Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Neuropro Technologies Inc. currently has 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are being handled by 2 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is responsible for exactly 1 pending matter. The prosecution is also split across 2 distinct art units, which suggests that the 2 pending applications involve different specialized sub-fields.
JAN CHRISTOP L MERENE is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action. Given that there are only 2 pending actions in total, the workload is evenly split between the 2 distinct examiners. This distribution ensures that no single examiner or art unit has a dominant role in the company's current patent prosecution. Practitioners can expect 2 separate tracks of communication, each governed by the specific standards of the 2 different art units involved.
The 1:1 ratio of 2 pending office actions to 2 distinct examiners indicates that there is no overlap in the review process for this portfolio. Jan Christop L Merene and the other examiner will each provide independent feedback based on the requirements of their respective 2 distinct art units. This structure requires practitioners to manage 2 distinct prosecution strategies simultaneously. The limited number of pending actions allows for a highly focused approach to each individual case within the medical devices sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KU, SI MING | 1 | 72.8% | +32.8% |
| MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 1 | 68.5% | +48.1% |
| KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 1 | 58.2% | +37.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17902156 | BONE FUSION DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 56d |
| 19260386 | BONE FUSION SURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17902156 | BONE FUSION DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 56d |
| 19315718 | BONE FUSION DEVICE, APPARATUS AND METHOD | KU, SI MING | — |
| 19260386 | BONE FUSION SURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3775 | 2 |
| 3773 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19315718 | BONE FUSION DEVICE, APPARATUS AND METHOD | KU, SI MING | 3775 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2025 |
| 19260386 | BONE FUSION SURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 3773 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 04, 2025 |
| 17902156 | BONE FUSION DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 3775 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Sep 02, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialNeuropro Technologies Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Si Ming Ku has the most, with 1 of Neuropro Technologies Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
