Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Sonoco Development Inc.

10 pending office actions • 9 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

6
Hard (60%)
3
Medium (30%)
1
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (20%)
§102 only1 (10%)
§112 only1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (60%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HODGE, LINDA J 1 87.6% +26.3%
RODRIGUEZ, MICHAEL P 1 73.1% +29.4%
BURRELL, KATELYNNE RUTH 1 56.7% -0.6%
GOLDEN, CHINESSA T 1 57.7% +4.7%
CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 1 65.1% +35.8%
BATTISTI, DEREK J 1 51.2% +35.9%
DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R 1 69.0% +13.9%
ROMANOWSKI, MICHAEL C 1 53.6% +61.9%
GOFF II, JOHN L 1 59.4% +31.1%
RASHID, FAZLE A 1 55.4% +49.2%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18674152 FOLDABLE CONTAINER CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 6d
17741944 BARRIER COATING WITH HIGH ASPECT RATIO PARTICLES ROMANOWSKI, MICHAEL C 19d
18805739 YARN CARRIER TUBES BURRELL, KATELYNNE RUTH 72d
19308659 OVERCAP WITH METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME HODGE, LINDA J
18762937 RECYCLABLE PAPER AND METHOD AND RECYCLING THE SAME GOLDEN, CHINESSA T
18642495 RECYCLABLE PACKAGING BATTISTI, DEREK J

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17014440 CELLULOSE-BASED ACETATE FILM LINED MOLDED FIBER ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE RASHID, FAZLE A 67d overdue
18421617 CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R 4d overdue
18674152 FOLDABLE CONTAINER CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 6d
17741944 BARRIER COATING WITH HIGH ASPECT RATIO PARTICLES ROMANOWSKI, MICHAEL C 19d
19308659 OVERCAP WITH METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME HODGE, LINDA J
18954699 RECYCLABLE PAPER WITH POLYMERIC BARRIER LAYER AND METHOD OF RECYCLING THE SAME RODRIGUEZ, MICHAEL P
18642495 RECYCLABLE PACKAGING BATTISTI, DEREK J
17408017 LIDDING FILM FOR ASEPTIC PACKAGING GOFF II, JOHN L

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3734 2
3731 1
1712 1
3654 1
1788 1
3733 1
1782 1
1746 1
1748 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19308659 OVERCAP WITH METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME HODGE, LINDA J 3731 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 25, 2025
18954699 RECYCLABLE PAPER WITH POLYMERIC BARRIER LAYER AND METHOD OF RECYCLING THE SAME RODRIGUEZ, MICHAEL P 1712 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2024
18805739 YARN CARRIER TUBES BURRELL, KATELYNNE RUTH 3654 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 72d Pending Aug 15, 2024
18762937 RECYCLABLE PAPER AND METHOD AND RECYCLING THE SAME GOLDEN, CHINESSA T 1788 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18674152 FOLDABLE CONTAINER CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 3733 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 6d Pending May 24, 2024
18642495 RECYCLABLE PACKAGING BATTISTI, DEREK J 3734 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2024
18421617 CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R 3734 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jan 24, 2024
17741944 BARRIER COATING WITH HIGH ASPECT RATIO PARTICLES ROMANOWSKI, MICHAEL C 1782 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 19d Pending May 11, 2022
17408017 LIDDING FILM FOR ASEPTIC PACKAGING GOFF II, JOHN L 1746 §112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 20, 2021
17014440 CELLULOSE-BASED ACETATE FILM LINED MOLDED FIBER ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE RASHID, FAZLE A 1748 §103 Final Rejection 67d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2020

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