Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
17 pending office actions • 10 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 (6%) |
| §103 only | 6 (35%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (47%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELENDEZ, ARMAND | 1 | 46.2% | +42.8% |
| ZHANG, RICHARD Z | 1 | 65.5% | +65.5% |
| TOLIN, MICHAEL A | 1 | 62.9% | +27.0% |
| CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | 1 | 59.8% | +18.1% |
| WRIGHT, ALEXANDER SCOTT | 1 | 73.1% | -1.6% |
| THROWER, LARRY W | 1 | 65.8% | +12.9% |
| TSUI, YUNG-SHENG M | 1 | 66.5% | +7.2% |
| HUSON, MONICA ANNE | 1 | 79.5% | +13.6% |
| SULTANA, NAHIDA | 1 | 78.1% | +8.7% |
| 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 |
| 18360343 | Interface, method and system for supervising the supply of consumables to stations of a production line | PATEL, MIRAJ T | 50d overdue |
| 18724417 | Method for regulating a heating unit in a facility for producing containers | HUSON, MONICA ANNE | 30d overdue |
| 19201214 | Method of producing a container from a heated preform | MELENDEZ, ARMAND | — |
| 19106488 | WASHING MACHINE FOR WASHING EMPTY CONTAINERS ADAPTED TO BE FILLED WITH A POURABLE PRODUCT AND RELATIVE METHOD | ZHANG, RICHARD Z | — |
| 18833433 | Labelling module for applying labels obtained from a web of labelling material onto articles adapted to contain a pourable product | WRIGHT, ALEXANDER SCOTT | — |
| 18724257 | Method for producing containers, and facility for implementing the method | SULTANA, NAHIDA | — |
| 17626693 | EJECTOR FINGER FOR A DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING SORTED CLOSURE ELEMENTS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BY MOLDING | KUMAR, RAKESH | — |
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 # | 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 |
| 19201214 | Method of producing a container from a heated preform | MELENDEZ, ARMAND | — |
| 19106488 | WASHING MACHINE FOR WASHING EMPTY CONTAINERS ADAPTED TO BE FILLED WITH A POURABLE PRODUCT AND RELATIVE METHOD | ZHANG, RICHARD Z | — |
| 18873101 | WEB FEEDING SYSTEM FOR A LABELLING MODULE FOR PREPARING THE SPLICING OPERATION | TOLIN, MICHAEL A | — |
| 18972850 | Method for decontaminating the inside of preforms | CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | — |
| 18725418 | Method for controlling a facility for producing containers | THROWER, LARRY W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1745 | 2 |
| 1754 | 2 |
| 1743 | 2 |
| 3736 | 2 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 3655 | 1 |
| 1799 | 1 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| 3651 | 1 |
| 3733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19201214 | Method of producing a container from a heated preform | MELENDEZ, ARMAND | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 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 |
| 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 | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2024 |
| 18833433 | Labelling module for applying labels obtained from a web of labelling material onto articles adapted to contain a pourable product | WRIGHT, ALEXANDER SCOTT | 1745 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18725418 | Method for controlling a facility for producing containers | THROWER, LARRY W | 1754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18724661 | Method for controlling a facility for producing containers | TSUI, YUNG-SHENG M | 1743 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 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 |
| 18724257 | Method for producing containers, and facility for implementing the method | SULTANA, NAHIDA | 1743 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | 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 |
| 18360343 | Interface, method and system for supervising the supply of consumables to stations of a production line | PATEL, MIRAJ T | 3655 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 50d overdue | Pending | Jul 27, 2023 |
| 18205145 | PROCESS AND PLANT FOR MANUFACTURING AND TREATING CONTAINERS | PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES | 1799 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2023 |
| 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 |
| 18010389 | Packaging device for forming a pack | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | 3736 | §103 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Dec 14, 2022 |
| 17626693 | EJECTOR FINGER FOR A DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING SORTED CLOSURE ELEMENTS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BY MOLDING | KUMAR, RAKESH | 3651 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2022 |
| 17296325 | PLASTIC CONTAINER WITH REINFORCED PANEL | CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER | 3733 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 24, 2021 |
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