Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
15 pending office actions • 6 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days
Signode Industrial Group LLC has 12 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The portfolio spans 9 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units, indicating multiple examination paths across a limited set of technical units.
NGUYEN, JIMMY T is the busiest identified examiner, with 3 pending matters. Coordinated technical positions can support consistency across the portfolio, while examiner-specific preparation should address the small cluster assigned to this examiner.
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.
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 | 2 (13%) |
| §112 only | 2 (13%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (73%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, JIMMY T | 3 | 76.4% | +23.6% |
| GERTH, KATIE L | 2 | 75.8% | +16.6% |
| KOTIS, JOSHUA G | 1 | 74.4% | +57.1% |
| FERRERO, EDUARDO R | 1 | 61.7% | +43.1% |
| REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN | 1 | 65.9% | +23.3% |
| MARTIN, VERONICA | 1 | 82.6% | +13.4% |
| WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M | 1 | 71.6% | +11.7% |
| HODGE, LINDA J | 1 | 87.7% | +26.6% |
| GILBERT, WILLIAM V | 1 | 58.0% | +25.8% |
| PATEL, VISHAL I | 1 | 78.5% | +9.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19133790 | Stretch-Hood Machine with Perforator | MARTIN, VERONICA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19117876 | PALLET WITH STRAP CHANNELS, STRAPPING MACHINE, AND METHODS OF STRAPPING A LOAD | HODGE, LINDA J | 54d |
| 18910407 | RANDOM CASE SEALER | PATEL, VISHAL I | 76d |
| 19485562 | STRAPPING MACHINE CONFIGURED TO PRE-FEED STRAP | KOTIS, JOSHUA G | — |
| 19483874 | STRAPPING DEVICE INCLUDING AN ULTRASONIC SEALER | FERRERO, EDUARDO R | — |
| 19291194 | Stapling Device | GERTH, KATIE L | — |
| 19135171 | Snap-Fit Top Frame and Methods of Use | REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN | — |
| 19132539 | STRAPPING DEVICE WITH MOTOR-DRIVEN ROCKER | GERTH, KATIE L | — |
| 19124515 | STRAPPING MACHINE CONFIGURED TO FORM A WELDED STRAP JOINT | WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19117876 | PALLET WITH STRAP CHANNELS, STRAPPING MACHINE, AND METHODS OF STRAPPING A LOAD | HODGE, LINDA J | 54d |
| 19485562 | STRAPPING MACHINE CONFIGURED TO PRE-FEED STRAP | KOTIS, JOSHUA G | — |
| 19483874 | STRAPPING DEVICE INCLUDING AN ULTRASONIC SEALER | FERRERO, EDUARDO R | — |
| 19291194 | Stapling Device | GERTH, KATIE L | — |
| 19135171 | Snap-Fit Top Frame and Methods of Use | REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN | — |
| 19133790 | Stretch-Hood Machine with Perforator | MARTIN, VERONICA | — |
| 19132539 | STRAPPING DEVICE WITH MOTOR-DRIVEN ROCKER | GERTH, KATIE L | — |
| 19124515 | STRAPPING MACHINE CONFIGURED TO FORM A WELDED STRAP JOINT | WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 7 |
| 3725 | 3 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| 3993 | 1 |
| 1746 | 1 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19485562 | STRAPPING MACHINE CONFIGURED TO PRE-FEED STRAP | KOTIS, JOSHUA G | 3731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2025 |
| 19483874 | STRAPPING DEVICE INCLUDING AN ULTRASONIC SEALER | FERRERO, EDUARDO R | 3731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2025 |
| 19291194 | Stapling Device | GERTH, KATIE L | 3731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2025 |
| 19135171 | Snap-Fit Top Frame and Methods of Use | REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN | 3736 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 19133790 | Stretch-Hood Machine with Perforator | MARTIN, VERONICA | 3731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19132539 | STRAPPING DEVICE WITH MOTOR-DRIVEN ROCKER | GERTH, KATIE L | 3731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19124515 | STRAPPING MACHINE CONFIGURED TO FORM A WELDED STRAP JOINT | WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M | 3731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19117876 | PALLET WITH STRAP CHANNELS, STRAPPING MACHINE, AND METHODS OF STRAPPING A LOAD | HODGE, LINDA J | 3731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 54d | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19013597 | STRAPPING DEVICE | NGUYEN, JIMMY T | 3725 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18950991 | STRAPPING DEVICE HAVING A PIVOTABLE ROCKER | NGUYEN, JIMMY T | 3725 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18948929 | STRAPPING DEVICE HAVING A PIVOTABLE ROCKER | NGUYEN, JIMMY T | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18940128 | Press-Type Strapping Machine with Improved Top-Platen Control | GILBERT, WILLIAM V | 3993 | §102§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18910407 | RANDOM CASE SEALER | PATEL, VISHAL I | 1746 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 76d | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18767487 | REINFORCED VOID FILLER | WHIPKEY, TARA NOELLE | 1781 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18480914 | STRAPPING DEVICE CONFIGURED TO ANALYZE WELDED STRAP JOINTS | DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS | 3725 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSignode Industrial Group LLC has 15 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 12 examiners.
Jimmy T Nguyen has the most, with 3 of Signode Industrial Group LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
