Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Huhtamaki Molded Fiber Technology B V currently manages 4 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These legal challenges are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, which suggests that each pending matter is being handled by a different individual. This distribution requires the portfolio managers to navigate separate examiner styles and preferences simultaneously.
While the examiner count is high relative to the total actions, the portfolio is concentrated within 2 distinct art units. This indicates that although 4 distinct examiners are involved, they are likely operating under the shared internal policies of only these 2 specific administrative groups. The busiest examiner, MINSKEY, JACOB T, is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because each of the 4 examiners is managing 1 action, the workload is distributed across the assigned personnel.
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 (50%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MINSKEY, JACOB T | 1 | 69.3% | +33.1% |
| MIGGINS, MICHAEL C | 1 | 80.8% | +16.6% |
| LAN, YAN | 1 | 63.1% | +21.9% |
| KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS | 1 | 50.6% | +34.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18579205 | Modified Atmosphere Packaging Unit, Method for Manufacturing Such Unit, and Use Thereof | MIGGINS, MICHAEL C | — |
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.
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19178351 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING A MOULDED FIBER PACKAGING UNIT WITH A LAMINATED LAYER | MINSKEY, JACOB T | — |
| 18579205 | Modified Atmosphere Packaging Unit, Method for Manufacturing Such Unit, and Use Thereof | MIGGINS, MICHAEL C | — |
| 18579136 | Moulded Fiber Container for Dairy Products, Method for Manufacturing Such Container and Use Thereof | LAN, YAN | — |
| 17260908 | Biodegradable and Compostable Food Packaging Unit from a Moulded or Fluff Pulp Material with a Laminated Multi-Layer, and Method for Manufacturing Such Food Packaging | KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1782 | 2 |
| 3733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19178351 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING A MOULDED FIBER PACKAGING UNIT WITH A LAMINATED LAYER | MINSKEY, JACOB T | — | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 |
| 18579205 | Modified Atmosphere Packaging Unit, Method for Manufacturing Such Unit, and Use Thereof | MIGGINS, MICHAEL C | 1782 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18579136 | Moulded Fiber Container for Dairy Products, Method for Manufacturing Such Container and Use Thereof | LAN, YAN | 1782 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 17260908 | Biodegradable and Compostable Food Packaging Unit from a Moulded or Fluff Pulp Material with a Laminated Multi-Layer, and Method for Manufacturing Such Food Packaging | KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS | 3733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2021 |
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