Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
18 pending office actions • 8 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 66 patents granted in the last 365 days
Graphic Packaging International Inc. has 19 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 11 distinct examiners across 7 distinct art units. This indicates meaningful reuse of examiner assignments and a technical footprint that is narrower than the examiner count, creating some scope for coordinated portfolio review.
DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R is the busiest examiner, with 4 pending matters. That docket is the clearest concentration in the available data and may justify checking for recurring objections, claim language, or amendment positions. Coordination should still account for the separate art-unit assignments and individual prosecution records.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 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. 7 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 | 5 (28%) |
| §102 only | 6 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (39%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, RAVEN | 4 | 62.6% | +10.2% |
| DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 3 | 68.9% | +14.2% |
| BRADEN, SHAWN M | 2 | 66.8% | +32.3% |
| BALDRIGHI, ERIC C | 1 | 41.8% | +40.2% |
| LEONG, NATHAN T | 1 | 71.4% | +23.9% |
| ATTEL, NINA KAY | 1 | 41.5% | +28.0% |
| WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M | 1 | 71.6% | +11.7% |
| REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN | 1 | 65.9% | +23.3% |
| NEWHOUSE, NATHAN JEFFREY | 1 | 19.3% | +2.9% |
| KUMAR, RAKESH | 1 | 57.2% | +28.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18513823 | Carton With Dispenser | KUMAR, RAKESH | 29d |
| 19269770 | TRAY FOR HOLDING ARTICLES | BALDRIGHI, ERIC C | — |
| 19249773 | Method And System For Forming A Packaging Material | LEONG, NATHAN T | — |
| 19048033 | Method And System For Forming Articles | WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M | — |
| 18769574 | Tray For Food Products | NEWHOUSE, NATHAN JEFFREY | — |
| 18215945 | Composite Containers For Bulk Solids, Related Systems And Methods | COLLINS, RAVEN | — |
| 18126681 | Carrier For Containers | PERREAULT, ANDREW 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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18806947 | Tray For Food Products | COLLINS, RAVEN | 3d overdue |
| 18941443 | Carton With Locking Features | REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN | 1d overdue |
| 18583968 | Container With Lid | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 12d |
| 18121121 | Trays For Food Products And Related Systems And Methods | COLLINS, RAVEN | 16d |
| 17856333 | Composite Containers For Bulk Solids, Related Systems And Methods | COLLINS, RAVEN | 28d |
| 18513823 | Carton With Dispenser | KUMAR, RAKESH | 29d |
| 19269770 | TRAY FOR HOLDING ARTICLES | BALDRIGHI, ERIC C | — |
| 19249773 | Method And System For Forming A Packaging Material | LEONG, NATHAN T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3735 | 6 |
| 3734 | 5 |
| 3736 | 2 |
| 3733 | 1 |
| 1718 | 1 |
| 3731 | 1 |
| 3651 | 1 |
| 1717 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19269770 | TRAY FOR HOLDING ARTICLES | BALDRIGHI, ERIC C | 3733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2025 |
| 19249773 | Method And System For Forming A Packaging Material | LEONG, NATHAN T | 1718 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2025 |
| 19171939 | Method And System For Forming A Container With Insulating Features | BRADEN, SHAWN M | 3736 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19103401 | Divider Construct For Trays, Related Systems And Methods | ATTEL, NINA KAY | 3734 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 19048033 | Method And System For Forming Articles | WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M | 3731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19042076 | Carton With Lid | BRADEN, SHAWN M | 3736 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 18941443 | Carton With Locking Features | REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN | 3735 | §102 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18806940 | Container With Lid | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 3734 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18806947 | Tray For Food Products | COLLINS, RAVEN | 3735 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18769574 | Tray For Food Products | NEWHOUSE, NATHAN JEFFREY | 3734 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18680173 | Dispenser Package | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 3734 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18583968 | Container With Lid | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 3734 | §102 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18513823 | Carton With Dispenser | KUMAR, RAKESH | 3651 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18226376 | System And Method For Applying A Coating Material To A Web | HERNANDEZ-KENNEY, JOSE | 1717 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18215945 | Composite Containers For Bulk Solids, Related Systems And Methods | COLLINS, RAVEN | 3735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18126681 | Carrier For Containers | PERREAULT, ANDREW D | 3735 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2023 |
| 18121121 | Trays For Food Products And Related Systems And Methods | COLLINS, RAVEN | 3735 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Mar 14, 2023 |
| 17856333 | Composite Containers For Bulk Solids, Related Systems And Methods | COLLINS, RAVEN | 3735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Jul 01, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialGraphic Packaging International Inc. has 18 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 12 examiners.
Raven Collins has the most, with 4 of Graphic Packaging International Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
