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
The patent portfolio for 1092228 B C Ltd. shows 2 pending office actions focused in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a narrow technical focus for the current applications. Prosecution is being conducted by 2 distinct examiners, which means that every active case is assigned to a different individual. This structure requires the company to manage 2 separate examiner relationships even though the subject matter is confined to a single art unit.
SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending office action. Given that there are only 2 pending office actions in total, the workload is split evenly between the assigned examiners. This limited volume and the use of only 1 distinct art unit suggests a highly targeted prosecution strategy. Practitioners should note that while the technical scope is narrow, the involvement of 2 distinct examiners means that the company will receive feedback from two different perspectives within that specialized art unit. This can lead to varied prosecution timelines despite the small number of pending actions.
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%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | 1 | 46.9% | +38.4% |
| NELSON, CHRISTINE L | 1 | 62.4% | +33.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19243345 | ORTHODONTIC ALIGNER WITH CONTACTING BULGES | SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | — |
| 18766181 | ORTHODONTIC ATTACHMENT | NELSON, CHRISTINE L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19243345 | ORTHODONTIC ALIGNER WITH CONTACTING BULGES | SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | 3772 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2025 |
| 18766181 | ORTHODONTIC ATTACHMENT | NELSON, CHRISTINE L | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial1092228 B C Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Matthew P Saunders has the most, with 1 of 1092228 B C Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
