Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
British Columbia Cancer Agency Branch has 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution shows that each pending matter is being reviewed by a different examiner in a different specialized unit. The involvement of 2 distinct examiners suggests that the agency must navigate different examination styles even with a small number of active cases.
The busiest examiner for the agency is HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY, who manages 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since there are 2 pending office actions in total and 2 distinct examiners, each examiner is responsible for 1 action. With 2 distinct art units involved, the prosecution strategy must be adaptable to different internal policies and technical standards. This decentralized arrangement for only 2 actions indicates that the agency's medical technology spans multiple classifications.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 1 | 77.7% | +19.1% |
| SHIAO, REI TSANG | 1 | 79.9% | -33.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18945941 | SHAPE ADAPTABLE INTRAMEDULLARY FIXATION 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18945941 | SHAPE ADAPTABLE INTRAMEDULLARY FIXATION DEVICE | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3773 | 1 |
| 1691 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18945941 | SHAPE ADAPTABLE INTRAMEDULLARY FIXATION DEVICE | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 3773 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18791751 | HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS FOR CANCER IMAGING AND TREATMENT AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE | SHIAO, REI TSANG | 1691 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBritish Columbia Cancer Agency Branch has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Julianna Nancy Harvey has the most, with 1 of British Columbia Cancer Agency Branch's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
