Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Pratt Corrugated Holdings Inc.

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Pratt Corrugated Holdings Inc. currently has 6 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 6 pending office actions are assigned to 6 distinct examiners, so each examiner is reviewing one application for the company. The work is distributed across 4 distinct art units, indicating some technical overlap even though the examiners are all different. Practitioners should be prepared for 6 different examination styles across the 4 distinct art units involved.

PATEL, BRIJESH V is the busiest examiner, though he handles 1 pending office action. With 6 pending office actions and 6 distinct examiners, there is no concentration of examiner influence in the portfolio. The company must navigate the specific requirements of 4 distinct art units, which may have different standards for the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. Because there are 6 distinct examiners for 6 pending office actions, the company's success depends on six individual relationships. The 4 distinct art units provide a slightly more focused procedural environment than the examiner count suggests, but each of the 6 pending office actions still requires an individualized prosecution strategy. The 1 pending office action assigned to the busiest examiner highlights the fragmented nature of the portfolio.

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

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

6
Hard (86%)
1
Medium (14%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (86%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
29% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
71% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PATEL, BRIJESH V 1 64.8% +40.3%
HANDVILLE, BRIAN 1 51.3% +28.4%
SPICER, JENINE MARIE 1 51.0% +19.1%
RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW 1 63.2% +34.6%
GEHMAN, BRYON P 1 73.7% +30.6%
DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R 1 68.9% +14.2%
KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS 1 50.6% +34.6%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18201345 NESTED INSULATED PACKAGING KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS 21d
19248197 INSULATED PACKAGING ASSEMBLY WITH MULTI-LAYER A-B LINER HANDVILLE, BRIAN 23d
19070799 FILM DEPOSITION DELIVERY CONTAINER SPICER, JENINE MARIE 42d
19056573 STARCH-CELLULOSE COMPOSITE MATERIAL RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW —
18925629 METHOD OF USING DOUBLE-HANDLE BOX GEHMAN, BRYON P —
18899210 SEALABLE BOX ASSEMBLY DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18201345 NESTED INSULATED PACKAGING KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS 21d
19248197 INSULATED PACKAGING ASSEMBLY WITH MULTI-LAYER A-B LINER HANDVILLE, BRIAN 23d
19070799 FILM DEPOSITION DELIVERY CONTAINER SPICER, JENINE MARIE 42d
19556349 MODULAR SHIPPING ASSEMBLY WITH INSULATOR WRAP AND INNER INSULATOR BOXES PATEL, BRIJESH V —
19056573 STARCH-CELLULOSE COMPOSITE MATERIAL RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW —
18925629 METHOD OF USING DOUBLE-HANDLE BOX GEHMAN, BRYON P —
18899210 SEALABLE BOX ASSEMBLY DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3736 3
1783 1
1748 1
3734 1
3733 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19556349 MODULAR SHIPPING ASSEMBLY WITH INSULATOR WRAP AND INNER INSULATOR BOXES PATEL, BRIJESH V 3736 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 04, 2026
19248197 INSULATED PACKAGING ASSEMBLY WITH MULTI-LAYER A-B LINER HANDVILLE, BRIAN 1783 §103§112 Final Rejection 23d Pending Jun 24, 2025
19070799 FILM DEPOSITION DELIVERY CONTAINER SPICER, JENINE MARIE 3736 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 42d Pending Mar 05, 2025
19056573 STARCH-CELLULOSE COMPOSITE MATERIAL RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW 1748 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 18, 2025
18925629 METHOD OF USING DOUBLE-HANDLE BOX GEHMAN, BRYON P 3736 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2024
18899210 SEALABLE BOX ASSEMBLY DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R 3734 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2024
18201345 NESTED INSULATED PACKAGING KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS 3733 §103§112 Final Rejection 21d Pending May 24, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Pratt Corrugated Holdings Inc. have?

Pratt Corrugated Holdings Inc. has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 7 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Pratt Corrugated Holdings Inc. applications?

Brijesh V Patel has the most, with 1 of Pratt Corrugated Holdings Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Pratt Corrugated Holdings Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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