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
Ornge Orthodontics Inc. currently has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio is focused within 1 distinct art unit, but the workload is split between 2 distinct examiners. This indicates that the technical scope is consistent, even as the individual examination styles may differ. Having distinct examiners for the total actions ensures that the applicant receives feedback from more than 1 perspective within the same technical group.
APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Because there are distinct examiners for the total actions, no single examiner dominates the portfolio. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests a stable administrative environment, though the use of different examiners means the applicant must manage separate sets of examiner expectations simultaneously. This distribution requires the practitioner to be mindful of the individual nuances of each examiner despite the shared 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | 1 | 63.1% | +21.1% |
| NELSON, CHRISTINE L | 1 | 62.4% | +33.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19471691 | ORTHODONTIC BRACKET ASSEMBLY AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING ORTHODONTIC BRACKET ASSEMBLY | APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | — |
| 19185010 | ORTHODONTIC DEVICE AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING ORTHODONTIC DEVICE | NELSON, CHRISTINE 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19471691 | ORTHODONTIC BRACKET ASSEMBLY AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING ORTHODONTIC BRACKET ASSEMBLY | APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | — |
| 19185010 | ORTHODONTIC DEVICE AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING ORTHODONTIC DEVICE | NELSON, CHRISTINE L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19471691 | ORTHODONTIC BRACKET ASSEMBLY AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING ORTHODONTIC BRACKET ASSEMBLY | APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | 3772 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2025 |
| 19185010 | ORTHODONTIC DEVICE AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING ORTHODONTIC DEVICE | NELSON, CHRISTINE L | 3772 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialOrnge Orthodontics Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Mirayda Arlene Aponte has the most, with 1 of Ornge Orthodontics Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
