Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 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 across 3 distinct examiners, indicating a balanced ratio of pending matters to individual officials. Despite this distribution, the portfolio is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a narrow technical focus for the company's current prosecution efforts. This concentration implies that the applicant can expect a consistent application of examination standards across their active filings. Practitioners can benefit from this uniformity by developing a cohesive technical narrative that resonates with the specific requirements of the art unit.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This workload represents a portion of the company's active interactions with the patent office. Practitioners should note that while the examiner pool is diverse, the singular art unit environment provides a consistent procedural framework for the pending actions. Managing the 3 distinct examiners within the 1 distinct art unit requires the applicant to maintain technical consistency while adapting to the individual preferences of each official. The current data highlights a decentralized review process within a centralized technical division. This structure allows for multiple independent evaluations of the company's medical device innovations while maintaining a stable regulatory context.
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% | +25.6% |
| WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL | 1 | 61.0% | +39.1% |
| CHANG, OLIVIA C | 1 | 84.4% | +13.3% |
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 |
| 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 | — | §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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