Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Bone Health Technologies Inc. has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This case is under the review of a distinct examiner in a distinct art unit. This suggests that the company's current patent strategy is specialized within the medical device sector, with no active matters currently pending in other technical fields.
The busiest examiner, BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN, is handling the 1 pending office action. As the examiner for the company's active matters, this individual's perspective on the technology will be the deciding factor in the prosecution. Understanding this examiner's specific approach to medical device claims is vital for a successful outcome. The examiner's prior work in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area provides a baseline for the current examination.
The presence of the distinct art unit ensures that the company is subject to a uniform set of examination criteria. This lack of departmental variety simplifies the administrative oversight of the active office action. The current prosecution profile is characterized by its singular focus and lack of distribution, which allows for a concentrated effort on this specific application.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | 1 | 58.5% | +59.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17657710 | APPARATUS FOR THE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF OSTEOPENIA AND OSTEOPOROSIS, STIMULATING BONE GROWTH, PRESERVING OR IMPROVING BONE MINERAL DENSITY, AND INHIBITING ADIPOGENESIS | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17657710 | APPARATUS FOR THE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF OSTEOPENIA AND OSTEOPOROSIS, STIMULATING BONE GROWTH, PRESERVING OR IMPROVING BONE MINERAL DENSITY, AND INHIBITING ADIPOGENESIS | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17657710 | APPARATUS FOR THE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF OSTEOPENIA AND OSTEOPOROSIS, STIMULATING BONE GROWTH, PRESERVING OR IMPROVING BONE MINERAL DENSITY, AND INHIBITING ADIPOGENESIS | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | 3785 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialBone Health Technologies Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Paige Kathleen Bugg has the most, with 1 of Bone Health Technologies Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
