Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
28 pending office actions • 4 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 28 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days
Becton Dickinson France has 28 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters span 20 distinct examiners but only 4 distinct art units, showing broad examiner distribution within a comparatively concentrated set of technical units.
NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. The examiner assignment is a limited portion of the portfolio, while the art-unit concentration may make unit-level practice more important for broader prosecution planning. Counsel should combine art-unit monitoring with examiner-specific response analysis.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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. 8 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 (4%) |
| §103 only | 12 (43%) |
| §112 only | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 14 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO | 3 | 63.6% | +15.0% |
| BOUCHELLE, LAURA A | 2 | 80.2% | +10.3% |
| DARB, HAMZA A. | 2 | 74.5% | +31.1% |
| SHAH, NILAY J | 2 | 76.3% | +46.9% |
| GHANNOUM, ISSA JAMIL | 2 | — | — |
| ALVARADO JR, NELSON LOUIS | 2 | 86.7% | +18.2% |
| VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE | 2 | 56.3% | +27.5% |
| BOWMAN, ANDREW J | 1 | 65.8% | +13.5% |
| DIOP, FATIMATA SAHRA | 1 | 68.6% | +38.0% |
| GOLOVAN, MARK | 1 | 66.7% | +50.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18087940 | Safety Device for Shielding an Injection Needle of a Medical Container, and an Injection Device Including This Safety Device | ALVARADO JR, NELSON LOUIS | — |
| 17764370 | Injection Device Comprising a Needle Shield | ALVARADO JR, NELSON LOUIS | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17426008 | AUTO-INJECTOR WITH ACTUATION PREVENTION CAP | SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE | 14d |
| 18247087 | Dose Setting Assembly for a Medical Injection Device | MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH | 15d |
| 18088006 | Safety Device for Shielding an Injection Needle of a Medical Container, and an Injection Device Including This Safety Device | VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE | 29d |
| 18088089 | Safety Device for Shielding an Injection Needle of a Medical Container, and an Injection Device Including This Safety Device | NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO | 29d |
| 18556424 | Needle Cover for Medical Injection Device | BOUCHELLE, LAURA A | 49d |
| 18088217 | Safety Device for Shielding an Injection Needle of a Medical Container, and an Injection Device Including This Safety Device | VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE | 72d |
| 18840520 | Holding Device for Medical Containers With Reinforcing Ribs for Increasing Stiffness and Reducing Deflection | BOUCHELLE, LAURA A | — |
| 18723882 | Syringe Rigid Needle Shield With RFID Tag and Folded Antenna | GOLOVAN, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18088077 | Safety Device for Shielding an Injection Needle of a Medical Container, and an Injection Device Including This Safety Device | NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO | 29d |
| 18088006 | Safety Device for Shielding an Injection Needle of a Medical Container, and an Injection Device Including This Safety Device | VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE | 29d |
| 18088089 | Safety Device for Shielding an Injection Needle of a Medical Container, and an Injection Device Including This Safety Device | NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO | 29d |
| 18556424 | Needle Cover for Medical Injection Device | BOUCHELLE, LAURA A | 49d |
| 18088217 | Safety Device for Shielding an Injection Needle of a Medical Container, and an Injection Device Including This Safety Device | VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE | 72d |
| 19045859 | Medical Injection Device With A Plasma Treated Silicone Oil Coating | BOWMAN, ANDREW J | — |
| 18855913 | Cap for Removing a Needle Shield From a Medical Container, Autoinjector Including Said Cap, and Method for Assembling Said Medical Container and Said Autoinjector | DIOP, FATIMATA SAHRA | — |
| 18840520 | Holding Device for Medical Containers With Reinforcing Ribs for Increasing Stiffness and Reducing Deflection | BOUCHELLE, LAURA A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 24 |
| 1717 | 1 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| 3781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19045859 | Medical Injection Device With A Plasma Treated Silicone Oil Coating | BOWMAN, ANDREW J | 1717 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 18855913 | Cap for Removing a Needle Shield From a Medical Container, Autoinjector Including Said Cap, and Method for Assembling Said Medical Container and Said Autoinjector | DIOP, FATIMATA SAHRA | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18840520 | Holding Device for Medical Containers With Reinforcing Ribs for Increasing Stiffness and Reducing Deflection | BOUCHELLE, LAURA A | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18723882 | Syringe Rigid Needle Shield With RFID Tag and Folded Antenna | GOLOVAN, MARK | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18718927 | Needle Cover Having Rough Surface | KASHYAP, ESHA PRAKASH | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18693219 | Syringe Assembly with In-Molded RFID Sleeve | DARB, HAMZA A. | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18603010 | Autoinjector for Automatic Injection of a Product Into an Injection Site | SHAH, NILAY J | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18685330 | Connected Drug Delivery Device | GHANNOUM, ISSA JAMIL | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18578358 | Tip Cover Having a Cross-Linked Silicone Layer and Method of Forming Such Tip Cover | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18530780 | Automatic Medical Injection Device | SHAH, NILAY J | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18516432 | Safety Assembly for Use in Medication Device | GHANNOUM, ISSA JAMIL | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18556424 | Needle Cover for Medical Injection Device | BOUCHELLE, LAURA A | 3783 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 49d | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18269048 | Spacer Structure for Separating Two Stacked Tubs Configured for the Storage and/or Transport of a Plurality of Medical Containers, and a Packaging Including Said Spacer Structure | ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA | 3736 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
| 18031395 | End-of-Dose Indicator for Medical Injection Device | DARB, HAMZA A. | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2023 |
| 18247087 | Dose Setting Assembly for a Medical Injection Device | MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Mar 29, 2023 |
| 18087940 | Safety Device for Shielding an Injection Needle of a Medical Container, and an Injection Device Including This Safety Device | ALVARADO JR, NELSON LOUIS | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2022 |
| 18088217 | Safety Device for Shielding an Injection Needle of a Medical Container, and an Injection Device Including This Safety Device | VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE | 3783 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 72d | Pending | Dec 23, 2022 |
| 18088077 | Safety Device for Shielding an Injection Needle of a Medical Container, and an Injection Device Including This Safety Device | NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Dec 23, 2022 |
| 18088006 | Safety Device for Shielding an Injection Needle of a Medical Container, and an Injection Device Including This Safety Device | VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE | 3783 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Dec 23, 2022 |
| 18088089 | Safety Device for Shielding an Injection Needle of a Medical Container, and an Injection Device Including This Safety Device | NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Dec 23, 2022 |
| 18012036 | Sensor Assembly and System | TURKOWSKI, KAYLA MARIE | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 17764370 | Injection Device Comprising a Needle Shield | ALVARADO JR, NELSON LOUIS | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2022 |
| 17624030 | Tip Cap for a Medical Injection Device | NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2021 |
| 17622362 | An Adaptor for a Medical Container, a Medical Container Comprising Said Adaptor, and a Method for Manufacturing this Medical Container | SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2021 |
| 17426008 | AUTO-INJECTOR WITH ACTUATION PREVENTION CAP | SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE | 3783 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Aug 25, 2021 |
| 17425958 | RIGID NEEDLE SHIELD REMOVER FOR AUTOINJECTOR | DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 27, 2021 |
| 17240484 | Tip Cap Assembly for Closing an Injection System | BOSWORTH, KAMI A | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2021 |
| 17288147 | Needle Cover for a Medical Injection Device | ZAMORY, JUSTIN L | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialBecton Dickinson France has 28 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 20 examiners.
Isabella Sarah Hyo So North has the most, with 3 of Becton Dickinson France's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
