Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Pregis LLC

8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

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

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.

3
Hard (38%)
5
Medium (62%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (38%)
§102 only2 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
12% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
88% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SEIF, DARIUSH 2 69.9% +6.4%
RUSHING-TUCKER, CHINYERE J 1 74.4% +11.2%
HARP, WILLIAM RAY 1 79.0% +10.8%
TAWFIK, SAMEH 1 63.0% +31.1%
DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R 1 69.0% +13.9%
FRY, PATRICK B 1 53.5% +7.7%
ROMANOWSKI, MICHAEL C 1 53.6% +61.9%

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue 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

Interview Candidates (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17515268 PROTECTIVE ARTICLE WITH EXPANDABLE POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITE ROMANOWSKI, MICHAEL C 91d overdue
18734728 WICKETED ENVELOPES TAWFIK, SAMEH 14d
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

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3731 5
3653 1
3734 1
1782 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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
18734728 WICKETED ENVELOPES TAWFIK, SAMEH 3731 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jun 05, 2024
18679052 ENVELOPES FORMED FROM EXTENSIBLE PAPER DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R 3734 §102 Final Rejection Pending May 30, 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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