Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
7 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Billerud Aktiebolag (Publ) has 8 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The portfolio spans 6 examiners and 4 art units, showing that several matters share examiner or art-unit coverage and that the docket is not divided into entirely separate examination paths.
VERA, ELISA H is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That workload is larger than the individual assignments indicated for the other examiners, making Vera’s treatment a useful focal point for identifying recurring issues.
The combination of repeated examiner and art-unit coverage supports coordinated review of claim amendments, prior-art positions, and technical explanations. Counsel should still preserve matter-specific analysis because shared assignments do not establish identical prosecution issues.
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 | 3 (43%) |
| §102 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERA, ELISA H | 2 | 72.4% | +26.3% |
| FORTUNA, JOSE A | 2 | 79.5% | +9.9% |
| RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | 1 | 63.2% | +34.6% |
| TAWFIK, SAMEH | 1 | 63.1% | +31.5% |
| AHMED, SHEEBA | 1 | 80.6% | +14.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18870971 | LIQUID PACKAGING BOARD | VERA, ELISA H | — |
| 18719176 | COATED PAPER SUITABLE FOR USE IN A SACK | TAWFIK, SAMEH | — |
| 18717985 | GRAPHENE-COATED PAPER OR PAPERBOARD | AHMED, SHEEBA | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18714077 | STARCH-COATED PAPER OR PAPERBOARD | VERA, ELISA H | 57d |
| 18870971 | LIQUID PACKAGING BOARD | VERA, ELISA H | — |
| 18723175 | RECYCLABLE PAPER OF HIGH WET STRENGTH | RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | — |
| 18719176 | COATED PAPER SUITABLE FOR USE IN A SACK | TAWFIK, SAMEH | — |
| 18717985 | GRAPHENE-COATED PAPER OR PAPERBOARD | AHMED, SHEEBA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1748 | 5 |
| 3731 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18870971 | LIQUID PACKAGING BOARD | VERA, ELISA H | 1748 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18723175 | RECYCLABLE PAPER OF HIGH WET STRENGTH | RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | 1748 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18719176 | COATED PAPER SUITABLE FOR USE IN A SACK | TAWFIK, SAMEH | 3731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18717985 | GRAPHENE-COATED PAPER OR PAPERBOARD | AHMED, SHEEBA | 1787 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18714077 | STARCH-COATED PAPER OR PAPERBOARD | VERA, ELISA H | 1748 | §102 | Final Rejection | 57d | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18715681 | HEAT-SEALABLE PAPER | FORTUNA, JOSE A | 1748 | §103 | Final Rejection | 59d overdue | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18292451 | Assymetric Paperboard | FORTUNA, JOSE A | 1748 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBillerud Aktiebolag (Publ) has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 5 examiners.
Elisa H Vera has the most, with 2 of Billerud Aktiebolag (Publ)'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
