Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Packaging Concepts & Design LLC

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Packaging Concepts & Design LLC currently manages its patent interests within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio contains 1 pending office action, which represents the current focus of the company's active prosecution. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J, who is responsible for the review of the technical claims. The prosecution is conducted within a distinct art unit, indicating a specific technical classification for the pending application.

The busiest examiner, ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J, is currently managing the 1 pending office action. This creates a highly concentrated prosecution environment where the immediate outcome of the company's patent strategy depends on the review of a single individual. For practitioners, this concentration suggests that the prosecution approach must be precisely tailored to the specific feedback and requirements of this one examiner. The lack of distribution across multiple examiners or art units indicates a singular path through the examination process, requiring a focused effort to address the specific concerns raised in the transportation and mechanical systems sector.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J 1 77.7% +15.2%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19082767 PALLET AND PALLET SYSTEM ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19082767 PALLET AND PALLET SYSTEM ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3637 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19082767 PALLET AND PALLET SYSTEM ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J 3637 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 18, 2025

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Packaging Concepts & Design LLC have?

Packaging Concepts & Design LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Packaging Concepts & Design LLC applications?

Daniel J Rohrhoff has the most, with 1 of Packaging Concepts & Design LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Packaging Concepts & Design LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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