Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
C/O Westrock Packaging Systems LLC has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is handled by a distinct examiner, GEHMAN, BRYON P, in a distinct art unit. This action defines the current pending status of the portfolio. The concentration of the company's pending activity in this action suggests a focused prosecution phase for its mechanical packaging technology. The Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area often involves rigorous functional standards during examination.
GEHMAN, BRYON P is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. This figure is the same as the total number of pending office actions. The distinct art unit involved suggests the technology is being evaluated by a single specialized group. Since there is only the distinct examiner and the distinct art unit, the prosecution process is currently streamlined. Practitioners should focus on the specific preferences of the examiner handling this matter in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area to ensure efficient resolution of the pending 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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEHMAN, BRYON P | 1 | 73.8% | +30.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19305444 | CARTON AND BLANK THEREFOR | GEHMAN, BRYON P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19305444 | CARTON AND BLANK THEREFOR | GEHMAN, BRYON P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3736 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19305444 | CARTON AND BLANK THEREFOR | GEHMAN, BRYON P | 3736 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2025 |
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