Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days
Biedermann Technologies GmbH & Co. KG has 7 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 6 examiners across 3 art units, indicating multiple examiner relationships within a compact technical structure. Art-unit coordination can support consistent portfolio positions, while examiner-specific review remains necessary.
LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Those matters warrant comparison for recurring claim and prior-art issues. The remaining assignments should be handled with tailored responses that reflect the relevant examiner and art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (29%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 2 | 73.8% | +29.9% |
| GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | 1 | 83.0% | +12.2% |
| SHIRSAT, MARCELA | 1 | 73.8% | +18.9% |
| MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 1 | 82.9% | +24.0% |
| HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 1 | 77.7% | +19.1% |
| SUMMITT, LYNNSY M | 1 | 68.4% | +43.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18446266 | COUPLING DEVICE FOR USE WITH A BONE ANCHORING ELEMENT AND BONE ANCHORING DEVICE WITH SUCH A COUPLING DEVICE | SUMMITT, LYNNSY M | 10d overdue |
| 19234953 | INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT AND INSERTION DEVICE THEREFOR | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — |
| 19003901 | IMPLANT, INSERTION DEVICE, AND PLATE ASSEMBLY | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | — |
| 18888026 | INSTRUMENT FOR USE WITH A BONE ANCHORING DEVICE | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18446266 | COUPLING DEVICE FOR USE WITH A BONE ANCHORING ELEMENT AND BONE ANCHORING DEVICE WITH SUCH A COUPLING DEVICE | SUMMITT, LYNNSY M | 10d overdue |
| 19234953 | INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT AND INSERTION DEVICE THEREFOR | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — |
| 19222012 | SCREW ELEMENT FOR USE IN SPINAL, ORTHOPAEDIC, OR TRAUMA SURGERY | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | — |
| 19076560 | POLYAXIAL BONE ANCHORING DEVICE WITH ENLARGED PIVOT ANGLE | SHIRSAT, MARCELA | — |
| 19072159 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | — |
| 19003901 | IMPLANT, INSERTION DEVICE, AND PLATE ASSEMBLY | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | — |
| 18888026 | INSTRUMENT FOR USE WITH A BONE ANCHORING DEVICE | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3773 | 4 |
| 3619 | 2 |
| 3775 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19234953 | INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT AND INSERTION DEVICE THEREFOR | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | 3773 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19222012 | SCREW ELEMENT FOR USE IN SPINAL, ORTHOPAEDIC, OR TRAUMA SURGERY | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 3619 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19076560 | POLYAXIAL BONE ANCHORING DEVICE WITH ENLARGED PIVOT ANGLE | SHIRSAT, MARCELA | 3775 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19072159 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 3619 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19003901 | IMPLANT, INSERTION DEVICE, AND PLATE ASSEMBLY | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 3773 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18888026 | INSTRUMENT FOR USE WITH A BONE ANCHORING DEVICE | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 3773 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18446266 | COUPLING DEVICE FOR USE WITH A BONE ANCHORING ELEMENT AND BONE ANCHORING DEVICE WITH SUCH A COUPLING DEVICE | SUMMITT, LYNNSY M | 3773 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialBiedermann Technologies GmbH & Co. KG has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 6 examiners.
Matthew James Lawson has the most, with 2 of Biedermann Technologies GmbH & Co. KG's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
