Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Scepter US Holding Company has 2 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters are assigned to 2 examiners and 2 art units.
LONG, DONNELL ALAN is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. The divided assignments call for separate response analysis, supported by coordinated docket oversight and consistent treatment of related technical issues.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONG, DONNELL ALAN | 1 | 75.8% | +15.1% |
| GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO | 1 | 61.2% | +25.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19015163 | PORTABLE BULK FUEL STORAGE AND DISCHARGE APPARATUS | LONG, DONNELL ALAN | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19015163 | PORTABLE BULK FUEL STORAGE AND DISCHARGE APPARATUS | LONG, DONNELL ALAN | — |
| 18727468 | FLAME MITIGATION DEVICE FOR FUEL CONTAINER | GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 1 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19015163 | PORTABLE BULK FUEL STORAGE AND DISCHARGE APPARATUS | LONG, DONNELL ALAN | 3754 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18727468 | FLAME MITIGATION DEVICE FOR FUEL CONTAINER | GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO | 3735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialScepter US Holding Company has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Donnell Alan Long has the most, with 1 of Scepter US Holding Company's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
