Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shenzhen Petaboo Technology Co. Ltd. has 6 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 6 actions are handled by 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, indicating some examiner concentration despite the small portfolio size. This distribution means that some examiners are reviewing more than one application for the company.
HAYES, KRISTEN C is the busiest examiner for the company, overseeing 3 of the 6 pending office actions. This concentration with a single examiner is significant, as half of the company's current pending matters are being reviewed by HAYES, KRISTEN C. The involvement of 4 distinct art units for only 6 actions suggests that the company's innovations are reviewed by several different technical groups at the USPTO. This requires a prosecution strategy that balances a focused relationship with one examiner while addressing the specific requirements of 4 different art units.
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) | 5 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAYES, KRISTEN C | 3 | 68.5% | +21.5% |
| EVANS, EBONY E | 1 | 64.1% | +28.9% |
| PATEL, BRIJESH V | 1 | 64.7% | +40.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19408671 | QUICK-ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE AND CAT LITTER BOX | EVANS, EBONY E | — |
| 19368198 | CLEANING STRUCTURE HAVING COLLECTING OPENING AND CAT LITTER BOX | HAYES, KRISTEN C | — |
| 19367339 | CAT LITTER BOX AND CAT LITTER BIN THEREOF | HAYES, KRISTEN C | — |
| 19367331 | CAT LITTER BOX AND RAMP THEREOF | HAYES, KRISTEN C | — |
| 19275288 | BUCKET BODY FOR VACUUM BUCKET AND VACUUM BUCKET | PATEL, BRIJESH V | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19408671 | QUICK-ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE AND CAT LITTER BOX | EVANS, EBONY E | — |
| 19368198 | CLEANING STRUCTURE HAVING COLLECTING OPENING AND CAT LITTER BOX | HAYES, KRISTEN C | — |
| 19367339 | CAT LITTER BOX AND CAT LITTER BIN THEREOF | HAYES, KRISTEN C | — |
| 19367331 | CAT LITTER BOX AND RAMP THEREOF | HAYES, KRISTEN C | — |
| 19275288 | BUCKET BODY FOR VACUUM BUCKET AND VACUUM BUCKET | PATEL, BRIJESH V | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3642 | 3 |
| 3647 | 1 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19408671 | QUICK-ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE AND CAT LITTER BOX | EVANS, EBONY E | 3647 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2025 |
| 19368198 | CLEANING STRUCTURE HAVING COLLECTING OPENING AND CAT LITTER BOX | HAYES, KRISTEN C | 3642 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2025 |
| 19367339 | CAT LITTER BOX AND CAT LITTER BIN THEREOF | HAYES, KRISTEN C | 3642 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2025 |
| 19367331 | CAT LITTER BOX AND RAMP THEREOF | HAYES, KRISTEN C | 3642 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2025 |
| 19275288 | BUCKET BODY FOR VACUUM BUCKET AND VACUUM BUCKET | PATEL, BRIJESH V | 3736 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
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