Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 3 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (12%) |
| §103 only | 2 (25%) |
| §112 only | 3 (38%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOTIS, JOSHUA G | 2 | 74.4% | +57.1% |
| FRY, PATRICK B | 1 | 54.1% | +8.2% |
| SMITH, CHAIM A | 1 | 39.0% | +50.9% |
| KINSAUL, ANNA KATHRYN | 1 | 43.1% | +56.3% |
| DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ | 1 | 27.3% | +54.2% |
| BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH | 1 | 42.9% | +15.8% |
| GERTH, KATIE L | 1 | 75.8% | +16.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19474476 | APPARATUS FOR FILLING AND CLOSING CONTAINERS AND CORRESPONDING METHOD | FRY, PATRICK B | — |
| 18881095 | OVER-WRAPPING ENVELOPE FOR FILTER BAGS AND METHOD OF FORMING A PACKAGE WITH OVER-WRAPPING ENVELOPE | SMITH, CHAIM A | — |
| 18683833 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FEEDING AND FORMING ORGANIZED GROUPS OF SMOKING ARTICLES | DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18562125 | FILLING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY FILLING CONTAINERS | GERTH, KATIE L | 40d |
| 19143599 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY FILLING AND CAPPING CONTAINERS | KOTIS, JOSHUA G | — |
| 19143054 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CLOSING CONTAINERS | KOTIS, JOSHUA G | — |
| 18881095 | OVER-WRAPPING ENVELOPE FOR FILTER BAGS AND METHOD OF FORMING A PACKAGE WITH OVER-WRAPPING ENVELOPE | SMITH, CHAIM A | — |
| 18717048 | MACHINE FOR MAKING PACKAGES FOR LIQUID OR PASTY PRODUCTS AND THE RELATIVE METHOD FOR MAKING PACKAGES | KINSAUL, ANNA KATHRYN | — |
| 18683833 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FEEDING AND FORMING ORGANIZED GROUPS OF SMOKING ARTICLES | DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ | — |
| 18562144 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY PACKAGING SMOKING ARTICLES | BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 5 |
| 1755 | 2 |
| 1791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19474476 | APPARATUS FOR FILLING AND CLOSING CONTAINERS AND CORRESPONDING METHOD | FRY, PATRICK B | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2025 |
| 19143599 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY FILLING AND CAPPING CONTAINERS | KOTIS, JOSHUA G | 3731 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19143054 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CLOSING CONTAINERS | KOTIS, JOSHUA G | 3731 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2025 |
| 18881095 | OVER-WRAPPING ENVELOPE FOR FILTER BAGS AND METHOD OF FORMING A PACKAGE WITH OVER-WRAPPING ENVELOPE | SMITH, CHAIM A | 1791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18717048 | MACHINE FOR MAKING PACKAGES FOR LIQUID OR PASTY PRODUCTS AND THE RELATIVE METHOD FOR MAKING PACKAGES | KINSAUL, ANNA KATHRYN | 3731 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18683833 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FEEDING AND FORMING ORGANIZED GROUPS OF SMOKING ARTICLES | DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ | 1755 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18562144 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY PACKAGING SMOKING ARTICLES | BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH | 1755 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18562125 | FILLING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY FILLING CONTAINERS | GERTH, KATIE L | 3731 | §112 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialI.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A. has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 7 examiners.
Joshua G Kotis has the most, with 2 of I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
