Listed by the USPTO as NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA
Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2841 3728 3735 3788
This examiner grants 30% of resolved cases
Blaine Girma Neway operates in Tech Center 3700 with 581 resolved cases. The examiner has an allowance rate of 30.1 percent in Art Unit 2841. This rate suggests a challenging prosecution environment for companies like Reynolds Consumer Products LLC and Yeti Coolers LLC, requiring rigorous technical arguments.
A critical strategy for this examiner is the use of interviews, as shown by an interview lift of 39.8 percent. This lift indicates that direct communication is associated with a significant increase in the probability of allowance compared to the 30.1 percent baseline. Firms such as Dickinson Wright PLLC - Troy and BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. should prioritize interviews to improve their odds.
The median days to allowance is 1455. This duration, combined with the 30.1 percent allowance rate, indicates that prosecution is often a long-term effort for applicants like Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Barnes & Thornburg LLP (IN). Practitioners can use the 1455-day median to plan for an extended timeline. The 39.8 percent interview lift provides a clear tactical path for navigating this examination process.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18954160 | PACKAGING BOX INCLUDING ELASTIC STRUCTURE | Non-Final OA | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. |
| 18718919 | COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER | Final Rejection | KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. |
| 17884614 | CONTAINER SYSTEMS THAT INCLUDE SLEEVE LABELS | Final Rejection | The Procter & Gamble Company |
| 16670199 | BOX-IN-BOX PACKAGE | Final Rejection | Altria Client Services LLC |
| 17925889 | Peelable Packaging | Final Rejection | Nypro Inc. |
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Build Your Strategy30.1% of resolved applications examined by Blaine Girma Neway were allowed (581 resolved cases), compared with 85.1% across Art Unit 2841 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +39.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Blaine Girma Neway took 1,455 days on average from filing to allowance.
Blaine Girma Neway examines applications in Art Unit 2841 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).
