly, and a method of mounting the screening arrangement SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A 3634 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Dec 18, 2023
18288387 HINGE FOR A ROOF WINDOW AND ROOF WINDOW WITH A SET OF HINGES MORGAN, EMILY M 3677 §103 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2023
17524967 VACUUM INSULATED GLASS UNIT WITH GETTER, AND METHOD OF ACTIVATING A GETTER IN VACUUM INSULATED GLASS UNIT PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A 1746 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Nov 12, 2021
16973535 Manufacturing of glass sheet assemblies by means of preheated edge sealing material BLADES, JOHN A 1746 §103 Final Rejection 97d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2020

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