Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Polytex Fibers LLC currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 3 pending office actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners. The entire portfolio is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, showing a high degree of technical consistency in their current filings. This 1 distinct art unit suggests that the USPTO has classified all active matters within the same technical group.
BATTISTI, DEREK J is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, overseeing 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. These 2 busiest examiner pending office actions represent a significant portion of the company's 3 pending office actions. The remaining workload is handled by the other of the 2 distinct examiners. Prosecution for this company is highly centralized within 1 distinct art unit, which may lead to consistent prior art citations across their applications. Practitioners should focus on the preferences of BATTISTI, DEREK J, who manages more of the portfolio than any other examiner.
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 | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 | 2 | 51.6% | +35.7% |
| ATTEL, NINA KAY | 1 | 41.5% | +28.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19031538 | WOVEN PLASTIC BAGS WITH ANGLED AND/OR RADIAL CUTS | BATTISTI, DEREK J | — |
| 17653566 | EASY OPEN PLASTIC BAGS | ATTEL, NINA KAY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19031538 | WOVEN PLASTIC BAGS WITH ANGLED AND/OR RADIAL CUTS | BATTISTI, DEREK J | — |
| 19031024 | WOVEN PLASTIC BAGS WITH FEATURES THAT REDUCE LEAKAGE, BREAKAGE, AND INFESTATIONS | BATTISTI, DEREK J | — |
| 17653566 | EASY OPEN PLASTIC BAGS | ATTEL, NINA KAY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3734 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19031538 | WOVEN PLASTIC BAGS WITH ANGLED AND/OR RADIAL CUTS | BATTISTI, DEREK J | 3734 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2025 |
| 19031024 | WOVEN PLASTIC BAGS WITH FEATURES THAT REDUCE LEAKAGE, BREAKAGE, AND INFESTATIONS | BATTISTI, DEREK J | 3734 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 17653566 | EASY OPEN PLASTIC BAGS | ATTEL, NINA KAY | 3734 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialPolytex Fibers LLC has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Derek J Battisti has the most, with 2 of Polytex Fibers LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
