Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
13 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
In2Bones Usa LLC is currently handling 13 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These cases are distributed among 8 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units. This distribution shows that some examiners are handling multiple cases, creating opportunities for practitioners to leverage consistent arguments across related applications. The use of 5 distinct art units suggests that while there is some concentration, the company's medical and mechanical innovations span several different examination specialties.
The busiest examiner is HU, ANN M, who is responsible for 4 pending office actions. This represents a portion of the 13 pending office actions, making this examiner's perspective influential for the portfolio. Practitioners must manage the various deadlines and procedural requirements associated with 8 distinct examiners. The involvement of 5 distinct art units indicates that practitioners must be prepared for a variety of examination styles and prior art interpretations within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (8%) |
| §103 only | 5 (38%) |
| §112 only | 4 (31%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (15%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HU, ANN M | 4 | 67.8% | +21.6% |
| GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | 2 | 85.4% | +17.2% |
| BATES, DAVID W | 2 | 76.4% | +16.7% |
| ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL | 1 | 66.2% | +58.6% |
| KINSAUL, ANNA KATHRYN | 1 | 43.1% | +56.3% |
| MANNAN, MIKAIL A | 1 | 68.5% | +23.5% |
| RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH | 1 | 68.5% | +15.9% |
| DUBOSE, LAUREN | 1 | 60.1% | +43.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18982966 | Subtalar Plate Implant | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18942270 | Syndesmosis Treatment Construct | ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL | — |
| 18921582 | BONE PLATE WITH TRANSVERSE SCREW | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | — |
| 18089902 | ENGINEERED STERILE CARTILAGE IMPLANT PLUG(S) WITH STERILE, SPECIFIC INSTRUMENT KIT(S) | HU, ANN M | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17897296 | PLANTAR BONE FUSION PLATE | BATES, DAVID W | 59d overdue |
| 17064483 | OSTEOCHONDRAL/SUBCHONDRAL TREATMENT SYSTEM | HU, ANN M | 26d |
| 16854264 | SYNDESMOSIS INSERTION CONSTRUCT | DUBOSE, LAUREN | 54d |
| 18982966 | Subtalar Plate Implant | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | — |
| 18942270 | Syndesmosis Treatment Construct | ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL | — |
| 18921582 | BONE PLATE WITH TRANSVERSE SCREW | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | — |
| 18773381 | Engineered Sterile Cartilage Implant Plug(s) With Sterile, Specific Instrument Kit(s) | HU, ANN M | — |
| 18669334 | METHOD FOR STERILE PACKAGING OF A KIRSCHNER WIRE AND CAP | KINSAUL, ANNA KATHRYN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 4 |
| 3775 | 2 |
| 3799 | 2 |
| 3771 | 2 |
| 3731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18982966 | Subtalar Plate Implant | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | 3775 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18942270 | Syndesmosis Treatment Construct | ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL | — | §101§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18921582 | BONE PLATE WITH TRANSVERSE SCREW | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | 3775 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18773381 | Engineered Sterile Cartilage Implant Plug(s) With Sterile, Specific Instrument Kit(s) | HU, ANN M | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18669334 | METHOD FOR STERILE PACKAGING OF A KIRSCHNER WIRE AND CAP | KINSAUL, ANNA KATHRYN | 3731 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18601729 | PLANTAR BONE FUSION PLATE | BATES, DAVID W | 3799 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18442480 | ENGINEERED STERILE CARTILAGE IMPLANT PLUG(S) WITH STERILE, SPECIFIC INSTRUMENT KIT(S) | HU, ANN M | 3774 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18089902 | ENGINEERED STERILE CARTILAGE IMPLANT PLUG(S) WITH STERILE, SPECIFIC INSTRUMENT KIT(S) | HU, ANN M | 3774 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2022 |
| 17897296 | PLANTAR BONE FUSION PLATE | BATES, DAVID W | 3799 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 59d overdue | Pending | Aug 29, 2022 |
| 17832420 | KNOTLESS SUTURE ANCHOR | MANNAN, MIKAIL A | 3774 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2022 |
| 17112767 | SYNDESMOSIS INSERTION CONSTRUCT | RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2020 |
| 17064483 | OSTEOCHONDRAL/SUBCHONDRAL TREATMENT SYSTEM | HU, ANN M | 3774 | §112 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Oct 06, 2020 |
| 16854264 | SYNDESMOSIS INSERTION CONSTRUCT | DUBOSE, LAUREN | 3771 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 54d | Pending | Apr 21, 2020 |
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