Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Automated Pet Care Products, LLC has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner in the same number of art units. This indicates a singular focus for the company's current active patent applications. RODZIWICZ, AARON M is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action. This individual manages the entirety of the company's current active workload at the patent office.
The alignment of the pending action with the assigned examiner and art unit suggests that the company's immediate legal efforts are concentrated in a specific technical niche. Practitioners should prepare for a focused dialogue with the assigned examiner, as there are no other active matters to provide broader context or alternative prosecution paths. The simplicity of this structure allows for a direct and consistent communication channel during the examination process. This centralized environment means that the company's immediate success in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field depends on the interactions with this specific examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (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% |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18865478 | FOOD CONTAINER COMPATIBLE WITH AUTOMATIC FEEDING ASSEMBLY | RODZIWICZ, AARON M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3642 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18865478 | FOOD CONTAINER COMPATIBLE WITH AUTOMATIC FEEDING ASSEMBLY | RODZIWICZ, AARON M | 3642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
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