Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mettler Packaging LLC has 4 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 4 actions are being handled by 2 distinct examiners, which indicates a level of examiner overlap within the portfolio. All of the current prosecution activity is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a very specific technical focus for the company's pending applications. This concentration in the unique art unit may allow for a more unified prosecution strategy across the different matters.
DEREK J BATTISTI is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 3 pending office actions. This means that BATTISTI is responsible for the majority of the company's pending workload, with only 1 action assigned to the other distinct examiner. Such a concentration of 3 cases with a unique examiner suggests that the outcomes of the company's current patent efforts are significantly dependent on the perspectives and practices of BATTISTI. Practitioners should prioritize understanding this examiner's specific tendencies when managing the 4 pending actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATTISTI, DEREK J | 3 | 51.4% | +36.0% |
| THEIS, MATTHEW T | 1 | 42.1% | +32.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18980115 | PLASTIC CARRIER BAG | BATTISTI, DEREK J | — |
| 18980139 | PLASTIC CARRIER BAG | THEIS, MATTHEW T | — |
| 18763356 | PLASTIC CARRIER BAG | BATTISTI, DEREK 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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18980115 | PLASTIC CARRIER BAG | BATTISTI, DEREK J | — |
| 18980139 | PLASTIC CARRIER BAG | THEIS, MATTHEW T | — |
| 18763356 | PLASTIC CARRIER BAG | BATTISTI, DEREK J | — |
| 18493644 | WRAPPING MATERIAL FOR PACKAGED GOODS AND STACK COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF THESE WRAPPING MATERIALS, AS WELL AS USE OF THE WRAPPING MATERIAL | BATTISTI, DEREK J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3734 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18980115 | PLASTIC CARRIER BAG | BATTISTI, DEREK J | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18980139 | PLASTIC CARRIER BAG | THEIS, MATTHEW T | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18763356 | PLASTIC CARRIER BAG | BATTISTI, DEREK J | 3734 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18493644 | WRAPPING MATERIAL FOR PACKAGED GOODS AND STACK COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF THESE WRAPPING MATERIALS, AS WELL AS USE OF THE WRAPPING MATERIAL | BATTISTI, DEREK J | 3734 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
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