Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Woodstream Corporation has 4 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The portfolio spans 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating limited concentration across both dimensions.
ARK, DARREN W is the busiest identified examiner, with 2 pending matters. Counsel can review those matters together for examiner-specific patterns while preserving separate analysis for the remaining assignment.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARK, DARREN W | 2 | 56.6% | +64.5% |
| PARSLEY, DAVID J | 1 | 54.1% | +28.7% |
| DENNIS, KEVIN M | 1 | 37.8% | +47.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19451021 | RODENT GASSER WITH SELF-IGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | PARSLEY, DAVID J | — |
| 18460011 | SENSOR FOR A WIRELESS ANIMAL TRAP DETECTION SYSTEM | ARK, DARREN W | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17323416 | Remote Monitoring Of Live Catch Rodent Traps | ARK, DARREN W | 12d |
| 19451021 | RODENT GASSER WITH SELF-IGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | PARSLEY, DAVID J | — |
| 18460011 | SENSOR FOR A WIRELESS ANIMAL TRAP DETECTION SYSTEM | ARK, DARREN W | — |
| 17841068 | Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder | DENNIS, KEVIN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3647 | 3 |
| 3643 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19451021 | RODENT GASSER WITH SELF-IGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | PARSLEY, DAVID J | 3643 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2026 |
| 18460011 | SENSOR FOR A WIRELESS ANIMAL TRAP DETECTION SYSTEM | ARK, DARREN W | 3647 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 17841068 | Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder | DENNIS, KEVIN M | 3647 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 15, 2022 |
| 17323416 | Remote Monitoring Of Live Catch Rodent Traps | ARK, DARREN W | 3647 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | May 18, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialWoodstream Corporation has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Darren W Ark has the most, with 2 of Woodstream Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
