Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pouch Pac Innovations LLC is currently managing 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, SIMONE, CATHERINE A, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action.
The use of 2 distinct art units indicates that the company's packaging or mechanical innovations are being reviewed under different technical classifications. With 3 distinct examiners each handling one of the 3 pending office actions, the company's prosecution is diversified, requiring the management of three different examiner relationships. Since SIMONE, CATHERINE A only handles one case, no single examiner has a dominant influence over the portfolio's current progress. This spread across 2 distinct art units and 3 distinct examiners allows the company to test different prosecution strategies simultaneously. Practitioners should note that the 3 pending office actions represent a multi-faceted approach to securing intellectual property in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
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 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 1 | 68.9% | +14.1% |
| SIMONE, CATHERINE A | 1 | 73.3% | +22.8% |
| HUYNH, BRYANT KHIEM | 1 | — | — |
| THAKUR, VIREN A | 1 | 13.4% | +26.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19036591 | PACKAGING CONTAINER AND FOOTREST APPARATUS | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | — |
| 18826320 | DIVING NOZZLE FOR GAS PURGING A PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR THE SAME | HUYNH, BRYANT KHIEM | — |
| 18745268 | POUCH KIT WITH ATTACHED VIAL | THAKUR, VIREN A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19036591 | PACKAGING CONTAINER AND FOOTREST APPARATUS | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | — |
| 18930417 | PAPER LAMINATE PLASTIC VIAL | SIMONE, CATHERINE A | — |
| 18745268 | POUCH KIT WITH ATTACHED VIAL | THAKUR, VIREN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19036591 | PACKAGING CONTAINER AND FOOTREST APPARATUS | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 18930417 | PAPER LAMINATE PLASTIC VIAL | SIMONE, CATHERINE A | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18826320 | DIVING NOZZLE FOR GAS PURGING A PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR THE SAME | HUYNH, BRYANT KHIEM | 3754 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18745268 | POUCH KIT WITH ATTACHED VIAL | THAKUR, VIREN A | 1792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
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