Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cranial Technologies Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are split across 2 distinct art units, suggesting different technical focuses within the field. The company is working with 2 distinct examiners. ROBITAILLE, JOHN P is the busiest examiner, overseeing 1 pending office action. With 2 pending office actions and the examiners being distinct, each examiner is handling a single case. The fact that these cases are in 2 distinct art units means the company is managing its prosecution across different administrative groups.
This distribution requires the company to address the specific standards of 2 distinct art units and the individual preferences of the examiners simultaneously. Although the portfolio is small, it is not concentrated. Each action represents a unique combination of examiner and art unit. Practitioners should be prepared for different prosecution timelines and outcomes for these cases, as they are being handled independently by ROBITAILLE, JOHN P and the other distinct examiner. This structure within the Chemistry & Materials area indicates that the company's innovations are diverse enough to be classified into 2 distinct art units, each with 1 pending office action.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALBERS, KEVIN S | 1 | 25.4% | +50.4% |
| ROBITAILLE, JOHN P | 1 | 62.5% | +22.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18991619 | CRANIAL REMODELING ORTHOSIS DEVICE WITH EXTRA GROWTH ROOM | ALBERS, KEVIN S | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18991619 | CRANIAL REMODELING ORTHOSIS DEVICE WITH EXTRA GROWTH ROOM | ALBERS, KEVIN S | — |
| 18900788 | CONCURRENT ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE OF A PLURALITY OF CUSTOM CRANIAL REMODELING ORTHOSIS DEVICES | ROBITAILLE, JOHN P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3786 | 1 |
| 1743 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18991619 | CRANIAL REMODELING ORTHOSIS DEVICE WITH EXTRA GROWTH ROOM | ALBERS, KEVIN S | 3786 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2024 |
| 18900788 | CONCURRENT ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE OF A PLURALITY OF CUSTOM CRANIAL REMODELING ORTHOSIS DEVICES | ROBITAILLE, JOHN P | 1743 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialCranial Technologies Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Kevin S Albers has the most, with 1 of Cranial Technologies Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
