Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Papacks Sales GmbH currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are handled by 3 distinct examiners, which indicates that each action is being reviewed by a different professional. The portfolio is distributed across 2 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's current patent applications cover different technical aspects within the mechanical engineering field.
The examiner PATEL, BRIJESH V is responsible for 1 pending office action. As one of the 3 distinct examiners involved, this individual handles a portion of the company's current workload at the patent office. Practitioners should tailor their prosecution strategy to the specific preferences of each examiner, as the small number of 3 pending office actions allows for a customized approach to each case.
The distribution of the current workload across 2 distinct art units means that the company must address the specific procedural requirements of each unit. Because there are 3 distinct examiners, the legal team can focus on the individual perspectives of each professional. Success in these matters depends on meeting the technical standards of the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area as interpreted by the assigned examiners and the 1 action under PATEL, BRIJESH V.
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.
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 | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, BRIJESH V | 1 | 64.8% | +40.3% |
| WEINERTH, GIDEON R | 1 | 57.7% | +14.9% |
| PAL, PRINCE | 1 | 70.9% | +14.9% |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18568084 | MOLDED PRODUCT WITH CONNECTION ELEMENT | PAL, PRINCE | 15d overdue |
| 18840602 | RECEPTACLE HAVING A RECLOSEABLE LID | WEINERTH, GIDEON R | 6d |
| 19536867 | PACKAGING CONTAINER MADE OF BIODEGRADABLE FIBER MATERIAL | PATEL, BRIJESH V | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3736 | 2 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19536867 | PACKAGING CONTAINER MADE OF BIODEGRADABLE FIBER MATERIAL | PATEL, BRIJESH V | 3736 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2026 |
| 18840602 | RECEPTACLE HAVING A RECLOSEABLE LID | WEINERTH, GIDEON R | 3736 | §103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18568084 | MOLDED PRODUCT WITH CONNECTION ELEMENT | PAL, PRINCE | 3735 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialPapacks Sales GmbH has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Brijesh V Patel has the most, with 1 of Papacks Sales GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
