Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Native Pet Inc.

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Native Pet Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is located within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specific technical classification for the company's current matter. The case is assigned to a distinct examiner, PANCHOLI, VISHAL J, who is the busiest examiner for the company. This relationship between the pending action, the art unit, and the examiner simplifies the current prosecution landscape.

PANCHOLI, VISHAL J is responsible for the pending office action currently active for Native Pet Inc. With only a single examiner and 1 art unit involved, the company's prosecution strategy is entirely dependent on this relationship. Success for this portfolio relies on addressing the specific concerns raised by PANCHOLI, VISHAL J in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. The presence of a single examiner and art unit means that the company does not currently face the challenge of coordinating across different USPTO departments, allowing for a highly specific prosecution strategy.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PANCHOLI, VISHAL J 1 72.8% +25.2%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18983728 CANISTER WITH A PUMP FOR DISPERSING LIQUIDS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME PANCHOLI, VISHAL J —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18983728 CANISTER WITH A PUMP FOR DISPERSING LIQUIDS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME PANCHOLI, VISHAL J —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3754 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18983728 CANISTER WITH A PUMP FOR DISPERSING LIQUIDS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME PANCHOLI, VISHAL J 3754 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 17, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Native Pet Inc. have?

Native Pet Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Native Pet Inc. applications?

Vishal J Pancholi has the most, with 1 of Native Pet Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Native Pet Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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