Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 105 patents granted in the last 365 days
Skechers U.S.A., Inc. II has 5 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. NELSON, THORNTON C is the busiest examiner with 3 pending actions. This individual handles a portion of the 5 pending office actions for the company.
The distribution of cases across 3 distinct examiners ensures that the company receives multiple perspectives within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. NELSON, THORNTON C manages 3 pending actions, making his examination style a significant factor in the current prosecution. The 2 distinct art units provide technical grouping for the 5 pending office actions. Practitioners should focus on the specific nuances of each assigned examiner, particularly the one handling multiple cases. This structure ensures that the company's success is not entirely tied to a specific person. Every development in the 2 distinct art units is important for the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (20%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (60%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NELSON, THORNTON C | 3 | 95.4% | +4.8% |
| BAYS, MARIE D | 1 | 74.5% | +19.5% |
| BROWN-LORRIG, CHRISTEN PILAR | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29963853 | SHOE SOLE | NELSON, THORNTON C | 15d |
| 29963339 | SHOE SOLE | NELSON, THORNTON C | 15d |
| 29963004 | SHOE SOLE | NELSON, THORNTON C | 15d |
| 29960071 | SHOE | BROWN-LORRIG, CHRISTEN PILAR | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19353548 | FOOTWEAR STRAP AND FOOTWEAR HAVING THE SAME | BAYS, MARIE D | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19353548 | FOOTWEAR STRAP AND FOOTWEAR HAVING THE SAME | BAYS, MARIE D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2912 | 4 |
| 3732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19353548 | FOOTWEAR STRAP AND FOOTWEAR HAVING THE SAME | BAYS, MARIE D | 3732 | §102§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2025 |
| 29963853 | SHOE SOLE | NELSON, THORNTON C | 2912 | DP | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 29963339 | SHOE SOLE | NELSON, THORNTON C | 2912 | DP | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 29963004 | SHOE SOLE | NELSON, THORNTON C | 2912 | DP | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 29960071 | SHOE | BROWN-LORRIG, CHRISTEN PILAR | 2912 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
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