Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
206 Ortho, Inc. has 4 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. The use of 3 art units for 4 actions indicates that the company's chemistry-related applications are somewhat concentrated in specific technical fields but still span multiple specialized units.
JONES, DIANA S is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. With 4 distinct examiners involved, the portfolio is subject to multiple independent reviews, ensuring that the company receives a variety of perspectives on its material science innovations. This distribution across 4 examiners for 4 pending actions means that each matter is being handled by a different individual.
The company's presence in 3 distinct art units suggests a focused research and development strategy within the Chemistry & Materials sector. By managing 4 pending office actions through 4 different examiners, the company can gather diverse feedback on its claim strategies. This arrangement reduces the risk that a single examiner's interpretation will negatively impact the entire pending 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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| §112 only | 2 (50%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, DIANA S | 1 | 75.1% | +20.3% |
| SALVATORE, LYNDA | 1 | 64.2% | +19.1% |
| HAGOPIAN, CASEY SHEA | 1 | 54.3% | +33.4% |
| MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | 1 | 54.0% | +30.2% |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17776581 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DESIGNS, MATERIALS, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND IMPLANTS | MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | 145d overdue |
| 18952673 | DEGRADABLE COMPOSITE AND METHOD OF FABRICATION | JONES, DIANA S | 74d overdue |
| 18252849 | ELONGATED COMPOSITE FOR AN IMPLANT | HAGOPIAN, CASEY SHEA | 74d overdue |
| 18515020 | DEGRADABLE COMPOSITE AND METHOD OF FABRICATION | SALVATORE, LYNDA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1789 | 2 |
| 3775 | 1 |
| 1617 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18952673 | DEGRADABLE COMPOSITE AND METHOD OF FABRICATION | JONES, DIANA S | 3775 | §102 | Final Rejection | 74d overdue | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18515020 | DEGRADABLE COMPOSITE AND METHOD OF FABRICATION | SALVATORE, LYNDA | 1789 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18252849 | ELONGATED COMPOSITE FOR AN IMPLANT | HAGOPIAN, CASEY SHEA | 1617 | §112 | Final Rejection | 74d overdue | Pending | May 12, 2023 |
| 17776581 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DESIGNS, MATERIALS, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND IMPLANTS | MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | 1789 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 145d overdue | Pending | May 12, 2022 |
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Start Free Trial206 Ortho, Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Diana S Jones has the most, with 1 of 206 Ortho, Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
