Company or institution

Sonoco Development, Inc.

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532 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2025

Allowance rate

81%

+6 pts vs the USPTO range 77% to 84%

Rejections before allowance

1.6

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

16.2 mo

−2.4 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

25%

−3 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Compared with the office

Against every applicant before the USPTO

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Trend

Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

B65D Containers for storage or transport257 apps

B65H 51 apps

B32B 51 apps

B29C Shaping or joining of plastics31 apps

A47F 18 apps

B65B 16 apps

Art units

365446 apps

373444 apps

373642 apps

372834 apps

373129 apps

375429 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

William E Dondero22 apps

91%

Christopher R Demeree19 apps

100%

Peter N. Helvey16 apps

88%

Kareen Kay Thomas15 apps

100%

Robert J Hicks14 apps

79%

Stephen J Castellano12 apps

91%

William Arauz Rivera11 apps

91%

Jes F Pascua11 apps

45%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP218 apps

94%

Sonoco Development Inc./von Briesen & Roper, s.c.83 apps

84%

von Briesen & Roper, s.c.73 apps

88%

ALSTON & BIRD LLP57 apps

56%

FLASTER/GREENBERG P.C.40 apps

50%

NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC15 apps

100%

Thomas J Durling15 apps

80%

HUFFMAN LAW GROUP P.C.9 apps

33%

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Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

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What works

Allowance by strategy used

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19362955	SLIDING LOCK FOR BREAK-DOWN SPOOL	2025-10-20	Pending	0	0	n/a
19308659	OVERCAP WITH METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME	2025-08-25	Pending	1	0	10.6 mo
19296413	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE HIGH-SPEED APPLICATION OF PAPER-BASED END CLOSURES ON C…	2025-08-11	Pending	1	0	7.5 mo
15584059	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15204328	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15583720	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15564637	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15555947	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15120937	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15652974	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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