Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Motion Control Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners. Both of these pending matters are located within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that while different individuals are reviewing the applications, they are working within the same specialized administrative group at the patent office.
The busiest examiner is SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. With 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending actions, the workload is evenly split between the assigned personnel. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's current filings have a similar technical focus. For the practitioner, this means that while they must manage 2 different examiner relationships, the overarching technical standards and supervisory guidance will likely be consistent across both pending matters. This centralized administrative structure can be used to ensure that arguments made in 1 application are compatible with the other.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD | 1 | 75.4% | +7.7% |
| SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS | 1 | 34.3% | +32.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18766594 | PROSTHETIC ATTACHMENT DEVICE FOR OSSEOINTEGRATED IMPLANTS | SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD | — |
| 17507532 | Prosthetic Foot and Ankle System with Damper | SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17507532 | Prosthetic Foot and Ankle System with Damper | SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18766594 | PROSTHETIC ATTACHMENT DEVICE FOR OSSEOINTEGRATED IMPLANTS | SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD | 3774 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 17507532 | Prosthetic Foot and Ankle System with Damper | SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS | 3774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialMotion Control Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Bruce Edward Snow has the most, with 1 of Motion Control Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
