Topic

Food container Steady

449 applications whose title mentions it. Its share of new filings over the last two years is -9% below the four years before.

Allowance rate

54%

−21 pts vs the USPTO 420 decided

Months to first action

17.2 mo

−1.4 vs the USPTO

Applications

449.0

in the record

Allowed

227.0

193 abandoned

Filings by year

How often the topic was filed

The most recent years are still filling in.

Where it is examined

Domains and art units

CPC subclasses

B65D258 apps

A47J38 apps

A47G27 apps

A01K15 apps

B65B14 apps

B29C10 apps

Art units

378154 apps

378846 apps

373336 apps

373634 apps

373533 apps

372831 apps

Examiners

Who examines it, and how it fares with each

Christopher R Demeree18 apps

44%

Robert J Hicks16 apps

81%

Kareen Kay Thomas14 apps

86%

Docket Central13 apps

n/a

James N Smalley13 apps

77%

King M Chu12 apps

75%

Don M Anderson10 apps

40%

Gary E Elkins10 apps

80%

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Who files it

Companies and institutions

Anchor Packaging, LLC17 apps

81%

ECOLAB USA INC.8 apps

100%

Huhtamaki, Inc.7 apps

67%

SNACKTOPS, INC.6 apps

83%

Guac-Lock, LLC4 apps

50%

KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY4 apps

25%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents

Patent Docket Department16 apps

100%

ROSENBERG, KLEIN & LEE12 apps

50%

MANUEL F. DE LA CERRA9 apps

89%

FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP7 apps

FOLEY & LARDNER LLP7 apps

86%

HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP7 apps

67%

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Applications

Recent applications on this topic

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19610950	FOOD STORAGE CONTAINER, ROOF STRUCTURE, AND BIRD FEEDER	2026-07-30	Pending	0	0	n/a
19600500	COMPACTING STATION OF BULK FOOD PRODUCTS IN CONTAINER BODIES	2026-06-23	Pending	0	0	n/a
19599778	FOOD CONTAINER WITH MOVABLE TRAY	2026-06-19	Pending	0	0	n/a
15102230	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15982062	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15395253	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15504610	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15324008	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15156224	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15381443	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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