Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Rentokil Initial 1927 PLC is managing 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 2 pending office actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners, meaning each case is being handled by a different individual. This distribution is also reflected in the 2 distinct art units assigned to the portfolio.
The busiest examiner, HYDER, PHILIP S, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1 busiest examiner pending action is one of the 2 pending office actions currently in progress. Because there are 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units involved, the company must address two different sets of examiner expectations. The 2 pending office actions represent a diverse set of technical reviews within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field. Each of the 2 distinct art units will bring its own specialized perspective to the examination of the 2 pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 1 (50%) |
| §112 only | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYDER, PHILIP S | 1 | 92.5% | +3.7% |
| ARK, DARREN W | 1 | 56.6% | +64.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30029401 | TRAP FOR INSECTS | HYDER, PHILIP S | 2d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17763759 | RODENT TRAPS | ARK, DARREN W | 28d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2924 | 1 |
| 3647 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30029401 | TRAP FOR INSECTS | HYDER, PHILIP S | 2924 | §112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Oct 23, 2025 |
| 17763759 | RODENT TRAPS | ARK, DARREN W | 3647 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Mar 25, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialRentokil Initial 1927 PLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Philip S Hyder has the most, with 1 of Rentokil Initial 1927 PLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.