Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
17 pending office actions • 13 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. KG has 18 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. Every action is assigned to a distinct examiner, while the matters span 13 distinct art units. This indicates little examiner repetition and a greater need to organize the docket around technical classifications and individual case histories.
SMALLEY, JAMES N is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The profile does not identify an examiner concentration, so counsel can use consistent matter-level review and technical issue tracking rather than a dedicated examiner program.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 6 (35%) |
| §102 only | 1 (6%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (53%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMALLEY, JAMES N | 1 | 70.7% | -9.8% |
| FLETCHER III, WILLIAM P | 1 | 76.3% | +16.2% |
| ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E | 1 | 78.4% | +28.7% |
| CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | 1 | 62.9% | +18.6% |
| ANGWIN, DAVID PATRICK | 1 | 67.7% | +13.1% |
| DEVINE, MOLLY K | 1 | 67.1% | +32.0% |
| GRAHAM, ANDREW D | 1 | 59.8% | +23.3% |
| POOS, MADISON LYNN | 1 | 59.8% | +21.9% |
| PERREAULT, ANDREW D | 1 | 46.7% | +18.2% |
| ROSEBACH, CHRISTINA H.W. | 1 | 59.2% | -34.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19106819 | METHOD FOR COATING A DRIED PREFORM | FLETCHER III, WILLIAM P | — |
| 18997375 | SEALING FILM AND CONTAINER COMPRISING SEALING FILM | ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E | — |
| 18870163 | PRESS MOLD FOR RECEIVING A FIBER-BASED BLANK, AND METHOD FOR REDUCING THE WATER CONTENT IN A FIBER-BASED BLANK | CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | — |
| 18858179 | METHOD FOR RECYCLING POLYOLEFIN CONTAINERS | DEVINE, MOLLY K | — |
| 18848692 | EXTRUSION BLOW MOULDING MACHINE | GRAHAM, ANDREW D | — |
| 18684282 | STRETCH-BLOW-MOLDED PLASTIC CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | POOS, MADISON LYNN | — |
| 18567000 | RECYCLING METHOD | ROSEBACH, CHRISTINA H.W. | — |
| 18264220 | CONTAINER CLOSURE | STEVENS, ALLAN D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19106819 | METHOD FOR COATING A DRIED PREFORM | FLETCHER III, WILLIAM P | — |
| 18997375 | SEALING FILM AND CONTAINER COMPRISING SEALING FILM | ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E | — |
| 18870163 | PRESS MOLD FOR RECEIVING A FIBER-BASED BLANK, AND METHOD FOR REDUCING THE WATER CONTENT IN A FIBER-BASED BLANK | CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | — |
| 18866857 | METERING DEVICE | ANGWIN, DAVID PATRICK | — |
| 18858179 | METHOD FOR RECYCLING POLYOLEFIN CONTAINERS | DEVINE, MOLLY K | — |
| 18848692 | EXTRUSION BLOW MOULDING MACHINE | GRAHAM, ANDREW D | — |
| 18684282 | STRETCH-BLOW-MOLDED PLASTIC CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | POOS, MADISON LYNN | — |
| 18292450 | TRAY, STACK OF TRAYS AND METHOD FOR LOADING/UNLOADING TRAYS | PERREAULT, ANDREW D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3733 | 3 |
| 3754 | 2 |
| 3736 | 2 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| 3653 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19475489 | CLOSURE CAP AND COMBINATION OF A CLOSURE CAP AND REUSABLE CONTAINER | SMALLEY, JAMES N | 3733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2025 |
| 19106819 | METHOD FOR COATING A DRIED PREFORM | FLETCHER III, WILLIAM P | 1759 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 18997375 | SEALING FILM AND CONTAINER COMPRISING SEALING FILM | ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E | 1787 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18870163 | PRESS MOLD FOR RECEIVING A FIBER-BASED BLANK, AND METHOD FOR REDUCING THE WATER CONTENT IN A FIBER-BASED BLANK | CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | 1748 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18866857 | METERING DEVICE | ANGWIN, DAVID PATRICK | 3754 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18858179 | METHOD FOR RECYCLING POLYOLEFIN CONTAINERS | DEVINE, MOLLY K | 3653 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18848692 | EXTRUSION BLOW MOULDING MACHINE | GRAHAM, ANDREW D | 1742 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18684282 | STRETCH-BLOW-MOLDED PLASTIC CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | POOS, MADISON LYNN | 3733 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18292450 | TRAY, STACK OF TRAYS AND METHOD FOR LOADING/UNLOADING TRAYS | PERREAULT, ANDREW D | 3735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18567000 | RECYCLING METHOD | ROSEBACH, CHRISTINA H.W. | 1766 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18264220 | CONTAINER CLOSURE | STEVENS, ALLAN D | 3736 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 03, 2023 |
| 18259073 | PUMP DISPENSER | GRUBY, RANDALL A | 3754 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
| 18256420 | CONTAINER CLOSURE | WEINERTH, GIDEON R | 3736 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
| 18248229 | METHOD FOR RECYCLING TRAYS AND BLISTERS | ROY, DEBJANI | 1741 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 06, 2023 |
| 17778592 | CONTAINER CLOSURE | ALLEN, JEFFREY R | 3733 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2022 |
| 17290227 | CLOSING CAP FOR CLOSING A CONTAINER | AVILES BOSQUES, ORLANDO E | 3700 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2021 |
| 17265518 | PREFORM MADE OF POLYESTER | YAGER, JAMES C | 1782 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 751d overdue | Pending | Feb 02, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialAlpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. KG has 17 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 13 art units and 17 examiners.
James N Smalley has the most, with 1 of Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. KG's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
