Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Four Paws Products Ltd. is currently navigating 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are split across 2 distinct art units, reflecting a slight divergence in the technical classification of the pending applications. The prosecution involves 3 distinct examiners, which means each examiner is responsible for a portion of the 3 pending office actions. This distribution ensures that each matter receives individual attention from a different examiner.
SON T NGUYEN is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, holding 1 pending office action. With 3 distinct examiners assigned to the 3 pending office actions, the workload is distributed across multiple individuals. The use of 2 distinct art units indicates that while the technology area is consistent, the specific mechanical or e-commerce applications require review by different specialized groups within the patent office. This variety in art units may require the company to adapt its arguments to the specific preferences of the 2 distinct art units.
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 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, SON T | 1 | 28.9% | +16.3% |
| PETERSON, ALANNA KAY | 1 | 40.7% | +27.8% |
| 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19010451 | ADJUSTABLE NAIL TRIMMER | NGUYEN, SON T | 40d |
| 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19010451 | ADJUSTABLE NAIL TRIMMER | NGUYEN, SON T | 40d |
| 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 |
| 3642 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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