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
Moving Spine AG maintains a portfolio within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company currently faces 3 pending office actions. These matters are handled by 2 distinct examiners, which indicates that at least 1 examiner is managing multiple files for the applicant. All prosecution activity is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a consistent classification for the company's mechanical and medical innovations. This concentration suggests that the 3 pending office actions involve similar technical subject matter.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY. This examiner is currently overseeing 2 pending office actions. With only 1 distinct art unit involved, the legal strategy likely focuses on a specific set of examination guidelines relevant to that unit. The 3 pending office actions are split between HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY and another distinct examiner. This distribution requires the applicant to manage relationships with 2 distinct examiners while navigating 1 distinct art unit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COTRONEO, STEVEN J | 1 | 69.4% | +32.0% |
| HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 1 | 77.7% | +19.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18771427 | INTERVERTEBRAL DISC NUCLEUS PULPOSUS IMPLANT | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | — |
| 18224679 | SPINE STABILIZATION | 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18771427 | INTERVERTEBRAL DISC NUCLEUS PULPOSUS IMPLANT | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | — |
| 18224679 | SPINE STABILIZATION | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3773 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18771427 | INTERVERTEBRAL DISC NUCLEUS PULPOSUS IMPLANT | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | 3773 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18224679 | SPINE STABILIZATION | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 3773 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialMoving Spine AG has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Steven J Cotroneo has the most, with 1 of Moving Spine AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
