Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 4 clients • 6 examiners • 2 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
TOPE-MCKAY & ASSOCIATES has a substantial history in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area, with 1071 career applications on record. The firm has secured a resolved allowance rate of 78.1 percent across these filings. This rate provides a clear success metric for their long-term prosecution efforts in mechanical and medical technologies.
The firm currently manages 4 pending office actions, indicating a stable level of ongoing activity. On average, the firm requires 3.58 office actions per allowance to reach a final resolution. This figure, when viewed alongside the 1071 career applications, suggests a consistent approach to navigating the patent office's requirements. Practitioners can compare the 78.1 percent resolved allowance rate and the 3.58 average office actions per allowance to evaluate the firm's historical efficiency and success in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. These metrics offer a comprehensive view of the firm's prosecution performance over time.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (83%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GART, MATTHEW S | 1 | 16.4% | +18.1% |
| FULTON, KRISTINA ROSE | 1 | 52.7% | +35.4% |
| LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 1 | 55.3% | +29.0% |
| BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | 1 | 68.4% | +41.5% |
| BERRY, SAMANTHA MARIE | 1 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
| DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN | 1 | 41.7% | +68.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18235283 | BAG TOSS GAME WITH A PLURALITY OF ROTATING PADDLES | BERRY, SAMANTHA MARIE | 30d overdue |
| 19051840 | CONFETTI-EXPELLING TOY | GART, MATTHEW S | — |
| 19052072 | EXPANDABLE TOY WITH A PLURALITY OF NESTING SHELL COMPONENTS TO FORM A FIGURINE OR OTHER ITEM | FULTON, KRISTINA ROSE | — |
| 18977796 | RETROFIT CARTRIDGE SYSTEM WITH CONTROLLED FLOW, FOR CONVERTING TRADITIONAL URINAL INTO HYBRID | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | — |
| 18755481 | Wheel Component Handling Device | BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | — |
| 17827450 | POWERED MASSAGE HEAD | DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19051840 | CONFETTI-EXPELLING TOY | GART, MATTHEW S | — |
| 19052072 | EXPANDABLE TOY WITH A PLURALITY OF NESTING SHELL COMPONENTS TO FORM A FIGURINE OR OTHER ITEM | FULTON, KRISTINA ROSE | — |
| 18977796 | RETROFIT CARTRIDGE SYSTEM WITH CONTROLLED FLOW, FOR CONVERTING TRADITIONAL URINAL INTO HYBRID | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | — |
| 18755481 | Wheel Component Handling Device | BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | — |
| 17827450 | POWERED MASSAGE HEAD | DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Jakks Pacific Inc. | 3 |
| Falcon Water Technologies | 1 |
| Prowse Holdings Pty Ltd. | 1 |
| Thrival, LLC | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3711 | 1 |
| 3700 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19051840 | CONFETTI-EXPELLING TOY | Jakks Pacific Inc. | GART, MATTHEW S | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| 19052072 | EXPANDABLE TOY WITH A PLURALITY OF NESTING SHELL COMPONENTS TO FORM A FIGURINE OR OTHER ITEM | Jakks Pacific Inc. | FULTON, KRISTINA ROSE | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| 18977796 | RETROFIT CARTRIDGE SYSTEM WITH CONTROLLED FLOW, FOR CONVERTING TRADITIONAL URINAL INTO HYBRID | Falcon Water Technologies, LLC | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 | |
| 18755481 | Wheel Component Handling Device | Prowse Holdings Pty Ltd. | BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 | |
| 18235283 | BAG TOSS GAME WITH A PLURALITY OF ROTATING PADDLES | Jakks Pacific Inc. | BERRY, SAMANTHA MARIE | 3711 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
| 17827450 | POWERED MASSAGE HEAD | Thrival, LLC | DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN | 3700 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 27, 2022 |
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