Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Biomet 3I LLC has 6 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 6 actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units and 6 distinct examiners. Shannel Nicole Belk is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. The 1 pending office action with the busiest examiner indicates that each of the 6 pending office actions is handled by a different person. The 6 distinct examiners for 6 pending office actions create a decentralized prosecution environment. This requires managing 6 different examiner behaviors across 2 distinct art units. The 2 distinct art units suggest a focused technical scope, yet the 6 distinct examiners ensure a variety of perspectives.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 1 (17%) |
| §112 only | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELK, SHANNEL NICOLE | 1 | 58.7% | +37.5% |
| FARAJ, LINA AHMAD | 1 | 41.1% | +69.1% |
| APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | 1 | 63.2% | +20.9% |
| LEE, EDMUND H | 1 | 69.6% | +17.5% |
| TAMIRU, ABRHAM ALEHEGN | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| MAI, HAO D | 1 | 49.3% | +39.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18907223 | HYBRID ABUTMENT FOR RESTORATIVE DENTAL SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR INSTALLING THE SAME | FARAJ, LINA AHMAD | 28d |
| 18810802 | DENTAL IMPLANT SYSTEM | APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | — |
| 17566365 | ANGULATED SCREW CHANNEL FOR DENTAL IMPLANT | TAMIRU, ABRHAM ALEHEGN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19031156 | TEMPORARY ABUTMENT WITH COMBINATION OF SCANNING FEATURES AND PROVISIONALIZATION FEATURES | BELK, SHANNEL NICOLE | 14d |
| 18907223 | HYBRID ABUTMENT FOR RESTORATIVE DENTAL SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR INSTALLING THE SAME | FARAJ, LINA AHMAD | 28d |
| 18810802 | DENTAL IMPLANT SYSTEM | APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | — |
| 18743001 | OPTIMIZED LIBRARY SOLUTION FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS | LEE, EDMUND H | — |
| 16507756 | HEALING ABUTMENT ASSEMBLY WITH COMBINATION OF SCANNING FEATURES | MAI, HAO D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 4 |
| 2189 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19031156 | TEMPORARY ABUTMENT WITH COMBINATION OF SCANNING FEATURES AND PROVISIONALIZATION FEATURES | BELK, SHANNEL NICOLE | 3772 | §112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18907223 | HYBRID ABUTMENT FOR RESTORATIVE DENTAL SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR INSTALLING THE SAME | FARAJ, LINA AHMAD | 3772 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18810802 | DENTAL IMPLANT SYSTEM | APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | 3772 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18743001 | OPTIMIZED LIBRARY SOLUTION FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS | LEE, EDMUND H | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 17566365 | ANGULATED SCREW CHANNEL FOR DENTAL IMPLANT | TAMIRU, ABRHAM ALEHEGN | 2189 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2021 |
| 16507756 | HEALING ABUTMENT ASSEMBLY WITH COMBINATION OF SCANNING FEATURES | MAI, HAO D | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2019 |
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