Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pac Worldwide Corporation has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners but are located within 1 distinct art unit. HELVEY, PETER N. is the busiest examiner for the company, overseeing 1 pending office action. The presence of 2 distinct examiners within a single art unit suggests that the 2 pending office actions are technically similar enough to be in 1 distinct art unit but are being reviewed by different individuals. HELVEY, PETER N. manages 1 pending office action, which represents a portion of the company's current pending workload.
The 1 distinct art unit serves as the sole technical hub for the 2 pending office actions currently active. Having 2 distinct examiners within that 1 distinct art unit provides the company with two different viewpoints on its chemistry-related innovations. The Chemistry & Materials technology area is the primary focus for these 2 pending office actions. HELVEY, PETER N. is one of the 2 distinct examiners responsible for moving the applications forward. With 2 pending office actions, the company maintains a steady level of activity at the patent office. The 1 distinct art unit indicates a centralized technical classification for the 2 pending office actions.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HELVEY, PETER N. | 1 | 54.6% | +19.1% |
| SIMONE, CATHERINE A | 1 | 73.3% | +22.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18564992 | PACKAGING MATERIALS WITH SEALED EDGES AND PACKAGING SYSTEMS | SIMONE, CATHERINE A | 40d |
| 18863526 | PACKAGING MATERIAL AND PACKAGES WITH SLIT FLUTES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | HELVEY, PETER N. | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18564992 | PACKAGING MATERIALS WITH SEALED EDGES AND PACKAGING SYSTEMS | SIMONE, CATHERINE A | 40d |
| 18863526 | PACKAGING MATERIAL AND PACKAGES WITH SLIT FLUTES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | HELVEY, PETER N. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18863526 | PACKAGING MATERIAL AND PACKAGES WITH SLIT FLUTES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | HELVEY, PETER N. | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18564992 | PACKAGING MATERIALS WITH SEALED EDGES AND PACKAGING SYSTEMS | SIMONE, CATHERINE A | 1781 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
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