Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Examiner: COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 1731 1741 1784 1787 1794 2841

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Analysis

Lauren Robinson Colgan is a patent examiner in Art Unit 1731 of Tech Center 2800. She has handled 928 resolved cases. The data indicates an allowance rate of 69.9% for these applications. This percentage shows the frequency of patent grants for cases assigned to this examiner. Practitioners can use the 69.9% rate to evaluate the likelihood of a successful outcome in this art unit.

The median days to allowance is 954. This figure represents the middle duration for applications that result in a grant. The interview lift is 16.1%. This lift shows that applications with an interview have a higher allowance rate than those without one. The 16.1% difference indicates a correlation between interviews and an increased probability of allowance. With 928 resolved cases, the data provides a history of prosecution in Art Unit 1731. Tech Center 2800 is the administrative home for these 954 median days to allowance.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

69.9%
Allow Rate
+1.9% vs TC avg
982
Total Applications
+16.1%
Interview Lift
954
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 928 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
21.7%
§102 Novelty
45.9%
§103 Obviousness
18.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18596022 Multi-Layer Glass for Foldable Devices Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18813553 Watch Component And Watch Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18527711 WINDOW AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Final Rejection Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18996390 CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED GLASS CONTAINING Y2O3 AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18066052 GLASS, GLASS CERAMIC, AND LAMINATED CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT Non-Final OA Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
19063841 HIGH YOUNG'S MODULUS, LITHIUM OXIDE-CONTAINING GLASSES Non-Final OA CORNING INCORPORATED
18944759 GLASS ARTICLES WITH INCREASED HYDROXYL GROUP UNIFORMITY COMPRISING STACK SEALED GLASS SUBSTRATES, AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA CORNING INCORPORATED
18730601 PHOTOCURABLE INKS FOR AUTOMOTIVE INTERIOR APPLICATIONS AND GLASS ARTICLES COMPRISING THE SAME Non-Final OA CORNING INCORPORATED
18743855 CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED GLASS-BASED ARTICLES Non-Final OA CORNING INCORPORATED
18687011 GLASS COMPOSITIONS AND GLASS LAMINATE ARTICLES COMPRISING THE SAME Final Rejection CORNING INCORPORATED
18284314 ANTI-REFLECTIVE INFRARED TRANSMITTING LAMINATE GLASS ARTICLES WITH A POROUS LAYER Final Rejection CORNING INCORPORATED
18277125 FOLDABLE APPARATUS AND METHODS OF MAKING Non-Final OA CORNING INCORPORATED
17533514 ANTIMICROBIAL GLASS Final Rejection CORNING INCORPORATED
18033472 TOUGHENED GLASS PLATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TOUGHENED GLASS PLATE, AND GLASS PLATE TO BE TOUGHENED Non-Final OA Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
18021191 TEMPERED GLASS Final Rejection NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
17769897 ULTRAVIOLET TRANSMISSION GLASS Final Rejection Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
18915895 FILM-COVERED TRANSPARENT BASE PLATE AND TOP PLATE FOR COOKING DEVICE Non-Final OA TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
18873064 LUMINOUS LAMINATED GLASS PANEL COMPRISING A FUNCTIONAL COATING Non-Final OA SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
18107684 CRYSTALLINE OXIDE FILM, MULTILAYER STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection DENSO CORPORATION
18619550 LAMINATED PANE FOR A VEHICLE, VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LAMINATED PANE Non-Final OA Webasto SE
19068056 CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED GLASS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA AGC INC.
18903754 CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED GLASS PLATE, AND COVER GLASS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED GLASS Non-Final OA AGC Inc.
18814663 WATER-REPELLENT GLASS Non-Final OA AGC Inc.
18646873 BOROSILICATE GLASS Non-Final OA AGC Inc.
18627442 WINDOW GLASS FOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, LAMINATED GLASS FOR VEHICLE, AND WINDSHIELD FOR VEHICLE Non-Final OA AGC Inc.
18454228 CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED GLASS PRODUCTION METHOD AND CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED GLASS Non-Final OA AGC Inc.
18727755 COMPOSITE PANE Non-Final OA AGC GLASS EUROPE
18709964 LOW-EMISSIVITY AND ANTI-SOLAR GLAZING Non-Final OA AGC GLASS EUROPE
18687047 LAMINATED GLAZING Non-Final OA AGC GLASS EUROPE
18684815 SILICON NITRIDE SINTERED BODY, MACHINE PART, AND BEARING Non-Final OA NTN CORPORATION

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