Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Össur Iceland Ehf manages 4 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners, but all 4 actions are concentrated in 1 distinct art unit. WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE is the busiest examiner, handling 2 of the pending actions.
This concentration in 1 art unit suggests a focused technical scope, while the examiner distribution shows that an individual is responsible for 2 of the pending matters. For the practitioner, the concentration in the art unit implies that the portfolio is subject to a specific set of examination standards. The role of the busiest examiner is significant here, as their decisions will impact the pending matters. Strategy should focus on the specific tendencies of the 3 distinct examiners involved.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 2 | 49.8% | +26.0% |
| SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS | 1 | 32.8% | +31.6% |
| SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD | 1 | 75.4% | +8.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18742326 | LOCKING PROSTHETIC KNEE AND CORE COMPONENTS THEREFOR | SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS | — |
| 18180757 | FOOT COVER FOR PROSTHETIC FOOT | SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18065817 | CURRENT CONTROLLER FOR A MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL ACTUATOR | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 62d |
| 18742326 | LOCKING PROSTHETIC KNEE AND CORE COMPONENTS THEREFOR | SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS | — |
| 17448770 | PROSTHETIC FEET AND FOOT COVERS | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18742326 | LOCKING PROSTHETIC KNEE AND CORE COMPONENTS THEREFOR | SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18180757 | FOOT COVER FOR PROSTHETIC FOOT | SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD | 3774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2023 |
| 18065817 | CURRENT CONTROLLER FOR A MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL ACTUATOR | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 3774 | §103 | Final Rejection | 62d | Pending | Dec 14, 2022 |
| 17448770 | PROSTHETIC FEET AND FOOT COVERS | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2021 |
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