Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Four Paws Products Ltd. currently manages 4 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 4 pending office actions are distributed across 4 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. The 4 distinct examiners indicate that each matter is being reviewed by a different individual. The 3 distinct art units suggest that the filings are categorized into separate administrative divisions within the patent office.
DENNIS, KEVIN M is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio. This examiner is responsible for 1 busiest_examiner_pending action. The 1 busiest_examiner_pending action is one of the 4 pending office actions currently active. DENNIS, KEVIN M and the other 4 distinct examiners handle the workload within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The 3 distinct art units provide the technical context for these applications.
The 4 pending office actions require coordination with 4 distinct examiners. DENNIS, KEVIN M holds 1 busiest_examiner_pending action, showing a distribution of cases across the examiners. Practitioners should address the requirements of the 3 distinct art units to advance the portfolio. The Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area defines the technical scope for all 4 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DENNIS, KEVIN M | 1 | 37.8% | +47.3% |
| NGUYEN, SON T | 1 | 28.9% | +16.3% |
| PETERSON, ALANNA KAY | 1 | 41.1% | +27.6% |
| ALMEIDA BONNIN, ANGELICA ALEJANDRA | 1 | 26.7% | +21.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19010451 | ADJUSTABLE NAIL TRIMMER | NGUYEN, SON T | 40d |
| 19179082 | ANIMAL TRAINING PAD HAVING URINE-REPELLANT AREAS BORDERED BY URINE-COLLECTION CHANNELS | DENNIS, KEVIN M | — |
| 18495940 | PET TRAINING PAD SYSTEM COMPRISING AN ABSORBENT PAD AND A NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC WAX SHEET | ALMEIDA BONNIN, ANGELICA ALEJANDRA | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19010451 | ADJUSTABLE NAIL TRIMMER | NGUYEN, SON T | 40d |
| 19179082 | ANIMAL TRAINING PAD HAVING URINE-REPELLANT AREAS BORDERED BY URINE-COLLECTION CHANNELS | DENNIS, KEVIN M | — |
| 18897964 | PET TRAINING PAD | PETERSON, ALANNA KAY | — |
| 18495940 | PET TRAINING PAD SYSTEM COMPRISING AN ABSORBENT PAD AND A NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC WAX SHEET | ALMEIDA BONNIN, ANGELICA ALEJANDRA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3643 | 2 |
| 3647 | 1 |
| 3642 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19179082 | ANIMAL TRAINING PAD HAVING URINE-REPELLANT AREAS BORDERED BY URINE-COLLECTION CHANNELS | DENNIS, KEVIN M | 3647 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 |
| 19010451 | ADJUSTABLE NAIL TRIMMER | NGUYEN, SON T | 3643 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 18897964 | PET TRAINING PAD | PETERSON, ALANNA KAY | 3642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18495940 | PET TRAINING PAD SYSTEM COMPRISING AN ABSORBENT PAD AND A NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC WAX SHEET | ALMEIDA BONNIN, ANGELICA ALEJANDRA | 3643 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialFour Paws Products Ltd. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Kevin M Dennis has the most, with 1 of Four Paws Products Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
