Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Ossur Iceland ehf

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

15 pending office actions • 4 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Ossur Iceland Ehf currently manages 15 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 15 actions are distributed across 13 distinct examiners, which suggests a high degree of individual examiner variety relative to the total volume of pending matters. The 4 distinct art units involved indicate that the company's intellectual property spans several specialized examination groups, requiring a strategy that accounts for different procedural nuances within the patent office.

Among the active personnel, Miller, Daniel A is identified as the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 2 of the pending office actions. This specific concentration of 2 actions with one individual contrasts with the broader distribution across the 13 distinct examiners assigned to the portfolio. For a practitioner, the presence of 15 pending office actions across 4 distinct art units necessitates a versatile approach to prosecution, as each unit may apply different interpretations of Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering guidelines.

The fact that 13 distinct examiners are handling 15 pending office actions implies that most examiners are only managing a single case for this entity. This lack of examiner overlap, with the exception of Miller, Daniel A and his 2 pending actions, means that institutional knowledge gained from one prosecution may not frequently carry over to others. Consequently, the 15 pending office actions represent a landscape where individual examiner preferences will likely dictate the pace and outcome of the majority of the applications.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

6
Hard (40%)
8
Medium (53%)
1
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (33%)
§102 only1 (7%)
Double-patenting only1 (7%)
Double-patenting + other2 (13%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (40%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
7% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
53% of docket
6
Business / Other
40% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MILLER, DANIEL A 2 34.3% +57.8%
WILLSE, DAVID H 2 67.3% +13.7%
NELSON, KERI JESSICA 1 58.5% +41.2%
CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 1 46.0% +38.4%
GONG, KRIS HANYU 1 25.7% +47.7%
WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 1 63.6% +25.6%
DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN 1 41.7% +68.8%
BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. 1 68.2% +23.5%
PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E 1 55.2% +35.6%
SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD 1 75.4% +8.0%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18975426 PROSTHETIC LINER AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 5d overdue
19629600 ORTHOPEDIC WALKER NELSON, KERI JESSICA —
19079779 INTERFACE FOR AN EXOSKELETON GONG, KRIS HANYU —
19001782 MULTI-COMPONENT FRAME FOR USE IN AN ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE MILLER, DANIEL A —
18712396 PROSTHETIC DEVICE HAVING A SACRIFICIAL ANODE PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E —
18425765 BRIM FOR PROSTHETIC SOCKET HU, ANN M —
18342859 POLYMERIC POLYCENTRIC HINGE MILLER, DANIEL A —

Interview Candidates (11)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18975426 PROSTHETIC LINER AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 5d overdue
19629600 ORTHOPEDIC WALKER NELSON, KERI JESSICA —
19436240 ORTHOPEDIC WALKER CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN —
19079779 INTERFACE FOR AN EXOSKELETON GONG, KRIS HANYU —
19001782 MULTI-COMPONENT FRAME FOR USE IN AN ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE MILLER, DANIEL A —
18941395 PROSTHETIC LINER WILLSE, DAVID H —
18847344 INTERFACE FOR AN EXOSKELETON DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN —
18762305 ADJUSTABLE SOCKET SYSTEM BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3786 4
3774 3
3785 1
1712 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19629600 ORTHOPEDIC WALKER NELSON, KERI JESSICA 3786 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2026
19436240 ORTHOPEDIC WALKER CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 3786 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 30, 2025
19079779 INTERFACE FOR AN EXOSKELETON GONG, KRIS HANYU 3785 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2025
19001782 MULTI-COMPONENT FRAME FOR USE IN AN ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE MILLER, DANIEL A 3786 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 26, 2024
18975426 PROSTHETIC LINER AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 1712 §103§112 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Dec 10, 2024
18941395 PROSTHETIC LINER WILLSE, DAVID H — §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 08, 2024
18847344 INTERFACE FOR AN EXOSKELETON DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 16, 2024
18762305 ADJUSTABLE SOCKET SYSTEM BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. — §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 02, 2024
18745171 PROSTHETIC INTERFACE WILLSE, DAVID H — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 17, 2024
18712396 PROSTHETIC DEVICE HAVING A SACRIFICIAL ANODE PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 22, 2024
18699968 PROSTHETIC ASSEMBLY HAVING AN ELECTRODE INTERFACE FOR RECORDING MUSCLE ACTIVITY SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 10, 2024
18425765 BRIM FOR PROSTHETIC SOCKET HU, ANN M 3774 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 29, 2024
18342859 POLYMERIC POLYCENTRIC HINGE MILLER, DANIEL A 3786 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2023
17961842 PROSTHETIC LINER AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND CORRESPONDING COMPONENTS FOR MAKING SUCH PROSTHETIC LINER SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS 3774 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 07, 2022
17573364 VACUUM SUPENSION SYSTEM WITH HEEL PUMP FOR A PROSTHETIC LEG. WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE 3774 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 11, 2022

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