Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH

11 pending office actions • 3 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
10
Medium (91%)
1
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (82%)
§102 only1 (9%)
§112 only1 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. 3 67.3% +23.6%
SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS 3 32.8% +32.3%
MILO, MICHAEL 1 49.1% +55.6%
NELSON, KERI JESSICA 1 58.0% +42.1%
KANAAN, LIZA TONY 1 22.4% +35.2%
SANDERS, JICHELE MONIQUE 1
SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD 1 75.1% +8.3%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18256331 METHOD FOR ANALYZING USEFUL DATA OF AN ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE KANAAN, LIZA TONY 43d overdue

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18559607 ORTHOSIS NELSON, KERI JESSICA 70d overdue
18256331 METHOD FOR ANALYZING USEFUL DATA OF AN ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE KANAAN, LIZA TONY 43d overdue
18016838 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PROSTHESIS OR ORTHOSIS BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. 35d overdue
18577366 ORTHOPEDIC JOINT DEVICE MILO, MICHAEL 31d overdue
18246783 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PROSTHETIC FOOT BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. 28d overdue
18056934 ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS 7d
18016827 ORTHOPAEDIC JOINT DEVICE BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. 21d
18016829 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PROSTHESIS OR ORTHESIS SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS 29d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3774 8
3786 2
3683 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18577366 ORTHOPEDIC JOINT DEVICE MILO, MICHAEL 3786 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jan 08, 2024
18559607 ORTHOSIS NELSON, KERI JESSICA 3786 §103 Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2023
18256331 METHOD FOR ANALYZING USEFUL DATA OF AN ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE KANAAN, LIZA TONY 3683 §102 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2023
18252465 Damper unit and orthopedic device SANDERS, JICHELE MONIQUE 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending May 10, 2023
18246783 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PROSTHETIC FOOT BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Mar 27, 2023
18016827 ORTHOPAEDIC JOINT DEVICE BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. 3774 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Jan 18, 2023
18016831 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PROSTHESIS OR ORTHESIS SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS 3774 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Jan 18, 2023
18016829 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PROSTHESIS OR ORTHESIS SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS 3774 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jan 18, 2023
18016838 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PROSTHESIS OR ORTHOSIS BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2023
18004713 PROSTHETIC SOCKET SYSTEM, AND PROSTHETIC SOCKET AND LINER SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD 3774 §112 Final Rejection 46d Pending Jan 09, 2023
18056934 ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS 3774 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Nov 18, 2022

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