Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days
Syntegon Packaging Systems AG manages 9 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio is distributed across 8 distinct art units, showing a focused technical reach. This number of 8 distinct art units indicates that the company's mechanical innovations are reviewed by several specialized groups within the patent office.
The prosecution involves 8 distinct examiners. Since there are 8 distinct examiners for 9 pending office actions, at least one examiner is handling multiple cases. This distribution suggests a partially consolidated prosecution environment where practitioners can identify patterns in examiner behavior. The 8 distinct examiners represent a variety of perspectives on the company's filings.
AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ is the busiest examiner for the company, currently responsible for 2 pending office actions. While 2 pending office actions is the highest count for any individual, it shows a moderate concentration of the total 9 pending office actions. Managing the workload across 8 distinct art units requires a coordinated effort to maintain consistency in the company's Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems portfolio.
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 | 3 (38%) |
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ | 2 | 82.1% | +9.6% |
| LAPAGE, MICHAEL P | 1 | 78.7% | +33.3% |
| SEGED, NEBYATE SAMUEL | 1 | 28.6% | +51.3% |
| CHIN, PAUL T | 1 | 71.6% | +15.7% |
| SARANTAKOS, KAYLA ROSE | 1 | 37.1% | +49.7% |
| ROMANO, ASHLEY K | 1 | 78.6% | +7.9% |
| CHEN, CHANGRU | 1 | 48.6% | +40.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18867515 | PRODUCT HANDLING DEVICE AND PRODUCTION MACHINE | AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18835548 | TRANSPORT DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING PRODUCTS, AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING PRODUCTS BY MEANS OF A TRANSPORT DEVICE | AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ | — |
| 18261766 | PHARMACEUTICAL UNIT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A PHARMACEUTICAL UNIT | SEGED, NEBYATE SAMUEL | — |
| 18310046 | PLANAR TRANSPORTATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING A PLANAR TRANSPORTATION DEVICE | ROMANO, ASHLEY K | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18862603 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INSPECTING CYLINDRICAL CONTAINERS | LAPAGE, MICHAEL P | — |
| 18261766 | PHARMACEUTICAL UNIT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A PHARMACEUTICAL UNIT | SEGED, NEBYATE SAMUEL | — |
| 18352456 | DEVICE FOR HANDLING OF CONVEYED GOODS WITHIN A BARRIER SYSTEM | CHIN, PAUL T | — |
| 18261142 | ISOLATOR FOR PROCESSING MEDICAL SUBSTANCES AND METHOD FOR DECONTAMINATING AN ISOLATOR | SARANTAKOS, KAYLA ROSE | — |
| 17797307 | STERILIZING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STERILIZING AN OUTER FACE OF A RECEPTACLE | CHEN, CHANGRU | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3651 | 2 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| 1799 | 1 |
| 3652 | 1 |
| 1796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18867515 | PRODUCT HANDLING DEVICE AND PRODUCTION MACHINE | AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ | 3651 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18862603 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INSPECTING CYLINDRICAL CONTAINERS | LAPAGE, MICHAEL P | 2877 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18835548 | TRANSPORT DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING PRODUCTS, AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING PRODUCTS BY MEANS OF A TRANSPORT DEVICE | AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ | 3651 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18261766 | PHARMACEUTICAL UNIT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A PHARMACEUTICAL UNIT | SEGED, NEBYATE SAMUEL | 1758 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
| 18352456 | DEVICE FOR HANDLING OF CONVEYED GOODS WITHIN A BARRIER SYSTEM | CHIN, PAUL T | 4100 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 18261142 | ISOLATOR FOR PROCESSING MEDICAL SUBSTANCES AND METHOD FOR DECONTAMINATING AN ISOLATOR | SARANTAKOS, KAYLA ROSE | 1799 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
| 18310046 | PLANAR TRANSPORTATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING A PLANAR TRANSPORTATION DEVICE | ROMANO, ASHLEY K | 3652 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 01, 2023 |
| 17797307 | STERILIZING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STERILIZING AN OUTER FACE OF A RECEPTACLE | CHEN, CHANGRU | 1796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 03, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialSyntegon Packaging Systems AG has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 7 examiners.
Muhammad Sumraiz Awais has the most, with 2 of Syntegon Packaging Systems AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
