Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
Krones Aktiengesellschaft has 7 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 7 distinct examiners across 4 distinct art units, indicating examiner-level dispersion with some art-unit overlap.
WEEKS, GLORIA R is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. The lack of concentration at the examiner level favors coordinated portfolio review for recurring art-unit issues, while responses should remain tailored to each examination record.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (86%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | 1 | 69.9% | +34.7% |
| KOTIS, JOSHUA G | 1 | 74.4% | +57.1% |
| KOSKY, JUSTIN THOMAS | 1 | — | — |
| AHMED, MOBEEN | 1 | 61.3% | +8.4% |
| CARROLL, JEREMY W | 1 | 75.0% | +12.0% |
| SANGHERA, SYMREN K | 1 | 52.0% | +15.5% |
| HODGE, LINDA J | 1 | 87.7% | +26.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18871913 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING AND CONVEYING CONTAINERS ALONG A TRANSPORT SECTION | KOTIS, JOSHUA G | — |
| 18966710 | APPARATUS FOR HANDLING ARTICLES AND METHOD FOR REGENERATING A SUCTION SURFACE OF A GRIPPING DEVICE | KOSKY, JUSTIN THOMAS | — |
| 18859653 | MAGAZINE UNIT, PACKAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMBINING ARTICLE GROUPINGS | AHMED, MOBEEN | — |
| 18667617 | COUPLING SYSTEM FOR GLUE HOSES AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A GLUING MACHINE | CARROLL, JEREMY W | — |
| 18707946 | MULTIPACK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MULTIPACK | SANGHERA, SYMREN K | — |
| 18707387 | METHOD AND MEASURING ASSEMBLY FOR QUALITY CONTROL OF PACKAGING UNITS | HODGE, LINDA J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19132129 | APPLICATION TOOL AND METHOD FOR APPLYING OUTER PACKAGES DURING THE PRODUCTION OF PACKAGING UNITS | LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | — |
| 18871913 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING AND CONVEYING CONTAINERS ALONG A TRANSPORT SECTION | KOTIS, JOSHUA G | — |
| 18667617 | COUPLING SYSTEM FOR GLUE HOSES AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A GLUING MACHINE | CARROLL, JEREMY W | — |
| 18707946 | MULTIPACK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MULTIPACK | SANGHERA, SYMREN K | — |
| 18707387 | METHOD AND MEASURING ASSEMBLY FOR QUALITY CONTROL OF PACKAGING UNITS | HODGE, LINDA J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 4 |
| 3655 | 1 |
| 3754 | 1 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19132129 | APPLICATION TOOL AND METHOD FOR APPLYING OUTER PACKAGES DURING THE PRODUCTION OF PACKAGING UNITS | LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | 3731 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 18871913 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING AND CONVEYING CONTAINERS ALONG A TRANSPORT SECTION | KOTIS, JOSHUA G | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18966710 | APPARATUS FOR HANDLING ARTICLES AND METHOD FOR REGENERATING A SUCTION SURFACE OF A GRIPPING DEVICE | KOSKY, JUSTIN THOMAS | 3655 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18859653 | MAGAZINE UNIT, PACKAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMBINING ARTICLE GROUPINGS | AHMED, MOBEEN | 3731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18667617 | COUPLING SYSTEM FOR GLUE HOSES AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A GLUING MACHINE | CARROLL, JEREMY W | 3754 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18707946 | MULTIPACK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MULTIPACK | SANGHERA, SYMREN K | 3735 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18707387 | METHOD AND MEASURING ASSEMBLY FOR QUALITY CONTROL OF PACKAGING UNITS | HODGE, LINDA J | 3731 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialKrones Aktiengesellschaft has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 7 examiners.
Daniel Jeremy Leeds has the most, with 1 of Krones Aktiengesellschaft's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
