Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
The patent portfolio for Orthofix S R L includes 2 pending office actions located in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are handled by 2 distinct examiners, yet they are both contained within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration within the art unit suggests technical similarity between the pending applications. ANNA VICTORIA LITTLE serves as the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action under review.
Since there are the distinct examiners for the pending actions, the workload is distributed. This distribution means that no single examiner has the majority of the portfolio's active cases, requiring the applicant to manage separate examiner relationships. The focus on the art unit provides the consistent environment regarding the prior art and examination standards applied to the portfolio. While the examiners may have different individual tendencies, the shared art unit framework allows for predictability in the prosecution process.
Practitioners can focus their technical expertise on the specific requirements of the art unit while addressing the 2 pending office actions. The Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area requires precise arguments for each case. ANNA VICTORIA LITTLE and the other official will each evaluate the claims independently. Managing the relationships with the examiners is essential for the company's success.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LITTLE, ANNA VICTORIA | 1 | 76.7% | +23.3% |
| LANE, HOLLY JOANNA | 1 | 80.5% | +16.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19095988 | MOTORIZED INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL FOR BONE LENGTHENING OR TRANSPORT WITH IMPROVED POWER SUPPLY | LITTLE, ANNA VICTORIA | — |
| 18962975 | TELESCOPIC INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL AND KIT COMPRISING SAID TELESCOPIC INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL AND CORRESPONDING TOOLS | LANE, HOLLY JOANNA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19095988 | MOTORIZED INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL FOR BONE LENGTHENING OR TRANSPORT WITH IMPROVED POWER SUPPLY | LITTLE, ANNA VICTORIA | — |
| 18962975 | TELESCOPIC INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL AND KIT COMPRISING SAID TELESCOPIC INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL AND CORRESPONDING TOOLS | LANE, HOLLY JOANNA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3773 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19095988 | MOTORIZED INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL FOR BONE LENGTHENING OR TRANSPORT WITH IMPROVED POWER SUPPLY | LITTLE, ANNA VICTORIA | 3773 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 18962975 | TELESCOPIC INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL AND KIT COMPRISING SAID TELESCOPIC INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL AND CORRESPONDING TOOLS | LANE, HOLLY JOANNA | 3773 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
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