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
Pet Instincts Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. The prosecution footprint is currently concentrated in this single area of the patent office, indicating a focused approach to its current medical device filings.
RODDEN, JOANNE M is the busiest examiner, responsible for 1 pending office action. Because there is 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the company immediate patenting success is tied to the review of this one official. This indicates a centralized prosecution strategy for the current pending portfolio. The presence of 1 pending office action means that the company is currently prioritizing a single technical disclosure. Practitioners should focus on the specific technical nuances preferred by this examiner to ensure a favorable result in the medical device sector.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RODDEN, JOANNE M | 1 | 63.7% | +46.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18836915 | System and Method for Ensuring Well Being of Pet | RODDEN, JOANNE 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18836915 | System and Method for Ensuring Well Being of Pet | RODDEN, JOANNE M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18836915 | System and Method for Ensuring Well Being of Pet | RODDEN, JOANNE M | 3794 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialPet Instincts Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Joanne M Rodden has the most, with 1 of Pet Instincts Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
