Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Inline Packaging LLC

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Inline Packaging LLC has 1 pending office action in Chemistry & Materials. Its current matter is before 1 examiner in 1 art unit, so prosecution activity is concentrated within one examination record.

THAKUR, VIREN A is the listed busiest examiner for the pending matter. Counsel can tailor the response to that examiner’s analysis and the practice of the assigned art unit.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
THAKUR, VIREN A 1 13.3% +26.5%

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17845513 Microwave Food Container THAKUR, VIREN A 29d

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17845513 Microwave Food Container THAKUR, VIREN A 29d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1792 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
17845513 Microwave Food Container THAKUR, VIREN A 1792 §103§112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jun 21, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Inline Packaging LLC have?

Inline Packaging LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Inline Packaging LLC applications?

Viren A Thakur has the most, with 1 of Inline Packaging LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Inline Packaging LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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