Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
23 pending office actions • 12 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days
BERRY GLOBAL, INC. currently manages 23 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are distributed across 20 distinct examiners and 12 distinct art units. The 12 distinct art units indicate that the portfolio spans technical classifications. With 23 pending office actions, the company maintains its presence in the patent office.
JENNIFER ANN GILLETT is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 3 pending office actions. This concentration of 3 pending office actions with JENNIFER ANN GILLETT is part of the larger group of 20 distinct examiners. Because the pending office actions are active, practitioners must coordinate responses across the art units. The Chemistry & Materials portfolio requires technical knowledge for different segments.
The 20 distinct examiners suggest that the company encounters different examination styles. Practitioners should monitor the cases assigned to JENNIFER ANN GILLETT to identify patterns in feedback. Managing the portfolio requires the approach to ensure that arguments remain consistent. The 12 distinct art units further reflects the company's current prosecution efforts.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (4%) |
| §103 only | 6 (26%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 15 (65%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN | 3 | 29.6% | +37.7% |
| SALVATORE, LYNDA | 2 | 64.1% | +19.4% |
| CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J | 1 | 65.1% | +35.7% |
| SMALLEY, JAMES N | 1 | 70.7% | -9.9% |
| IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 1 | 33.5% | +25.0% |
| SHAH, SAMIR | 1 | 36.4% | +34.9% |
| TAWFIK, SAMEH | 1 | 63.1% | +31.2% |
| GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD | 1 | 72.2% | +18.6% |
| VO, HAI | 1 | 57.1% | +72.4% |
| MATZEK, MATTHEW D | 1 | 46.3% | +36.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18238222 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTIVE BUNDLING OF INDUSTRIAL ITEMS | KRINGEN, MICHELLE THERESE | 60d overdue |
| 18380421 | Biopolymer-Containing Nonwoven Fabric | SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | 29d overdue |
| 17955707 | POLYMERIC ARTICLES WITH ELECTRONIC CODE FORMED THEREON AND PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME | WANG, ALEXANDER A | 28d |
| 19095649 | CONTAINER | CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J | — |
| 19073641 | PACKAGE AND CLOSURE FOR PACKAGE | SMALLEY, JAMES N | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18904674 | PRODUCT TUBE | TAWFIK, SAMEH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| 18904674 | PRODUCT TUBE | TAWFIK, SAMEH | — |
| 18785728 | POINT BONDED EXTRUSION LAMINATES | GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD | — |
| 18635727 | INSULATED CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | VO, HAI | — |
| 18634138 | IMAGED NONWOVEN FABRICS INCLUDING MELTBLOWN FIBERS | GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN | — |
| 18627732 | NONWOVEN FABRICS INCLUDING RECYCLED POLYPROPYLENE | MATZEK, MATTHEW D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1789 | 7 |
| 3733 | 2 |
| 1786 | 2 |
| 3734 | 1 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| 3781 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| 1746 | 1 |
| 3689 | 1 |
| 1773 | 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 |
| 19073641 | PACKAGE AND CLOSURE FOR PACKAGE | SMALLEY, JAMES N | 3733 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19054561 | Bitumen-Based Laminate Having a Biodegradable Liner | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | — | §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 | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18904674 | PRODUCT TUBE | TAWFIK, SAMEH | 3734 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18785728 | POINT BONDED EXTRUSION LAMINATES | GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18635727 | INSULATED CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | VO, HAI | 1788 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
| 18634138 | IMAGED NONWOVEN FABRICS INCLUDING MELTBLOWN FIBERS | GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN | 1789 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18627732 | NONWOVEN FABRICS INCLUDING RECYCLED POLYPROPYLENE | MATZEK, MATTHEW D | 1786 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18593104 | FILMS WITH MALODOR CONTROL | STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18436525 | CARPET BACKING BASED ON CARDED TECHNOLOGY | SALVATORE, LYNDA | 1789 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18517043 | FABRICS INCLUDING A NON-FLUORINATED BARRIER COATING | PIERCE, JEREMY R | 1789 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18514092 | ADHESIVE TAPE | LING, DORIS | 4100 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18514141 | ZONED SPINNERET AND NONWOVEN FABRICS | MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | 1789 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18380421 | Biopolymer-Containing Nonwoven Fabric | SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | 1746 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 29d overdue | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18238222 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTIVE BUNDLING OF INDUSTRIAL ITEMS | KRINGEN, MICHELLE THERESE | 3689 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Aug 25, 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 |
| 17388212 | MULTILAYER FILM | HON, SOW FUN | 1782 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2021 |
| 17324155 | Fabrics with Improved Barrier Properties | GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN | 1789 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 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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