Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Skeletal Dynamics Inc.

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

Analysis

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.

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

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

3
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (100%)

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
2
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
1
Business / Other
33% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview 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%

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue 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 —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue 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 —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3775 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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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