Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
DONGGUAN MIMAO ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 3 actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, all of whom are situated within 1 distinct art unit. This structure indicates that the company's current patent applications are technically similar enough to be grouped together by the patent office.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS, who is currently managing 1 pending action. Because each of the 3 distinct examiners is only handling 1 of the 3 pending office actions, the company must navigate three different individual perspectives within the same art unit. The focus on 1 distinct art unit allows for a specialized prosecution strategy despite the involvement of multiple examiners. Practitioners should monitor how the 1 distinct art unit interprets the technology to ensure that responses to MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS and the other examiners remain cohesive across the 3 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | 1 | 71.7% | +31.3% |
| COX, THADDEUS B | 1 | 76.8% | +19.1% |
| HONRATH, MARC D | 1 | 74.5% | +31.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19557140 | ADULT SEX TOY FOR WOMEN | MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | — |
| 19444236 | SEX TOY | COX, THADDEUS B | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19557140 | ADULT SEX TOY FOR WOMEN | MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | — |
| 19444236 | SEX TOY | COX, THADDEUS B | — |
| 19344550 | SEXUAL MASSAGE DEVICE | HONRATH, MARC D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19557140 | ADULT SEX TOY FOR WOMEN | MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | 3791 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2026 |
| 19444236 | SEX TOY | COX, THADDEUS B | 3791 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2026 |
| 19344550 | SEXUAL MASSAGE DEVICE | HONRATH, MARC D | 3791 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2025 |
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