Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
Woodstream Corporation is managing 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. This suggests some concentration of matters within specific administrative groups. The presence of 3 distinct art units indicates that the 4 pending office actions involve technology that is closely related within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field.
ARK, DARREN W is the busiest examiner for this company. This examiner is currently handling 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. This count of 2 represents a significant portion of the 4 pending office actions currently active. While ARK, DARREN W manages multiple cases, the remaining actions are split among the other 3 distinct examiners. This level of concentration provides a degree of examiner level consistency for a portion of the portfolio. However, the overall prosecution still requires managing relationships across 3 distinct art units to address all 4 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 | 4 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (33%) |
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 | 3 | 56.3% | +64.4% |
| PARSLEY, DAVID J | 1 | 54.0% | +28.7% |
| MUDD, HENRY HOOPER | 1 | 69.9% | +24.0% |
| DENNIS, KEVIN M | 1 | 36.5% | +48.4% |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18341314 | Insect Repellant Device Having Replaceable Repellant | MUDD, HENRY HOOPER | 15d overdue |
| 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 | — |
| 17316606 | SENSOR FOR A WIRELESS ANIMAL TRAP DETECTION SYSTEM | ARK, DARREN W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3647 | 4 |
| 3643 | 1 |
| 3642 | 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 |
| 18341314 | Insect Repellant Device Having Replaceable Repellant | MUDD, HENRY HOOPER | 3642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Jun 26, 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 |
| 17316606 | SENSOR FOR A WIRELESS ANIMAL TRAP DETECTION SYSTEM | ARK, DARREN W | 3647 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 10, 2021 |
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