Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
9 pending office actions • 8 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days
Syntegon Packaging Systems AG operates within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area with 8 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across the patent office, involving 7 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units. This distribution suggests that almost every pending matter is being reviewed by a different examiner in a different specialized unit.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ, who is responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. This examiner is the only individual handling more than a single matter, as the remaining pending office actions are spread among the other distinct examiners. Such a spread requires the company to adapt to the specific preferences of various individuals.
The involvement of the distinct art units for 8 pending office actions indicates technical variety within the company's mechanical systems filings. Practitioners must navigate the specific guidelines of different units while managing the total volume of pending office actions. AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ manages 2 pending actions, meaning insights gained from this examiner have limited applicability across the rest of the active 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 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (11%) |
| §112 only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (44%) |
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 | 81.9% | +9.5% |
| IMAM, TANZIM | 1 | 71.2% | +27.2% |
| LAPAGE, MICHAEL P | 1 | 78.6% | +33.5% |
| SEGED, NEBYATE SAMUEL | 1 | 31.3% | +49.3% |
| CHIN, PAUL T | 1 | 71.4% | +15.8% |
| SARANTAKOS, KAYLA ROSE | 1 | 35.6% | +52.0% |
| ROMANO, ASHLEY K | 1 | 78.3% | +8.2% |
| CHEN, CHANGRU | 1 | 48.1% | +41.4% |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19368432 | METERING DEVICE FOR A PACKAGING MACHINE, PACKAGING MACHINE WITH SUCH A METERING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A METERING DEVICE | IMAM, TANZIM | — |
| 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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19368432 | METERING DEVICE FOR A PACKAGING MACHINE, PACKAGING MACHINE WITH SUCH A METERING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A METERING DEVICE | IMAM, TANZIM | — |
| 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 |
| 3731 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| 1799 | 1 |
| 3652 | 1 |
| 1796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19368432 | METERING DEVICE FOR A PACKAGING MACHINE, PACKAGING MACHINE WITH SUCH A METERING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A METERING DEVICE | IMAM, TANZIM | 3731 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2025 |
| 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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