Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ark Designs LLC is managing 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, but both are located within 1 distinct art unit. This shows that while the technology is focused enough to stay in 1 unit, different examiners are reviewing the cases. This concentration in 1 art unit allows for a consistent application of that unit's specific standards even as different individuals handle the applications. Practitioners should be prepared to manage 2 separate examiner relationships within 1 art unit.
The busiest examiner is RODZIWICZ, AARON M, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Given that there are 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending actions, each examiner is handling 1 action. This means that the company's prosecution is split between the 2 assigned examiners. Practitioners must be prepared to address the individual styles of both examiners while operating within the 1 art unit. This arrangement provides a balance between the specialized focus of 1 art unit and the perspectives of 2 different examiners reviewing the company's technology. The outcome of each case will depend on the specific interactions with each of the 2 distinct examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RODZIWICZ, AARON M | 1 | 70.4% | +17.2% |
| BETIT, JACOB F | 1 | 33.9% | +17.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18778279 | SMART TERRAPONIC GARDENING SYSTEM | BETIT, JACOB F | 294d overdue |
| 19534908 | SMART TERRAPONIC GARDENING SYSTEM | RODZIWICZ, AARON M | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18778279 | SMART TERRAPONIC GARDENING SYSTEM | BETIT, JACOB F | 294d overdue |
| 19534908 | SMART TERRAPONIC GARDENING SYSTEM | RODZIWICZ, AARON M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3642 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19534908 | SMART TERRAPONIC GARDENING SYSTEM | RODZIWICZ, AARON M | 3642 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2026 |
| 18778279 | SMART TERRAPONIC GARDENING SYSTEM | BETIT, JACOB F | 3642 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 294d overdue | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
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