Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Canary Medical Switzerland AG has 7 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The portfolio includes 7 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units, indicating complete dispersion across the available examiner and art unit assignments. No recurring examiner or art unit pattern is shown in the data.
WOODALL, NICHOLAS W is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should therefore organize prosecution around individual matter records, while maintaining consistent technical terminology and disclosure positions across the medical device portfolio.
The broad assignment structure may require separate review of examiner practices, cited references, and claim treatment for each action. A portfolio-wide strategy remains useful for technical coherence, but the available distribution does not support relying on a dominant examiner or art unit approach.
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 | 2 (29%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (14%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | 1 | 83.5% | +14.0% |
| WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | 1 | 82.1% | +13.3% |
| DEWITT, JORDAN EDWARD | 1 | 85.1% | +11.6% |
| ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL | 1 | 66.8% | +57.5% |
| GHERBI, SUZETTE JAIME J | 1 | 85.1% | +8.7% |
| YOUNG, MICAH PAUL | 1 | 55.2% | +30.0% |
| TOMBERS, JOSEPH A | 1 | 50.5% | +31.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19328945 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING AND MONITORING ORTHOPEDIC HARDWARE | BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
| 19021832 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING AND MONITORING SPINAL IMPLANTS | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | — |
| 18441932 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING AND MONITORING TUBES IN BODY PASSAGEWAYS | GHERBI, SUZETTE JAIME J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17855422 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING AND ANALYZING KINEMATIC DATA FROM INTELLIGENT KINEMATIC DEVICES | TOMBERS, JOSEPH A | 28d |
| 18846520 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH SENSING AND COMMUNICATION FUNCTIONALITY UTILIZING A SUBSTRATE ANTENNA | DEWITT, JORDAN EDWARD | — |
| 18684633 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH SENSING AND COMMUNICATION FUNCTIONALITY | ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18116737 | POLYMERS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR USING AND MONITORING POLYMERS FOR USE IN MEDICAL POLYMERS, IMPLANTS, AND PROCEDURES | YOUNG, MICAH PAUL | 21d |
| 17855422 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING AND ANALYZING KINEMATIC DATA FROM INTELLIGENT KINEMATIC DEVICES | TOMBERS, JOSEPH A | 28d |
| 19328945 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING AND MONITORING ORTHOPEDIC HARDWARE | BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
| 19021832 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING AND MONITORING SPINAL IMPLANTS | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | — |
| 18846520 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH SENSING AND COMMUNICATION FUNCTIONALITY UTILIZING A SUBSTRATE ANTENNA | DEWITT, JORDAN EDWARD | — |
| 18684633 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH SENSING AND COMMUNICATION FUNCTIONALITY | ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3775 | 2 |
| 2845 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| 1618 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19328945 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING AND MONITORING ORTHOPEDIC HARDWARE | BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | 3775 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2025 |
| 19021832 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING AND MONITORING SPINAL IMPLANTS | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | 3775 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18846520 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH SENSING AND COMMUNICATION FUNCTIONALITY UTILIZING A SUBSTRATE ANTENNA | DEWITT, JORDAN EDWARD | 2845 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18684633 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH SENSING AND COMMUNICATION FUNCTIONALITY | ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL | 3771 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18441932 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING AND MONITORING TUBES IN BODY PASSAGEWAYS | GHERBI, SUZETTE JAIME J | 3774 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18116737 | POLYMERS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR USING AND MONITORING POLYMERS FOR USE IN MEDICAL POLYMERS, IMPLANTS, AND PROCEDURES | YOUNG, MICAH PAUL | 1618 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Mar 02, 2023 |
| 17855422 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING AND ANALYZING KINEMATIC DATA FROM INTELLIGENT KINEMATIC DEVICES | TOMBERS, JOSEPH A | 3791 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jun 30, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialCanary Medical Switzerland AG has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 7 examiners.
Christopher J Beccia has the most, with 1 of Canary Medical Switzerland AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
