Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Dongguan Sharing Electronics Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is managed by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, focusing the company's current efforts on a specific technical review path. This concentration means that the company's active legal efforts are focused on a single technical matter at the patent office.
CAMPBELL, THOR S is the busiest examiner, responsible for the 1 pending office action. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner for the portfolio's active cases, the company's prosecution strategy is currently tied to this individual's assessment. The company does not have other pending cases to provide a broader context for how its technology is being received by the USPTO.
For practitioners, the fact that 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit control the only pending office action means that the prosecution strategy must be highly targeted. There is no room for a diversified approach across multiple examiners. Success for the company's current portfolio depends entirely on navigating the specific requirements and interpretations of CAMPBELL, THOR S.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPBELL, THOR S | 1 | 75.1% | +1.0% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18419975 | PTC WATER HEATER WITH MODULAR FASTENING AND HEATING COMPONENTS | CAMPBELL, THOR S | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialDongguan Sharing Electronics Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Thor S Campbell has the most, with 1 of Dongguan Sharing Electronics Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
