Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Westrock Packaging Systems LLC

11 pending office actions • 4 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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.

4
Hard (36%)
6
Medium (55%)
1
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (27%)
§102 only3 (27%)
§112 only1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (36%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
COLLINS, RAVEN 2 62.4% +10.4%
SPICER, JENINE MARIE 2 50.9% +18.6%
IMAM, TANZIM 1 71.3% +27.1%
RUSHING-TUCKER, CHINYERE J 1 74.4% +11.2%
BUI, LUAN KIM 1 69.1% +28.3%
TECCO, ANDREW M 1 65.2% +24.9%
TAWFIK, SAMEH 1 63.0% +31.1%
MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS 1 53.0% +27.9%
DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R 1 69.0% +13.9%

Hard Cases (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18834894 ARTICLE CARRIER AND BLANK THERFOR BUI, LUAN KIM 42d overdue
18836439 ARTICLE CARRIER AND BLANK COLLINS, RAVEN
18571480 END CLOSURE, ARTICLE CARRIER AND BLANK THEREFOR MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS
17851861 FOLDABLE DISPLAY CARTON WITH AT LEAST ONE DIVIDER DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18771581 CARTON AND BLANK THEREFOR SPICER, JENINE MARIE 43d overdue
18834894 ARTICLE CARRIER AND BLANK THERFOR BUI, LUAN KIM 42d overdue
19109974 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PACKAGING ARTICLES IN A CARTON IMAM, TANZIM
18836439 ARTICLE CARRIER AND BLANK COLLINS, RAVEN
18834740 PACKAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ARTICLE CARRIER AND BLANK THEREFOR RUSHING-TUCKER, CHINYERE J
18719613 PACKAGING SYSTEM COLLINS, RAVEN
18711584 PACKAGING SYSTEM AND APPARATUS TECCO, ANDREW M
18577962 METHODS AND MACHINE FOR FORMING CONTAINERS HAVING TOP FLANGE WITH GLUED CORNERS TAWFIK, SAMEH

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3731 4
3736 3
3735 2
3734 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19109974 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PACKAGING ARTICLES IN A CARTON IMAM, TANZIM 3731 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2025
18836439 ARTICLE CARRIER AND BLANK COLLINS, RAVEN 3735 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 07, 2024
18834740 PACKAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ARTICLE CARRIER AND BLANK THEREFOR RUSHING-TUCKER, CHINYERE J 3731 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jul 31, 2024
18834894 ARTICLE CARRIER AND BLANK THERFOR BUI, LUAN KIM 3736 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2024
18771581 CARTON AND BLANK THEREFOR SPICER, JENINE MARIE 3736 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2024
18719613 PACKAGING SYSTEM COLLINS, RAVEN 3735 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 13, 2024
18711584 PACKAGING SYSTEM AND APPARATUS TECCO, ANDREW M 3731 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 19, 2024
18577962 METHODS AND MACHINE FOR FORMING CONTAINERS HAVING TOP FLANGE WITH GLUED CORNERS TAWFIK, SAMEH 3731 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2024
18571480 END CLOSURE, ARTICLE CARRIER AND BLANK THEREFOR MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS 3734 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2023
18031325 ARTICLE CARRIERS AND BLANKS THEREFOR SPICER, JENINE MARIE 3736 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2023
17851861 FOLDABLE DISPLAY CARTON WITH AT LEAST ONE DIVIDER DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R 3734 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 28, 2022

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