Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
19 pending office actions • 9 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 19 (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 the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 18 pending office actions are distributed among 15 distinct examiners. The count of 18 pending office actions is higher than the count of 15 distinct examiners, indicating that some examiners are managing more than one matter.
The workload is spread across 9 distinct art units. This count of 9 distinct art units is lower than the 15 distinct examiners involved with the portfolio. PERREAULT, ANDREW D is the busiest examiner for the company, currently responsible for 2 pending office actions. This busiest examiner pending count of 2 is the highest value for any single examiner in the current workload.
Practitioners can observe that the 18 pending office actions are being reviewed in 9 distinct art units, requiring the legal team to navigate several different examination groups. With 15 distinct examiners involved, the company faces a variety of individual examination styles. The busiest examiner pending count of 2 shows that the workload is well-distributed, with no single examiner managing more than a small portion of the pending matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 8 (42%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| §112 only | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (47%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERREAULT, ANDREW D | 2 | 46.6% | +18.4% |
| ROSEBACH, CHRISTINA H.W. | 2 | 59.2% | -35.0% |
| ALLEN, JEFFREY R | 2 | 48.1% | +26.7% |
| SMALLEY, JAMES N | 1 | 70.7% | -9.9% |
| ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E | 1 | 78.5% | +28.7% |
| PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 48.6% | +39.3% |
| CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | 1 | 62.8% | +18.7% |
| ANGWIN, DAVID PATRICK | 1 | 68.3% | +12.3% |
| DEVINE, MOLLY K | 1 | 67.6% | +31.3% |
| GRAHAM, ANDREW D | 1 | 59.7% | +22.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18997375 | SEALING FILM AND CONTAINER COMPRISING SEALING FILM | ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E | — |
| 18876911 | SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING A CONTAINER TO A DISPENSING DEVICE, CONTAINER, AND DISPENSING DEVICE | PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 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. | — |
| 18259073 | PUMP DISPENSER | GRUBY, RANDALL A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18998545 | CONTAINER PRODUCED FROM PLASTIC | PERREAULT, ANDREW D | 30d overdue |
| 18997375 | SEALING FILM AND CONTAINER COMPRISING SEALING FILM | ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E | — |
| 18876911 | SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING A CONTAINER TO A DISPENSING DEVICE, CONTAINER, AND DISPENSING DEVICE | PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18292450 | TRAY, STACK OF TRAYS AND METHOD FOR LOADING/UNLOADING TRAYS | PERREAULT, ANDREW D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3733 | 4 |
| 3754 | 3 |
| 3735 | 2 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| 1741 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1782 | 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 |
| 18998545 | CONTAINER PRODUCED FROM PLASTIC | PERREAULT, ANDREW D | 3735 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18997375 | SEALING FILM AND CONTAINER COMPRISING SEALING FILM | ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E | 1787 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18876911 | SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING A CONTAINER TO A DISPENSING DEVICE, CONTAINER, AND DISPENSING DEVICE | PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18870163 | PRESS MOLD FOR RECEIVING A FIBER-BASED BLANK, AND METHOD FOR REDUCING THE WATER CONTENT IN A FIBER-BASED BLANK | CALANDRA, ANTHONY J | — | §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 | — | §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 |
| 18697155 | CONTAINER CLOSURE AND CONTAINER | CARROLL, JEREMY W | 3754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 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. | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18259073 | PUMP DISPENSER | GRUBY, RANDALL A | 3754 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
| 18258198 | RECYCLING METHOD FOR CONTAMINATED POLYOLEFINS | ROSEBACH, CHRISTINA H.W. | 1766 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18248229 | METHOD FOR RECYCLING TRAYS AND BLISTERS | ROY, DEBJANI | 1741 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 06, 2023 |
| 18040804 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PREFORM | MELENDEZ, ARMAND | 1759 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2023 |
| 17778592 | CONTAINER CLOSURE | ALLEN, JEFFREY R | 3733 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2022 |
| 17292691 | PLASTIC CONTAINER | ALLEN, JEFFREY R | 3733 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 10, 2021 |
| 17265518 | PREFORM MADE OF POLYESTER | YAGER, JAMES C | 1782 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 751d overdue | Pending | Feb 02, 2021 |
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