Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Bone Solutions Inc. currently manages 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, resulting in a perfectly decentralized prosecution structure. GIBSON, ERIC SHANE is identified as the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action.
Because there are 4 distinct examiners for 4 pending office actions, every examiner is responsible for exactly 1 matter. This distribution means that no single individual or administrative group dominates the company's current patent pipeline. The involvement of 4 distinct art units further indicates that the portfolio is spread across several different technical classifications at the patent office.
For the practitioner, this structure requires a strategy tailored to the specific habits of the 4 different examiners. Since GIBSON, ERIC SHANE and the other assigned examiners each handle only 1 pending office action, there is no opportunity to leverage a single examiner relationship for multiple outcomes. The 4 distinct art units also suggest that procedural experiences may vary across the different pending matters.
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 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | 1 | 85.5% | +17.2% |
| WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL | 1 | 61.0% | +39.1% |
| COUGHLIN, DANIEL F | 1 | 38.9% | +18.3% |
| CRAIGO, WILLIAM A | 1 | 48.9% | +38.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19192723 | Implant of Osteostimulative Material | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18261122 | Orthopedic Implant and Methods of Use | WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18000192 | Bio-Material Composition and Methods of Use in Craniomaxillofacial Surgery | CRAIGO, WILLIAM A | 28d |
| 19192723 | Implant of Osteostimulative Material | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | — |
| 18261122 | Orthopedic Implant and Methods of Use | WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL | — |
| 18000215 | Bio-Material Composition and Methods of Use | COUGHLIN, DANIEL F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3775 | 1 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| 1619 | 1 |
| 1615 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19192723 | Implant of Osteostimulative Material | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | 3775 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 18261122 | Orthopedic Implant and Methods of Use | WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL | 3774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
| 18000215 | Bio-Material Composition and Methods of Use | COUGHLIN, DANIEL F | 1619 | §102Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2023 |
| 18000192 | Bio-Material Composition and Methods of Use in Craniomaxillofacial Surgery | CRAIGO, WILLIAM A | 1615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Nov 29, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialBone Solutions Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Eric Shane Gibson has the most, with 1 of Bone Solutions Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
