Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Niagara Bottling LLC

7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

5
Hard (71%)
2
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (71%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
14% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
57% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AHMED ALI, MOHAMED K 1 70.8% +26.7%
PATEL, VISHAL I 1 78.8% +10.3%
CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER 1 62.2% +28.7%
POOS, MADISON LYNN 1 59.7% +21.9%
POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ 1 76.5% +32.3%
GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO 1 61.1% +25.4%
CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 1 65.1% +35.8%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18364340 MOLDED CONTAINER BASE CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 194d overdue
19092621 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREFORM STERILIZATION AHMED ALI, MOHAMED K
18812496 FAULT DETECTION CLAMP FOR LABELLING SYSTEM PATEL, VISHAL I
18759268 CONTAINER CLOSURE CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER
18562081 PLASTIC CONTAINER WITH OXYGEN SCAVENGER AND PASSIVE OXYGEN BARRIER IN BODY PORTION GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO

Interview Candidates (7)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18364340 MOLDED CONTAINER BASE CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 194d overdue
18397905 FACILITY LAYOUT POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ 3d overdue
19092621 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREFORM STERILIZATION AHMED ALI, MOHAMED K
18812496 FAULT DETECTION CLAMP FOR LABELLING SYSTEM PATEL, VISHAL I
18759268 CONTAINER CLOSURE CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER
18669177 Plastic Bottle POOS, MADISON LYNN
18562081 PLASTIC CONTAINER WITH OXYGEN SCAVENGER AND PASSIVE OXYGEN BARRIER IN BODY PORTION GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3733 3
1746 1
2115 1
3735 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19092621 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREFORM STERILIZATION AHMED ALI, MOHAMED K §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2025
18812496 FAULT DETECTION CLAMP FOR LABELLING SYSTEM PATEL, VISHAL I 1746 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2024
18759268 CONTAINER CLOSURE CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER 3733 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 28, 2024
18669177 Plastic Bottle POOS, MADISON LYNN 3733 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 20, 2024
18397905 FACILITY LAYOUT POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ 2115 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2023
18562081 PLASTIC CONTAINER WITH OXYGEN SCAVENGER AND PASSIVE OXYGEN BARRIER IN BODY PORTION GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO 3735 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 17, 2023
18364340 MOLDED CONTAINER BASE CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 3733 §102§103 Non-Final OA 194d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2023

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