Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
30 pending office actions • 18 art units • 25 examiners • 0 of 30 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 38 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 30 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 30 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 28 (93%) |
| §112 only | 2 (7%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAL, PRINCE | 2 | 70.3% | +18.0% |
| GOFF II, JOHN L | 2 | 59.3% | +30.7% |
| MORRIS, KATHERINE ELIZABETH | 2 | 98.4% | +1.8% |
| DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 2 | 68.8% | +14.2% |
| THAKUR, VIREN A | 2 | 13.4% | +26.7% |
| BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL | 1 | 79.1% | +20.7% |
| LUU, THANH X | 1 | 78.1% | +10.2% |
| BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN | 1 | 76.7% | +31.4% |
| ZADEH, BOB | 1 | 76.9% | +38.8% |
| CHEUNG, CHUN HOI | 1 | 62.1% | +39.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35523905 | Packaging blank for foodstuffs | MORRIS, KATHERINE ELIZABETH | 128d overdue |
| 35523236 | Packaging for foodstuffs | MORRIS, KATHERINE ELIZABETH | 128d overdue |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17048958 | A SEALED PACKAGE CONTAINING A POURABLE FOOD PRODUCT AND A SHEET PACKAGING MATERIAL FOR PRODUCING A SEALED PACKAGE CONTAINING A POURABLE FOOD PRODUCT | THAKUR, VIREN A | 105d overdue |
| 17628511 | PLANT AND METHOD FOR CONCENTRATING A SUBSTANCE IN A MILK PRODUCT | THAKUR, VIREN A | 27d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17048958 | A SEALED PACKAGE CONTAINING A POURABLE FOOD PRODUCT AND A SHEET PACKAGING MATERIAL FOR PRODUCING A SEALED PACKAGE CONTAINING A POURABLE FOOD PRODUCT | THAKUR, VIREN A | 105d overdue |
| 18839279 | LID ASSEMBLY FOR A PACKAGE, LID-SPOUT GROUP FOR A PACKAGE AND PACKAGE HAVING A LID-SPOUT GROUP | ZADEH, BOB | 4d overdue |
| 18853156 | A CLEANING IN PLACE UNIT, A CLEANING IN PLACE SYSTEM AND A METHOD THEREOF | BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN | 8d |
| 19109174 | ADJUSTABLE PUMP FOR PUMPING A LIQUID FOOD PRODUCT | BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL | 12d |
| 18550340 | COMPOSITE PACKAGING MATERIAL SHEET, METHOD FOR FORMING A COMPOSITE PACKAGING MATERIAL SHEET, COMPOSITE PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR FORMING A COMPOSITE PACKAGE | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 14d |
| 18864756 | INSPECTION APPARATUS FOR A PACKAGING MACHINE AND PACKAGING MACHINE HAVING AN INSPECTION APPARATUS | LUU, THANH X | 15d |
| 18683416 | A METHOD FOR LAMINATION AND A LAMINATION STATION | GOFF II, JOHN L | 22d |
| 18683323 | A METHOD FOR LAMINATION AND A LAMINATION STATION | GOFF II, JOHN L | 22d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 4 |
| 3735 | 3 |
| 1792 | 3 |
| 3754 | 2 |
| 1746 | 2 |
| 2923 | 2 |
| 3734 | 2 |
| 3761 | 2 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| 2878 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19109174 | ADJUSTABLE PUMP FOR PUMPING A LIQUID FOOD PRODUCT | BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL | 3746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 18864756 | INSPECTION APPARATUS FOR A PACKAGING MACHINE AND PACKAGING MACHINE HAVING AN INSPECTION APPARATUS | LUU, THANH X | 2878 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18853156 | A CLEANING IN PLACE UNIT, A CLEANING IN PLACE SYSTEM AND A METHOD THEREOF | BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN | 1713 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18839279 | LID ASSEMBLY FOR A PACKAGE, LID-SPOUT GROUP FOR A PACKAGE AND PACKAGE HAVING A LID-SPOUT GROUP | ZADEH, BOB | 3754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18729206 | A DRINKING STRAW STRUCTURE, A SEALING DEVICE FOR FORMING THE DRINKING STRAW STRUCTURE, A METHOD FOR FORMING THE DRINKING STRAW STRUCTURE AND A LIQUID FOOD PACKAGE | CHEUNG, CHUN HOI | 3736 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18690794 | OPENING DEVICE FOR A PACKAGE, MOLD FOR MOLDING AN OPENING DEVICE FOR A PACKAGE AND PACKAGE HAVING AN OPENING DEVICE | CARROLL, JEREMY W | 3754 | §103 | Final Rejection | 112d overdue | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18690879 | OPENING DEVICE FOR A PACKAGE, MOLD FOR MOLDING AN OPENING DEVICE FOR A PACKAGE AND PACKAGE HAVING AN OPENING DEVICE | PAL, PRINCE | 3735 | §103 | Final Rejection | 46d | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18690355 | OPENING DEVICE FOR A PACKAGE, MOLD FOR MOLDING AN OPENING DEVICE FOR A PACKAGE AND PACKAGE HAVING AN OPENING DEVICE | RODRIGUEZ MOLINA, MARCOS JAVIER | 3735 | §103 | Final Rejection | 100d overdue | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18683416 | A METHOD FOR LAMINATION AND A LAMINATION STATION | GOFF II, JOHN L | 1746 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18683323 | A METHOD FOR LAMINATION AND A LAMINATION STATION | GOFF II, JOHN L | 1746 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 35523905 | Packaging blank for foodstuffs | MORRIS, KATHERINE ELIZABETH | 2923 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 128d overdue | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18578386 | A BLANK, A CARTON GABLE TOP PACKAGE AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CARTON GABLE TOP PACKAGE | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 3734 | §103 | Final Rejection | 46d | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18574822 | A LINEAR MOTOR SYSTEM, CORRESPONDING FORMING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD | TAWFIK, SAMEH | 3731 | §103 | Final Rejection | 89d overdue | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18571020 | STOCK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD IN A FILLING PLANT FOR PACKAGING POURABLE FOOD PRODUCTS INTO COMPOSITE PACKAGES | OBAID, FATEH M | 3627 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 35523236 | Packaging for foodstuffs | MORRIS, KATHERINE ELIZABETH | 2923 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 128d overdue | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18560473 | A FILTRATION SYSTEM WITH A LIFTING ARRANGEMENT FOR MEMBRANES | HODGE, DEMARKUS JERRELL | 1779 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18558239 | OPENING DEVICE FOR A PACKAGE AND PACKAGE | PAL, PRINCE | 3735 | §103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18557997 | HEAT-SEALABLE RE-PULPABLE CELLULOSE-BASED MULTILAYER, PACKAGING MATERIAL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND PACKAGING CONTAINER | MIGGINS, MICHAEL C | 1782 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 75d | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 18550340 | COMPOSITE PACKAGING MATERIAL SHEET, METHOD FOR FORMING A COMPOSITE PACKAGING MATERIAL SHEET, COMPOSITE PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR FORMING A COMPOSITE PACKAGE | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 3734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Sep 13, 2023 |
| 18548992 | HEAT TREATING A FOOD PRODUCT CONTAINED IN A PACKAGE | FRY, PATRICK B | 3731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 60d overdue | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
| 18262616 | A PACKAGING MATERIAL PRODUCING MACHINE AND A METHOD OF POSITIONING A FUNCTIONAL UNIT ON THE MACHINE | TECCO, ANDREW M | 3731 | §103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Jul 24, 2023 |
| 18258645 | JET NOZZLE FOR POWDER HANDLING APPARATUS | SORKIN, DAVID L | 1774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Jun 21, 2023 |
| 18258665 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRAINING AND FORMING CURD | NGUYEN, PHUONG T | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Jun 21, 2023 |
| 18255668 | LEVEL READER DEVICE, LEVEL READER SYSTEM AND PACKAGE PRODUCING MACHINE COMPRISING THE LEVEL READER SYSTEM | OLAMIT, JUSTIN N | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Jun 02, 2023 |
| 18038853 | SMART LABEL DEVICE WHICH IS APPLICABLE TO A PACKAGING FOR PROVIDING AN INFORMATION REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RESIDUAL PERIOD OF LIFE OF A PERISHABLE PRODUCT INSIDE THE PACKAGING | MAHASE, PAMESHANAND | 2689 | §103 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | May 25, 2023 |
| 18251939 | AN INDUCTION HEATING SEALING DEVICE | WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d overdue | Pending | May 05, 2023 |
| 18014503 | A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING SEEDS INTO A PASTE-LIKE FOOD PRODUCT | RODGERS, ARIEL M | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 147d overdue | Pending | Jan 05, 2023 |
| 17798074 | GRIPPER SNORKEL ARRANGEMENT | LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | 3731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 97d overdue | Pending | Aug 06, 2022 |
| 17628511 | PLANT AND METHOD FOR CONCENTRATING A SUBSTANCE IN A MILK PRODUCT | THAKUR, VIREN A | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Jan 19, 2022 |
| 17048958 | A SEALED PACKAGE CONTAINING A POURABLE FOOD PRODUCT AND A SHEET PACKAGING MATERIAL FOR PRODUCING A SEALED PACKAGE CONTAINING A POURABLE FOOD PRODUCT | THAKUR, VIREN A | 1792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 105d overdue | Pending | Oct 19, 2020 |
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