Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 6 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Westrock Mwv LLC has 8 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 7 examiners and 6 art units, showing a distributed portfolio with some repeated examiner and art-unit coverage.
DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R is the listed busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That assignment provides a limited concentration point, while the remaining matters require coordination across other examination relationships.
The difference between the pending-action total and examiner coverage indicates that at least one examiner handles multiple matters. Counsel can compare those records for consistent treatment, while using the art-unit groupings to monitor recurring technical or prior-art issues.
A unified docket review can support consistent claim language and disclosure positions. Response arguments should still be tailored to each examiner and art unit, because the supplied data shows a spread rather than one controlling prosecution path.
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 | 5 (56%) |
| §102 only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 2 | 68.9% | +14.2% |
| VERA, ELISA H | 1 | 72.4% | +26.3% |
| SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM | 1 | 71.6% | +9.2% |
| RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | 1 | 63.2% | +34.6% |
| TOLIN, MICHAEL A | 1 | 63.2% | +27.0% |
| ROMANOWSKI, MICHAEL C | 1 | 53.0% | +62.8% |
| HUANG, CHENG YUAN | 1 | 39.2% | +23.0% |
| STRAH, ELI D | 1 | 52.0% | +41.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19006630 | RECYCLABLE CELLULOSIC STRUCTURE WITH METAL ION TREATMENT | VERA, ELISA H | — |
| 18700615 | CELLULOSIC STRUCTURES, METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING CELLULOSIC STRUCTURES, AND METHODS FOR REMOVING POLYMERIC COATINGS FROM CELLULOSIC STRUCTURES | TOLIN, MICHAEL A | — |
| 18419857 | STRETCHABLE BARRIER WRAP AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | ROMANOWSKI, MICHAEL C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19006630 | RECYCLABLE CELLULOSIC STRUCTURE WITH METAL ION TREATMENT | VERA, ELISA H | — |
| 18877908 | CELLULOSIC STRUCTURES, CELLULOSIC CONTAINERS, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | — |
| 18708289 | CONTINUOUS PAPERMAKING MACHINES AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS PAPERMAKING | RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | — |
| 18700615 | CELLULOSIC STRUCTURES, METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING CELLULOSIC STRUCTURES, AND METHODS FOR REMOVING POLYMERIC COATINGS FROM CELLULOSIC STRUCTURES | TOLIN, MICHAEL A | — |
| 18419857 | STRETCHABLE BARRIER WRAP AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | ROMANOWSKI, MICHAEL C | — |
| 17964829 | HIGH BARRIER CELLULOSIC STRUCTURE AND CELLULOSIC CONTAINER | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | — |
| 17642814 | HIGH BARRIER PAPERBOARD AND PAPERBOARD CONTAINERS | HUANG, CHENG YUAN | — |
| 17236116 | Cellulosic Structures, Methods for Manufacturing Cellulosic Structures, and Liners Formed Therefrom | STRAH, ELI D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1748 | 2 |
| 3734 | 2 |
| 1782 | 2 |
| 1785 | 1 |
| 1745 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19006630 | RECYCLABLE CELLULOSIC STRUCTURE WITH METAL ION TREATMENT | VERA, ELISA H | 1748 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18877908 | CELLULOSIC STRUCTURES, CELLULOSIC CONTAINERS, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 3734 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18666410 | SUSTAINABLE BARRIER BOARDS AND ASSOCIATED FOOD PACKAGES AND METHODS | SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM | 1785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18708289 | CONTINUOUS PAPERMAKING MACHINES AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS PAPERMAKING | RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | 1748 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18700615 | CELLULOSIC STRUCTURES, METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING CELLULOSIC STRUCTURES, AND METHODS FOR REMOVING POLYMERIC COATINGS FROM CELLULOSIC STRUCTURES | TOLIN, MICHAEL A | 1745 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18419857 | STRETCHABLE BARRIER WRAP AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | ROMANOWSKI, MICHAEL C | 1782 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 17964829 | HIGH BARRIER CELLULOSIC STRUCTURE AND CELLULOSIC CONTAINER | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 3734 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2022 |
| 17642814 | HIGH BARRIER PAPERBOARD AND PAPERBOARD CONTAINERS | HUANG, CHENG YUAN | 1787 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2022 |
| 17236116 | Cellulosic Structures, Methods for Manufacturing Cellulosic Structures, and Liners Formed Therefrom | STRAH, ELI D | 1782 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialWestrock Mwv LLC has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 8 examiners.
Christopher R Demeree has the most, with 2 of Westrock Mwv LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
