Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
13 pending office actions • 8 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sidel Participations currently manages 14 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 14 distinct examiners and 9 distinct art units. The one-to-one ratio of 14 distinct examiners to 14 pending office actions indicates that no examiner is currently handling more than one matter for the company. This lack of examiner overlap requires a unique strategy for each individual application within the portfolio.
JORGENSEN, ABBY A is identified as the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. This 1 pending office action is part of the 14 pending office actions that make up the company's active prosecution in the chemical and materials fields. The 9 distinct art units involved suggest that while the technology is categorized under Chemistry & Materials, the specific filings are spread across several specialized technical groups. Practitioners should be prepared to navigate 9 distinct art unit environments for these 14 pending office actions. The distribution of 14 distinct examiners across 9 distinct art units suggests that prosecution is decentralized, requiring tailored arguments for each examiner to advance the 14 pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (8%) |
| §103 only | 2 (15%) |
| §112 only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (69%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JORGENSEN, ABBY A | 1 | 74.0% | +14.1% |
| MELENDEZ, ARMAND | 1 | 46.2% | +43.1% |
| PARKER, LAURA EBERT | 1 | 58.1% | +24.7% |
| ZHANG, RICHARD Z | 1 | 65.9% | +64.5% |
| MCNALLY, DANIEL | 1 | 68.0% | +13.6% |
| TOLIN, MICHAEL A | 1 | 63.2% | +27.0% |
| CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | 1 | 59.6% | +18.6% |
| THROWER, LARRY W | 1 | 65.9% | +12.6% |
| HUSON, MONICA ANNE | 1 | 79.6% | +13.5% |
| GEHMAN, BRYON P | 1 | 73.8% | +30.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18204724 | PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR STERILIZING GAS FILTRATION MEANS, IN PARTICULAR BLOWING AIR | HENSEL, BRENDAN A | 60d overdue |
| 18724417 | Method for regulating a heating unit in a facility for producing containers | HUSON, MONICA ANNE | 30d overdue |
| 19139624 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CONVEYING DEVICE AND CONVEYING FACILITY | JORGENSEN, ABBY A | — |
| 19201214 | Method of producing a container from a heated preform | MELENDEZ, ARMAND | — |
| 19109348 | PRESSURISED CONTAINER WITH DEFORMABLE SHOULDER AND DEFORMABLE BOTTOM | PARKER, LAURA EBERT | — |
| 19106488 | WASHING MACHINE FOR WASHING EMPTY CONTAINERS ADAPTED TO BE FILLED WITH A POURABLE PRODUCT AND RELATIVE METHOD | ZHANG, RICHARD Z | — |
| 18875586 | DECORATING MACHINE WITH A MONITORING UNIT | MCNALLY, DANIEL | — |
| 18972850 | Method for decontaminating the inside of preforms | CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18577491 | Compact batch of grouped containers and method for packaging same | GEHMAN, BRYON P | 56d overdue |
| 18724417 | Method for regulating a heating unit in a facility for producing containers | HUSON, MONICA ANNE | 30d overdue |
| 19139624 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CONVEYING DEVICE AND CONVEYING FACILITY | JORGENSEN, ABBY A | — |
| 19201214 | Method of producing a container from a heated preform | MELENDEZ, ARMAND | — |
| 19109348 | PRESSURISED CONTAINER WITH DEFORMABLE SHOULDER AND DEFORMABLE BOTTOM | PARKER, LAURA EBERT | — |
| 19106488 | WASHING MACHINE FOR WASHING EMPTY CONTAINERS ADAPTED TO BE FILLED WITH A POURABLE PRODUCT AND RELATIVE METHOD | ZHANG, RICHARD Z | — |
| 18875586 | DECORATING MACHINE WITH A MONITORING UNIT | MCNALLY, DANIEL | — |
| 18873101 | WEB FEEDING SYSTEM FOR A LABELLING MODULE FOR PREPARING THE SPLICING OPERATION | TOLIN, MICHAEL A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3733 | 2 |
| 1754 | 2 |
| 3651 | 1 |
| 1746 | 1 |
| 1745 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19139624 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CONVEYING DEVICE AND CONVEYING FACILITY | JORGENSEN, ABBY A | 3651 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 19201214 | Method of producing a container from a heated preform | MELENDEZ, ARMAND | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19109348 | PRESSURISED CONTAINER WITH DEFORMABLE SHOULDER AND DEFORMABLE BOTTOM | PARKER, LAURA EBERT | 3733 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19106488 | WASHING MACHINE FOR WASHING EMPTY CONTAINERS ADAPTED TO BE FILLED WITH A POURABLE PRODUCT AND RELATIVE METHOD | ZHANG, RICHARD Z | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 18875586 | DECORATING MACHINE WITH A MONITORING UNIT | MCNALLY, DANIEL | 1746 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18873101 | WEB FEEDING SYSTEM FOR A LABELLING MODULE FOR PREPARING THE SPLICING OPERATION | TOLIN, MICHAEL A | 1745 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18972850 | Method for decontaminating the inside of preforms | CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2024 |
| 18725418 | Method for controlling a facility for producing containers | THROWER, LARRY W | 1754 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18724417 | Method for regulating a heating unit in a facility for producing containers | HUSON, MONICA ANNE | 1742 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18577491 | Compact batch of grouped containers and method for packaging same | GEHMAN, BRYON P | 3736 | §103 | Final Rejection | 56d overdue | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
| 18204724 | PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR STERILIZING GAS FILTRATION MEANS, IN PARTICULAR BLOWING AIR | HENSEL, BRENDAN A | 1758 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 60d overdue | Pending | Jun 01, 2023 |
| 18132538 | Stretching rod for forming containers | HEMINGWAY, TIMOTHY G | 1754 | §103 | Final Rejection | 67d overdue | Pending | Apr 10, 2023 |
| 17296325 | PLASTIC CONTAINER WITH REINFORCED PANEL | CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER | 3733 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 24, 2021 |
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