Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pregis LLC currently has 8 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct art units, indicating a focused but multi-faceted technical portfolio. The company is working with 6 distinct examiners to resolve these matters, which suggests a moderate level of personnel diversity in the prosecution process.
SEIF, DARIUSH is the busiest examiner for Pregis LLC, with 2 pending office actions. This means that while most of the 6 distinct examiners are handling a single case, SEIF, DARIUSH has a larger share of the 8 pending actions. The 4 distinct art units suggest that there is some concentration of technical subject matter, as the 8 actions are not entirely dispersed. Practitioners can expect some consistency in examination within the 4 distinct art units, though they must still navigate the individual styles of the 6 distinct examiners involved. The ratio of 8 pending office actions to 4 distinct art units implies that multiple cases are being reviewed within the same technical departments.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 (38%) |
| §102 only | 2 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEIF, DARIUSH | 2 | 70.5% | +6.2% |
| DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 2 | 68.9% | +14.1% |
| RUSHING-TUCKER, CHINYERE J | 1 | 74.8% | +10.7% |
| HARP, WILLIAM RAY | 1 | 79.1% | +10.8% |
| FRY, PATRICK B | 1 | 53.9% | +8.0% |
| ROMANOWSKI, MICHAEL C | 1 | 53.2% | +62.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19233874 | DUNNAGE APPARATUS WITH CONICAL INLET | SEIF, DARIUSH | — |
| 18757412 | PACKAGING MATERIAL CONVEYANCE SYSTEM HAVING AIR DUCTS | HARP, WILLIAM RAY | — |
| 17711248 | DUNNAGE SUPPLY DAISY CHAIN CONNECTOR | FRY, PATRICK B | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17515268 | PROTECTIVE ARTICLE WITH EXPANDABLE POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITE | ROMANOWSKI, MICHAEL C | 91d overdue |
| 19410645 | VERTICAL BAGGER USING WEB-ALIGNMENT SCORE | RUSHING-TUCKER, CHINYERE J | — |
| 18757412 | PACKAGING MATERIAL CONVEYANCE SYSTEM HAVING AIR DUCTS | HARP, WILLIAM RAY | — |
| 18679052 | ENVELOPES FORMED FROM EXTENSIBLE PAPER | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | — |
| 18660061 | ENVELOPES WITH CLOSURE SEALS FORMED FROM REACTIVATABLE HOT-MELT ADHESIVE | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 4 |
| 3734 | 2 |
| 3653 | 1 |
| 1782 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19410645 | VERTICAL BAGGER USING WEB-ALIGNMENT SCORE | RUSHING-TUCKER, CHINYERE J | 3731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2025 |
| 19262000 | DUNNAGE SYSTEMS WITH AUTOMATED FEEDING CAPABILITY | SEIF, DARIUSH | 3731 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 |
| 19233874 | DUNNAGE APPARATUS WITH CONICAL INLET | SEIF, DARIUSH | 3731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 18757412 | PACKAGING MATERIAL CONVEYANCE SYSTEM HAVING AIR DUCTS | HARP, WILLIAM RAY | 3653 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18679052 | ENVELOPES FORMED FROM EXTENSIBLE PAPER | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 3734 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18660061 | ENVELOPES WITH CLOSURE SEALS FORMED FROM REACTIVATABLE HOT-MELT ADHESIVE | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 3734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 17711248 | DUNNAGE SUPPLY DAISY CHAIN CONNECTOR | FRY, PATRICK B | 3731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2022 |
| 17515268 | PROTECTIVE ARTICLE WITH EXPANDABLE POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITE | ROMANOWSKI, MICHAEL C | 1782 | §103 | Final Rejection | 91d overdue | Pending | Oct 29, 2021 |
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