Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 40 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hytto Pte. Ltd. currently has 7 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct art units, showing that the company's technology is spread across several different mechanical and medical disciplines. With 5 distinct examiners assigned to these 7 cases, the company faces a moderate level of examiner variety during the prosecution process.
MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, handling 3 pending office actions. This examiner's workload is particularly significant because they oversee 3 of the 7 total pending actions. For Hytto Pte. Ltd., the decisions made by MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS will have a substantial impact on the overall success of their current filings in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
The presence of 4 distinct art units for 7 pending office actions indicates a high degree of technical diversity relative to the portfolio size. Because 5 distinct examiners are involved, the company must adapt to different examination styles across these units. With 3 actions concentrated under MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS, the company has a clear focal point for its prosecution efforts, while the remaining actions are split among other examiners.
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 | 2 (29%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 | 3 | 71.7% | +31.3% |
| COX, THADDEUS B | 1 | 76.8% | +19.1% |
| TELAN, MICHAEL R | 1 | 42.8% | +27.0% |
| JOSEPH, DENNIS P | 1 | 49.3% | +17.5% |
| HSU, JONI | 1 | 87.7% | +7.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19278425 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION ACROSS BROADCAST PLATFORMS | TELAN, MICHAEL R | 2d overdue |
| 19534286 | SEXUAL STIMULATION DEVICE | COX, THADDEUS B | — |
| 17520889 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DEVICE BASED ON MOTION | MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19175712 | DEVICE FOR INTUITIVE DEXTEROUS TOUCH AND FEEL INTERACTION IN VIRTUAL WORLDS | JOSEPH, DENNIS P | 146d overdue |
| 19278425 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION ACROSS BROADCAST PLATFORMS | TELAN, MICHAEL R | 2d overdue |
| 19534286 | SEXUAL STIMULATION DEVICE | COX, THADDEUS B | — |
| 18373025 | MASSAGING DEVICE | MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | — |
| 18371785 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DEVICES USING AN ALARM | MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | — |
| 17520889 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DEVICE BASED ON MOTION | MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 4 |
| 2426 | 1 |
| 2621 | 1 |
| 2611 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19534286 | SEXUAL STIMULATION DEVICE | COX, THADDEUS B | 3791 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2026 |
| 19278425 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION ACROSS BROADCAST PLATFORMS | TELAN, MICHAEL R | 2426 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Jul 23, 2025 |
| 19175712 | DEVICE FOR INTUITIVE DEXTEROUS TOUCH AND FEEL INTERACTION IN VIRTUAL WORLDS | JOSEPH, DENNIS P | 2621 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 146d overdue | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 18373025 | MASSAGING DEVICE | MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | 3791 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18371785 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DEVICES USING AN ALARM | MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | 3791 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
| 17520889 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DEVICE BASED ON MOTION | MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | 3791 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2021 |
| 17271467 | TOUCH RELATED DATA RECORDING DEVICE FOR EROTIC MEDIA AUGMENT | HSU, JONI | 2611 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2021 |
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