Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Sig Services AG

7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

4
Hard (57%)
3
Medium (43%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (29%)
§102 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (57%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
14% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
86% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R 2 69.0% +13.9%
SHUKLA, KRUPA 1 15.3% +23.3%
RIEGELMAN, MICHAEL A 1 78.1% +14.9%
ATTEL, NINA KAY 1 41.1% +27.9%
PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 1 50.0% +64.0%
ISLAM, SANJIDUL 1 62.0% +40.2%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18846202 CONTAINER ELEMENT WITH INCLINED SIDE WALLS FOR DIMENSIONALLY STABLE FOODSTUFF CONTAINER RIEGELMAN, MICHAEL A 15d overdue
18864877 SHEET-LIKE COMPOSITE FOR DIMENSIONALLY STABLE FOOD OR DRINK PRODUCT CONTAINERS WITH AN INNER POLYMER LAYER COMPRISING A METALLOCENE POLYETHYLENE SHUKLA, KRUPA
18846201 PLANAR COMPOSITE WITH GROOVES FOR DIMENSIONALLY STABLE FOODSTUFF CONTAINERS WITH STEEP EDGES RUNNING AT AN ANGLE TO EACH OTHER ATTEL, NINA KAY
17780904 Resealable Pouring Element for Cardboard/Plastic Composite Packages With an Anchor Ring for Securely Fastening Screw Cap ISLAM, SANJIDUL

Interview Candidates (7)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18280773 Pouring Element and Composite Package With Improved Opening Behaviour PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 113d overdue
18846202 CONTAINER ELEMENT WITH INCLINED SIDE WALLS FOR DIMENSIONALLY STABLE FOODSTUFF CONTAINER RIEGELMAN, MICHAEL A 15d overdue
18864877 SHEET-LIKE COMPOSITE FOR DIMENSIONALLY STABLE FOOD OR DRINK PRODUCT CONTAINERS WITH AN INNER POLYMER LAYER COMPRISING A METALLOCENE POLYETHYLENE SHUKLA, KRUPA
18850047 LIQUID-TIGHT CONTAINER, PREFORM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND USES DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R
18850046 LIQUID-TIGHT CONTAINER, METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND USES DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R
18846201 PLANAR COMPOSITE WITH GROOVES FOR DIMENSIONALLY STABLE FOODSTUFF CONTAINERS WITH STEEP EDGES RUNNING AT AN ANGLE TO EACH OTHER ATTEL, NINA KAY
17780904 Resealable Pouring Element for Cardboard/Plastic Composite Packages With an Anchor Ring for Securely Fastening Screw Cap ISLAM, SANJIDUL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3734 3
1787 1
3654 1
3754 1
3736 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18864877 SHEET-LIKE COMPOSITE FOR DIMENSIONALLY STABLE FOOD OR DRINK PRODUCT CONTAINERS WITH AN INNER POLYMER LAYER COMPRISING A METALLOCENE POLYETHYLENE SHUKLA, KRUPA 1787 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 11, 2024
18850047 LIQUID-TIGHT CONTAINER, PREFORM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND USES DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R 3734 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 23, 2024
18850046 LIQUID-TIGHT CONTAINER, METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND USES DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R 3734 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 23, 2024
18846202 CONTAINER ELEMENT WITH INCLINED SIDE WALLS FOR DIMENSIONALLY STABLE FOODSTUFF CONTAINER RIEGELMAN, MICHAEL A 3654 §102§103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Sep 11, 2024
18846201 PLANAR COMPOSITE WITH GROOVES FOR DIMENSIONALLY STABLE FOODSTUFF CONTAINERS WITH STEEP EDGES RUNNING AT AN ANGLE TO EACH OTHER ATTEL, NINA KAY 3734 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2024
18280773 Pouring Element and Composite Package With Improved Opening Behaviour PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 113d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2023
17780904 Resealable Pouring Element for Cardboard/Plastic Composite Packages With an Anchor Ring for Securely Fastening Screw Cap ISLAM, SANJIDUL 3736 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 27, 2022

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