Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Bionics Institute Of Australia currently manages 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These cases are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, including KRETZER, KYLE W., who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The matters are distributed across 2 distinct art units.
The presence of 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners indicates that each case is being reviewed by a different individual. KRETZER, KYLE W. is responsible for 1 pending case, which shows that the workload is spread across the assigned staff. This structure requires the institute to adapt to 2 different examination styles simultaneously.
With 2 distinct art units involved, the technical and procedural expectations will vary across the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering filings. Since KRETZER, KYLE W. handles 1 pending case, the practitioner must maintain separate communication channels for each matter. The prosecution strategy should focus on the specific requirements of the 2 distinct art units while addressing the unique feedback from each examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KRETZER, KYLE W. | 1 | 65.2% | +40.3% |
| LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN | 1 | 37.9% | +15.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18856968 | Systems, methods and devices for assessing hearing | KRETZER, KYLE W. | — |
| 17616788 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING NEURAL ACTIVITY | LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18856968 | Systems, methods and devices for assessing hearing | KRETZER, KYLE W. | — |
| 17616788 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING NEURAL ACTIVITY | LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| 3794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18856968 | Systems, methods and devices for assessing hearing | KRETZER, KYLE W. | 3791 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 17616788 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING NEURAL ACTIVITY | LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN | 3794 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialThe Bionics Institute Of Australia has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Kyle W. Kretzer has the most, with 1 of The Bionics Institute Of Australia's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
