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
Grafcor Packaging Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This 1 pending office action is handled by 1 distinct examiner, which centralizes the current prosecution process. The data indicates 1 distinct art unit, showing that the pending application is being reviewed by a specific technical division of the patent office. This profile reflects a very narrow and focused engagement with the patent office at this time within the medical devices and mechanical engineering sector.
STEVENS, ALLAN D is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, holding 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because STEVENS, ALLAN D is the only 1 distinct examiner involved, the company's immediate patent goals are tied to this individual's evaluation. The outcome of the 1 pending office action will be the sole determinant of the portfolio's growth in the near term, as there are no other examiners or cases currently active to provide additional opportunities for allowance. Practitioners should focus their strategy on the specific technical standards of the 1 distinct art unit and the examination style of STEVENS, ALLAN D.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEVENS, ALLAN D | 1 | 41.5% | +50.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19085553 | SHIPPING CONTAINER PACKAGING WITH THERMAL REGULATION | STEVENS, ALLAN D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19085553 | SHIPPING CONTAINER PACKAGING WITH THERMAL REGULATION | STEVENS, ALLAN D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3736 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19085553 | SHIPPING CONTAINER PACKAGING WITH THERMAL REGULATION | STEVENS, ALLAN D | 3736 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
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