Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Skeletal Dynamics Inc. currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, meaning each pending matter is being reviewed by a different person. This distribution requires the company to manage 3 unique examiner relationships simultaneously, which can lead to varied prosecution outcomes.
The busiest examiner for the company is WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Given that there are 3 distinct examiners for 3 pending actions, the workload is evenly split across the assigned staff. This lack of concentration means the company must navigate the specific preferences of 3 different examiners without a single dominant point of contact at the patent office.
The portfolio is also spread across 2 distinct art units, indicating that while the examiners are different, some of the matters share a similar technical classification. With 3 pending office actions and 2 distinct art units, practitioners should monitor for consistency in examination within the shared unit. The prosecution strategy must be adaptable to the specific requirements of these 2 distinct art units to ensure 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) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIPP, AMY R. | 1 | 71.1% | +26.0% |
| WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL | 1 | 61.0% | +39.1% |
| CHANG, OLIVIA C | 1 | 84.6% | +13.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18830270 | SYSTEM FOR AFFIXING AN ORTHOPEDIC COMPONENT TO A BONE USING A POLYAXIAL SCREW | SIPP, AMY R. | — |
| 18830152 | REVERSE SHOULDER PROSTHESIS AND RELATED METHODS | WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL | — |
| 18544866 | ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT WITH NON-HELICAL FASTENER HOLE | CHANG, OLIVIA C | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18830270 | SYSTEM FOR AFFIXING AN ORTHOPEDIC COMPONENT TO A BONE USING A POLYAXIAL SCREW | SIPP, AMY R. | — |
| 18830152 | REVERSE SHOULDER PROSTHESIS AND RELATED METHODS | WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL | — |
| 18544866 | ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT WITH NON-HELICAL FASTENER HOLE | CHANG, OLIVIA C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3775 | 2 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18830270 | SYSTEM FOR AFFIXING AN ORTHOPEDIC COMPONENT TO A BONE USING A POLYAXIAL SCREW | SIPP, AMY R. | 3775 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18830152 | REVERSE SHOULDER PROSTHESIS AND RELATED METHODS | WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL | 3774 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18544866 | ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT WITH NON-HELICAL FASTENER HOLE | CHANG, OLIVIA C | 3775 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSkeletal Dynamics Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Amy R. Sipp has the most, with 1 of Skeletal Dynamics Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
