Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Neo Medical SA has 5 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 5 pending office actions are assigned to 5 distinct examiners, ensuring a variety of perspectives on the company's filings. The portfolio spans 4 distinct art units, indicating a relatively focused technical scope for the company's current medical device applications.
CARTER, TARA ROSE E is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action currently active. This confirms that the 5 pending office actions are spread evenly among the 5 distinct examiners. This distribution requires a highly individualized approach to each application, as there is no examiner overlap that would allow for a unified prosecution strategy.
Practitioners must focus on the unique requirements of each of the 4 distinct art units to successfully move the 5 pending office actions toward allowance. The lack of concentration among the 5 distinct examiners means that the company's success is not tied to any single individual's interpretation of the prior art. Each matter must be handled independently within its respective art unit environment.
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 | 1 (20%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARTER, TARA ROSE E | 1 | 80.7% | +9.7% |
| LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 1 | 73.8% | +29.9% |
| HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 1 | 78.3% | +11.4% |
| VARGAS MONTALVO, DIXOMARA | 1 | 92.6% | +8.4% |
| KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 1 | 58.2% | +37.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18548508 | A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROPOSING SPINAL RODS FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY USING AUGMENTED REALITY | VARGAS MONTALVO, DIXOMARA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19051333 | Set Screw and Set Screw Driving Tool for Improved Rod Alignment | HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 15d |
| 19302456 | System for Tightening an Orthopedic Set Screw at Two Different Torque Levels | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | — |
| 19104837 | RETRACTOR SYSTEM FOR SPINE SURGERY | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17774527 | An Orthopedic Screw Extender Having A U-Shaped Bent Structure With A Reduced Diameter | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 96d overdue |
| 19051333 | Set Screw and Set Screw Driving Tool for Improved Rod Alignment | HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 15d |
| 19104837 | RETRACTOR SYSTEM FOR SPINE SURGERY | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3773 | 2 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 3775 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19302456 | System for Tightening an Orthopedic Set Screw at Two Different Torque Levels | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | 3773 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2025 |
| 19104837 | RETRACTOR SYSTEM FOR SPINE SURGERY | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 3619 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 19051333 | Set Screw and Set Screw Driving Tool for Improved Rod Alignment | HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 3773 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 18548508 | A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROPOSING SPINAL RODS FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY USING AUGMENTED REALITY | VARGAS MONTALVO, DIXOMARA | 3798 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2023 |
| 17774527 | An Orthopedic Screw Extender Having A U-Shaped Bent Structure With A Reduced Diameter | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 3775 | §103 | Final Rejection | 96d overdue | Pending | May 05, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialNeo Medical SA has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.
Tara Rose E Carter has the most, with 1 of Neo Medical SA's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
