Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hexcelpack LLC is currently managing 5 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Although these matters are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, they are all concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that while different individuals are reviewing the applications, the technical subject matter remains consistent across the active portfolio. Operating within 1 distinct art unit allows for a focused understanding of the specific examination trends and prior art typically cited in that unit.
The busiest examiner for this company is FERRERO, EDUARDO R, who is responsible for 3 pending office actions. This count represents a large share of the 5 total pending actions for the portfolio. Practitioners should note that the outcomes of these 3 pending office actions under a single examiner will influence the overall success rate of the current prosecution efforts. Because FERRERO, EDUARDO R handles 3 pending office actions, the specific preferences of this examiner are critical to the company's immediate patent strategy.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 | 2 (40%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (20%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERRERO, EDUARDO R | 3 | 61.9% | +43.4% |
| GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 1 | 48.3% | +16.4% |
| DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 1 | 68.9% | +14.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19060141 | SLIT SHEET MATERIAL DISPENSING PAD | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18101535 | Expanded Slit Sheet Packaging Material That Interlocks When Layered and Expanded | FERRERO, EDUARDO R | 3d overdue |
| 19379018 | Slit Sheet Tensioning Device | FERRERO, EDUARDO R | — |
| 19060141 | SLIT SHEET MATERIAL DISPENSING PAD | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | — |
| 18950131 | Protective Products, Such as Envelopes, Having a Unique Combination of Interior Padding of Expanded Slit Sheet Paper and Exterior Lining of Embossed Paper | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | — |
| 17572174 | SLIT PAPER EXPANSION METHOD AND APPARATUS | FERRERO, EDUARDO R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19379018 | Slit Sheet Tensioning Device | FERRERO, EDUARDO R | 3731 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2025 |
| 19060141 | SLIT SHEET MATERIAL DISPENSING PAD | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 18950131 | Protective Products, Such as Envelopes, Having a Unique Combination of Interior Padding of Expanded Slit Sheet Paper and Exterior Lining of Embossed Paper | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2024 |
| 18101535 | Expanded Slit Sheet Packaging Material That Interlocks When Layered and Expanded | FERRERO, EDUARDO R | 3731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Jan 25, 2023 |
| 17572174 | SLIT PAPER EXPANSION METHOD AND APPARATUS | FERRERO, EDUARDO R | 3731 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2022 |
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