Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days
Therabody Inc. has 8 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 7 distinct examiners. This ratio shows that while most of the 8 pending actions are handled by different individuals, one examiner is responsible for more than one case. This distribution suggests that the company's medical device innovations are being reviewed by a broad group of examiners, each bringing their own perspective to the technical merits of the applications.
The portfolio is active in 5 distinct art units. With 8 pending office actions, the company's work is concentrated within 5 specialized divisions of the patent office. This focus in 5 art units may provide a more consistent examination environment for the company's medical device and mechanical filings. The ratio of 8 actions to 5 art units indicates that the company's technology is concentrated within specific technical silos, potentially leading to more specialized and predictable outcomes within those groups.
CHRISTOPHER E MILLER is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 2 pending office actions. This workload of 2 actions is the highest among the 7 distinct examiners. The presence of 8 pending actions across 5 art units highlights the company's current patent prosecution activity. Managing these 8 pending matters across 7 examiners and 5 art units requires a strategic approach to ensure that the company's intellectual property goals are achieved across its medical and mechanical engineering 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (12%) |
| §103 only | 2 (25%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (38%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E | 2 | 46.5% | +54.6% |
| XU, JUSTIN | 1 | 60.2% | +36.7% |
| MAY, ROBERT J | 1 | 75.4% | +15.5% |
| PAHAKIS, MANOLIS Y | 1 | 69.9% | +48.0% |
| HOLCOMB, MARK | 1 | 33.5% | +40.4% |
| STUART, COLIN W | 1 | 57.9% | +55.2% |
| MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN | 1 | 55.9% | +20.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19272856 | ARTICLES OF FOOTWEAR HAVING THERAPEUTIC ASSEMBLIES | MAY, ROBERT J | 19d overdue |
| 19295322 | PERCUSSIVE THERAPY DEVICE WITH ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED ATTACHMENT | MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E | 13d |
| 17929939 | INTELLIGENCE ENGINE SYSTEM AND METHOD | HOLCOMB, MARK | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19272856 | ARTICLES OF FOOTWEAR HAVING THERAPEUTIC ASSEMBLIES | MAY, ROBERT J | 19d overdue |
| 19295322 | PERCUSSIVE THERAPY DEVICE WITH ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED ATTACHMENT | MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E | 13d |
| 18175228 | COMPACT MUSCLE STIMULATOR | PAHAKIS, MANOLIS Y | 77d |
| 19421562 | WEARABLE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING THERAPY TO A USER AND/OR FOR MEASURING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF THE USER | XU, JUSTIN | — |
| 18739019 | THERAPY SYSTEM AND DEVICE | MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E | — |
| 17929939 | INTELLIGENCE ENGINE SYSTEM AND METHOD | HOLCOMB, MARK | — |
| 17828290 | VIBRATING GARMENT ASSEMBLY INCLUDING LINEAR MOTORS | STUART, COLIN W | — |
| 17424706 | Electrical Muscle Stimulation Devices, Systems, and Methods | MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 2 |
| 3796 | 2 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 2875 | 1 |
| 3685 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19421562 | WEARABLE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING THERAPY TO A USER AND/OR FOR MEASURING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF THE USER | XU, JUSTIN | 3791 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2025 |
| 19295322 | PERCUSSIVE THERAPY DEVICE WITH ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED ATTACHMENT | MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E | 3785 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Aug 08, 2025 |
| 19272856 | ARTICLES OF FOOTWEAR HAVING THERAPEUTIC ASSEMBLIES | MAY, ROBERT J | 2875 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 19d overdue | Pending | Jul 17, 2025 |
| 18739019 | THERAPY SYSTEM AND DEVICE | MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18175228 | COMPACT MUSCLE STIMULATOR | PAHAKIS, MANOLIS Y | 3796 | §102§103DP | Final Rejection | 77d | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
| 17929939 | INTELLIGENCE ENGINE SYSTEM AND METHOD | HOLCOMB, MARK | 3685 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2022 |
| 17828290 | VIBRATING GARMENT ASSEMBLY INCLUDING LINEAR MOTORS | STUART, COLIN W | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2022 |
| 17424706 | Electrical Muscle Stimulation Devices, Systems, and Methods | MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2021 |
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