Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Zhuhai Ding Rong Plastic Products Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 pending office actions are spread across 2 distinct art units and are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners. This 1:1 ratio of actions to examiners and art units means there is no overlap or concentration in the company's current prosecution. The 2 distinct art units suggest that the company's mechanical innovations are being treated as distinct technical challenges.
AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action. In this small portfolio, each of the 2 distinct examiners handles exactly one case. Practitioners must handle each of the 2 pending office actions as independent cases with no shared examiner or art unit context to leverage. This requires a customized strategy for each filing to address the specific preferences of the 2 distinct examiners involved. The small scale of 2 pending office actions allows for a high-intensity focus on each individual matter in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | 1 | 62.9% | +22.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19460045 | COSMETIC CONTAINER HAVING A SCRAPING MEMBER WITH A FLUFFY HEAD | AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18852606 | PLASTIC HINGE SHAFT HAVING ELASTIC DEFORMATION | SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 1 |
| 3677 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19460045 | COSMETIC CONTAINER HAVING A SCRAPING MEMBER WITH A FLUFFY HEAD | AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR | 3772 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2026 |
| 18852606 | PLASTIC HINGE SHAFT HAVING ELASTIC DEFORMATION | SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | 3677 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialZhuhai Ding Rong Plastic Products Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Chiemerie Chibuzor Azubuogu has the most, with 1 of Zhuhai Ding Rong Plastic Products Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
