Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
17 pending office actions • 9 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days
BERRY GLOBAL, INC. has 17 pending office actions, involving 17 distinct examiners and 10 distinct art units in Chemistry & Materials. The matching action and examiner totals indicate that each pending action is associated with a different examiner.
CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J is identified as the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The distribution across 10 art units gives prosecution counsel multiple examination contexts to monitor when coordinating responses.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (12%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WANG, ALEXANDER A | 2 | 65.7% | +21.5% |
| GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN | 2 | 29.7% | +37.2% |
| CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J | 1 | 65.1% | +35.7% |
| IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 1 | 33.5% | +24.9% |
| SHAH, SAMIR | 1 | 36.7% | +35.1% |
| GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD | 1 | 72.2% | +18.6% |
| STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH | 1 | 49.6% | +31.5% |
| PIERCE, JEREMY R | 1 | 56.8% | +42.8% |
| MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | 1 | 54.0% | +30.2% |
| PIZIALI, ANDREW T | 1 | 28.4% | +27.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17955707 | POLYMERIC ARTICLES WITH ELECTRONIC CODE FORMED THEREON AND PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME | WANG, ALEXANDER A | 28d |
| 19095649 | CONTAINER | CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J | — |
| 19054561 | Bitumen-Based Laminate Having a Biodegradable Liner | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | — |
| 18983539 | MACHINE DIRECTION-ORIENTED POLYMERIC FILM, AND METHOD OF MAKING THE MACHINE DIRECTION-ORIENTED POLYMERIC FILM | SHAH, SAMIR | — |
| 18785728 | POINT BONDED EXTRUSION LAMINATES | GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD | — |
| 18216156 | Zoned Spinneret and High Loft Nonwoven Fabrics | WANG, ALEXANDER A | — |
| 18128648 | Breathable and Puncture Resistant Laminates | PIZIALI, ANDREW T | — |
| 18081993 | Nonwoven Fabrics Including Recycled Polyester | FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18517043 | FABRICS INCLUDING A NON-FLUORINATED BARRIER COATING | PIERCE, JEREMY R | 4d overdue |
| 17955707 | POLYMERIC ARTICLES WITH ELECTRONIC CODE FORMED THEREON AND PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME | WANG, ALEXANDER A | 28d |
| 18514141 | ZONED SPINNERET AND NONWOVEN FABRICS | MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | 29d |
| 19095649 | CONTAINER | CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J | — |
| 19054561 | Bitumen-Based Laminate Having a Biodegradable Liner | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | — |
| 18983539 | MACHINE DIRECTION-ORIENTED POLYMERIC FILM, AND METHOD OF MAKING THE MACHINE DIRECTION-ORIENTED POLYMERIC FILM | SHAH, SAMIR | — |
| 18785728 | POINT BONDED EXTRUSION LAMINATES | GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD | — |
| 18593104 | FILMS WITH MALODOR CONTROL | STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1789 | 7 |
| 3781 | 2 |
| 1741 | 2 |
| 3733 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| 1782 | 1 |
| 1786 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19095649 | CONTAINER | CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J | 3733 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19054561 | Bitumen-Based Laminate Having a Biodegradable Liner | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 1789 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 18983539 | MACHINE DIRECTION-ORIENTED POLYMERIC FILM, AND METHOD OF MAKING THE MACHINE DIRECTION-ORIENTED POLYMERIC FILM | SHAH, SAMIR | 1787 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18785728 | POINT BONDED EXTRUSION LAMINATES | GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD | 1748 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18593104 | FILMS WITH MALODOR CONTROL | STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18517043 | FABRICS INCLUDING A NON-FLUORINATED BARRIER COATING | PIERCE, JEREMY R | 1789 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18514141 | ZONED SPINNERET AND NONWOVEN FABRICS | MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | 1789 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18216156 | Zoned Spinneret and High Loft Nonwoven Fabrics | WANG, ALEXANDER A | 1741 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18128648 | Breathable and Puncture Resistant Laminates | PIZIALI, ANDREW T | 1789 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 30, 2023 |
| 18081993 | Nonwoven Fabrics Including Recycled Polyester | FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G | 1773 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2022 |
| 17966098 | Covers Utilizing Recycled Polyester Fibers | SALVATORE, LYNDA | 1789 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2022 |
| 17955707 | POLYMERIC ARTICLES WITH ELECTRONIC CODE FORMED THEREON AND PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME | WANG, ALEXANDER A | 1741 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Sep 29, 2022 |
| 17825037 | Textile Backsheet | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 3781 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 76d | Pending | May 26, 2022 |
| 17525064 | Breathable Barrier Laminate | GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN | 1789 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2021 |
| 17388212 | MULTILAYER FILM | HON, SOW FUN | 1782 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2021 |
| 17010061 | Hydroentangled Nonwoven Fabrics Including Crimped Continuous Fibers | GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN | 1789 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 02, 2020 |
| 16018637 | MULTILAYER BREATHABLE FILMS AND LAMINATES INCLUDING THE SAME | CHOI, PETER Y | 1786 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Jun 26, 2018 |
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Start Free TrialBERRY GLOBAL, INC. has 17 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 15 examiners.
Alexander A Wang has the most, with 2 of BERRY GLOBAL, INC.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
