Prosecution Insights
Last updated: September 17, 2026

AptarGroup Inc.

23 pending office actions • 7 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 56 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

23
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
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
0
Due this month
1
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 ≤ 60 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.

12
Hard (52%)
9
Medium (39%)
2
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (4%)
§103 only6 (26%)
§102 only2 (9%)
§112 only2 (9%)
Double-patenting + other1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (48%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
4% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
15
Mechanical / Eng
65% of docket
6
Business / Other
26% 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.

230 h
Manual time on pending OAs
46 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
80 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ANGWIN, DAVID PATRICK 3 68.1% +12.6%
ALBERS, KEVIN S 1 26.6% +49.7%
KIM, CHRISTOPHER S 1 63.2% +21.5%
GORMAN, DARREN W 1 79.1% +24.9%
CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1 60.4% +41.1%
MURPHY, VICTORIA 1 62.2% +46.1%
TURKOWSKI, KAYLA MARIE 1 65.3% +48.9%
PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 1 51.5% +47.5%
SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE 1 58.8% +71.3%
CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL 1 53.0% +41.1%

Hard Cases (12)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17787087 DEVICE FOR DISPENSING A FLUID PRODUCT SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE 125d overdue
18289080 FLUID PRODUCT DISPENSER PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 45d overdue
18686294 FLUID PRODUCT DISPENSER ANGWIN, DAVID PATRICK 10d overdue
18281185 DEVICE FOR NASAL DELIVERY OF A FLUID PRODUCT SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE 2d overdue
18855056 POWDER INHALER ALBERS, KEVIN S —
18720298 SPRAYING HEAD GORMAN, DARREN W —
18719982 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING SALBUTAMOL CHANG, KYUNG SOOK —
18719030 DEVICE FOR DISPENSING A FLUID PRODUCT, AND METHOD FOR PRIMING SAME MURPHY, VICTORIA —

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18289080 FLUID PRODUCT DISPENSER PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 45d overdue
18686294 FLUID PRODUCT DISPENSER ANGWIN, DAVID PATRICK 10d overdue
18281185 DEVICE FOR NASAL DELIVERY OF A FLUID PRODUCT SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE 2d overdue
18855056 POWDER INHALER ALBERS, KEVIN S —
18836589 DEVICE FOR DISPENSING A FLUID PRODUCT KIM, CHRISTOPHER S —
18720298 SPRAYING HEAD GORMAN, DARREN W —
18719982 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING SALBUTAMOL CHANG, KYUNG SOOK —
18719030 DEVICE FOR DISPENSING A FLUID PRODUCT, AND METHOD FOR PRIMING SAME MURPHY, VICTORIA —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3754 5
3752 3
3785 3
3783 3
3741 1
2685 1
1747 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18855056 POWDER INHALER ALBERS, KEVIN S — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 08, 2024
18836589 DEVICE FOR DISPENSING A FLUID PRODUCT KIM, CHRISTOPHER S 3752 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 22, 2024
18720298 SPRAYING HEAD GORMAN, DARREN W 3752 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 14, 2024
18719982 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING SALBUTAMOL CHANG, KYUNG SOOK — §101§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 14, 2024
18719030 DEVICE FOR DISPENSING A FLUID PRODUCT, AND METHOD FOR PRIMING SAME MURPHY, VICTORIA — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 12, 2024
18712909 DEVICE FOR DISPENSING A FLUID PRODUCT TURKOWSKI, KAYLA MARIE — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 23, 2024
18686294 FLUID PRODUCT DISPENSER ANGWIN, DAVID PATRICK 3754 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Feb 23, 2024
18289080 FLUID PRODUCT DISPENSER PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 3754 §103§112 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2023
18289081 FLUID PRODUCT DISPENSER ANGWIN, DAVID PATRICK 3754 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 31, 2023
18286700 FLUID PRODUCT DISPENSER ANGWIN, DAVID PATRICK 3754 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 12, 2023
18281185 DEVICE FOR NASAL DELIVERY OF A FLUID PRODUCT SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE 3741 §103§112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 03, 2023
18004499 SPRAY HEAD AND DEVICE FOR DISPENSING A FLUID PRODUCT COMPRISING SUCH A HEAD CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL 3752 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 06, 2023
17923447 DEVICE FOR DISPENSING A FLUID PRODUCT MOON, MATTHEW RYAN 3785 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Nov 04, 2022
17787087 DEVICE FOR DISPENSING A FLUID PRODUCT SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE 3783 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 125d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2022
17786967 DEVICE FOR DISPENSING A FLUID PRODUCT LEBRON DE JESUS, GRACIELA NATALIA 3785 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 17, 2022
17442889 A FLUID PRODUCT INJECTION DEVICE MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 3783 §102 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Sep 24, 2021
17296720 DEVICE FOR INHALATION-SYNCHRONISED DISPENSING OF A FLUID PRODUCT ZIEGLER, MATTHEW D 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending May 25, 2021
18851875 DISPENSER FOR LIQUIDS TRAN, TRAN M. — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2024
18699724 EVALUATION UNIT FOR A MEDICAMENT DISPENSER, AND KIT COMPRISING AN EVALUATION UNIT AND A MEDICAMENT DISPENSER TOICH, SARA KATHERINE — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2024
18576530 SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE INTAKE OF SUBSTANCES WU, ZHEN Y 2685 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 04, 2024
18568455 LIQUID DISPENSER FOR NASAL APPLICATIONS CARPENTER, WILLIAM R 3783 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 08, 2023
18559364 LIQUID DISPENSER AND PROTECTIVE CAP FOR A LIQUID DISPENSER PANCHOLI, VISHAL J 3754 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 07, 2023
18004330 ORAL DISPENSER FOR LIQUIDS, IN PARTICULAR FOR LIQUIDS CONTAINING NICOTINE OR CANNABIS CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER 1747 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Jan 05, 2023

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