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
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 5 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (13%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due 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. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3786 | 4 |
| 3774 | 3 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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