Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 2 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Spr Therapeutics Inc. faces 10 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are concentrated in only 2 distinct art units, suggesting a high degree of technical overlap in the subject matter being prosecuted. Despite the limited number of units, the portfolio is being reviewed by 7 distinct examiners. This combination of few units and many examiners indicates that while the technology is focused, the subjective review process is spread across a relatively large group of individuals.
A significant portion of the workload is handled by ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO, who is the busiest examiner with 4 pending office actions. This concentration means that 4 out of the 10 pending office actions are subject to the scrutiny of a single individual. Practitioners should monitor the outcomes of these cases closely, as they represent a substantial share of the active workload. The remaining actions are distributed among the other 7 distinct examiners, requiring a strategy that balances the influence of the busiest examiner with the varied approaches of the rest of the group. The 2 distinct art units involved will likely have established precedents that apply across the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 6 (60%) |
| §102 only | 1 (10%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (10%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | 4 | 76.6% | +15.7% |
| GEDEON, BRIAN T | 1 | 87.0% | +7.2% |
| MORALES, JON ERIC C | 1 | 85.4% | +10.0% |
| JOHNSON, NICOLE F | 1 | 87.4% | +7.3% |
| FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN | 1 | 79.5% | +18.2% |
| LEVICKY, WILLIAM J | 1 | 69.4% | +29.3% |
| ANJARIA, SHREYA PARAG | 1 | 53.7% | +26.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18623297 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING SHOULDER PAIN RELATED TO SUBACROMIAL IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME | JOHNSON, NICOLE F | 12d |
| 18772597 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN RELATED TO LIMB JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGERY | MORALES, JON ERIC C | 19d |
| 19001978 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PLACE ONE OR MORE LEADS IN TISSUE FOR PROVIDING FUNCTIONAL AND/OR THERAPEUTIC STIMULATION | GEDEON, BRIAN T | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19043657 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN THROUGH NEURAL FIBER STIMULATION | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18379265 | OCCIPITAL NERVE STIMULATION FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN | LEVICKY, WILLIAM J | 128d overdue |
| 18418456 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING, IMPLANTING AND USING A STIMULATION LEAD | FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN | 5d overdue |
| 18772597 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN RELATED TO LIMB JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGERY | MORALES, JON ERIC C | 19d |
| 19043657 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN THROUGH NEURAL FIBER STIMULATION | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | — |
| 19002021 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN THROUGH NEURAL FIBER STIMULATION | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | — |
| 18820458 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN THROUGH NEURAL FIBER STIMULATION | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | — |
| 18820820 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PLACE ONE OR MORE LEADS IN TISSUE TO ELECTRICALLY STIMULATE NERVES TO TREAT PAIN | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | — |
| 17400187 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN FOLLOWING AMPUTATION AND SURGICAL TISSUE REMOVAL | ANJARIA, SHREYA PARAG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 9 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19043657 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN THROUGH NEURAL FIBER STIMULATION | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | 3796 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19001978 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PLACE ONE OR MORE LEADS IN TISSUE FOR PROVIDING FUNCTIONAL AND/OR THERAPEUTIC STIMULATION | GEDEON, BRIAN T | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 19002021 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN THROUGH NEURAL FIBER STIMULATION | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | 3796 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18820458 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN THROUGH NEURAL FIBER STIMULATION | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | 3796 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18820820 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PLACE ONE OR MORE LEADS IN TISSUE TO ELECTRICALLY STIMULATE NERVES TO TREAT PAIN | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | 3796 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18772597 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN RELATED TO LIMB JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGERY | MORALES, JON ERIC C | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18623297 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING SHOULDER PAIN RELATED TO SUBACROMIAL IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME | JOHNSON, NICOLE F | 3796 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18418456 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING, IMPLANTING AND USING A STIMULATION LEAD | FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18379265 | OCCIPITAL NERVE STIMULATION FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN | LEVICKY, WILLIAM J | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | 128d overdue | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 17400187 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN FOLLOWING AMPUTATION AND SURGICAL TISSUE REMOVAL | ANJARIA, SHREYA PARAG | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialSpr Therapeutics Inc. has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 7 examiners.
Alyssa Margo Alter Morschauser has the most, with 4 of Spr Therapeutics Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
