Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Aptar Freyung GmbH currently faces 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, LONG, DONNELL ALAN, within 1 distinct art unit. The involvement of only a single art unit reflects a specific technical scope for the pending application.
As LONG, DONNELL ALAN is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action, the company's current mechanical engineering prosecution is concentrated under one reviewer. This means the outcome of the company's mechanical engineering filing depends solely on the review and preferences of this one individual. With only a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit involved, the prosecution team can dedicate its resources to addressing the specific requirements of this single examination channel. This focused interaction allows for a deep dive into the examiner's past decisions and the art unit's particular standards to resolve the 1 pending office action.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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% |
| LONG, DONNELL ALAN | 1 | 75.8% | +15.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18997448 | DISPENSING CLOSURE FOR A CONTAINER AND CONTAINER WITH SUCH A DISPENSING CLOSURE | LONG, DONNELL ALAN | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18997448 | DISPENSING CLOSURE FOR A CONTAINER AND CONTAINER WITH SUCH A DISPENSING CLOSURE | LONG, DONNELL ALAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3733 | 1 |
| 3754 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19140232 | CLOSURE FOR A CONTAINER AND CONTAINER WITH SUCH A CLOSURE | SMALLEY, JAMES N | 3733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 18997448 | DISPENSING CLOSURE FOR A CONTAINER AND CONTAINER WITH SUCH A DISPENSING CLOSURE | LONG, DONNELL ALAN | 3754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialAptar Freyung GmbH has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
James N Smalley has the most, with 1 of Aptar Freyung GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
