Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Maersk Container Industry A/S is handling 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions involve 2 distinct examiners, indicating that each matter is being reviewed by a unique individual. This distribution ensures that the current filings are subject to different perspectives within the patent office. Such a spread can be beneficial for exploring various aspects of the company's optical and circuit innovations.
NATHANIEL J KOLB is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action. The actions are also spread across distinct art units. For a practitioner, this means that the 2 pending office actions must be negotiated independently, as there is no overlap between the examiners or the art units. This decentralized approach requires a versatile strategy to address the specific requirements of each examiner and the unique standards of each department.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOLB, NATHANIEL J | 1 | 62.5% | +34.9% |
| KIM, BRYAN | 1 | 28.2% | +36.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18935329 | TESTING FOR AN AIR LEAK IN A CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE CONTAINER | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | — |
| 17629287 | CONTROLLING RIPENING OF VEGETABLE PRODUCE IN A TRANSPORT UNIT | KIM, BRYAN | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18935329 | TESTING FOR AN AIR LEAK IN A CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE CONTAINER | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | — |
| 17629287 | CONTROLLING RIPENING OF VEGETABLE PRODUCE IN A TRANSPORT UNIT | KIM, BRYAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18935329 | TESTING FOR AN AIR LEAK IN A CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE CONTAINER | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | 2855 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 17629287 | CONTROLLING RIPENING OF VEGETABLE PRODUCE IN A TRANSPORT UNIT | KIM, BRYAN | 1792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialMaersk Container Industry A/S has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Nathaniel J Kolb has the most, with 1 of Maersk Container Industry A/S's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
