Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shenzhen Thousandshores Technology Co. Ltd. maintains 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. All of these actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a highly focused technical portfolio. This concentration in 1 art unit allows for a consistent prosecution approach as the company only needs to interface with the standards of a single section of the patent office.
The 2 pending office actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, including ANDERSON, MEGAN M, who is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. This distribution means that each of the 2 distinct examiners handles 1 pending office action. While the technical focus is narrow, the use of multiple examiners introduces different individual perspectives into the prosecution of these medical and mechanical engineering technologies. This balance ensures that no single individual has total control over the company's current patent pipeline.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, MEGAN M | 1 | 74.9% | +27.8% |
| MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E | 1 | 46.5% | +54.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18741750 | WEIGHTED VEST | ANDERSON, MEGAN M | — |
| 18658687 | MASSAGE BALL AND MASSAGE DEVICE | MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18741750 | WEIGHTED VEST | ANDERSON, MEGAN M | — |
| 18658687 | MASSAGE BALL AND MASSAGE DEVICE | MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3784 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18741750 | WEIGHTED VEST | ANDERSON, MEGAN M | 3784 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18658687 | MASSAGE BALL AND MASSAGE DEVICE | MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
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