Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Alphatec Spine Inc.

8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

5
Hard (62%)
3
Medium (38%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (38%)
§103 only2 (25%)
§102 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (25%)

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
8
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY 1 77.9% +19.0%
STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN 1 52.7% +40.9%
PORTILLO, JAIRO H 1 53.4% +30.6%
COTRONEO, STEVEN J 1 69.2% +32.1%
BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA 1 19.2% +65.9%
CERIONI, DANIEL LEE 1 64.7% +28.5%
BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT 1 70.1% +24.3%
TOWA, RENE T 1 49.0% +17.6%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19271775 POROUS INTERBODIES HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY
18868337 ROBOTIC NAVIGATION ASSISTED SURGICAL TOOL GUIDANCE STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN
18759792 INTRA-OPERATIVE LOWER SPINE MOTOR INTEGRITY MONITORING THROUGH TRANS-SPINAL STIMULATION PORTILLO, JAIRO H
18227842 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SSEP (SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED POTENTIALS) WITH MONITORABLE BASELINE WAVEFORM DETERMINATION BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA
17691915 STIMULATION SYSTEM TOWA, RENE T

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18161768 Intervertebral Cage with Porosity Gradient BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT 43d
19271775 POROUS INTERBODIES HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY
18868337 ROBOTIC NAVIGATION ASSISTED SURGICAL TOOL GUIDANCE STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN
18759792 INTRA-OPERATIVE LOWER SPINE MOTOR INTEGRITY MONITORING THROUGH TRANS-SPINAL STIMULATION PORTILLO, JAIRO H
18229056 TECHNOLOGIES FOR LINES COUPLED TO SPINES COTRONEO, STEVEN J
18227842 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SSEP (SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED POTENTIALS) WITH MONITORABLE BASELINE WAVEFORM DETERMINATION BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA
18319359 STIMULATION SYSTEM CERIONI, DANIEL LEE
17691915 STIMULATION SYSTEM TOWA, RENE T

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 4
3773 2
3794 1
3775 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19271775 POROUS INTERBODIES HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY 3773 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 16, 2025
18868337 ROBOTIC NAVIGATION ASSISTED SURGICAL TOOL GUIDANCE STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN 3794 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2024
18759792 INTRA-OPERATIVE LOWER SPINE MOTOR INTEGRITY MONITORING THROUGH TRANS-SPINAL STIMULATION PORTILLO, JAIRO H 3791 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2024
18229056 TECHNOLOGIES FOR LINES COUPLED TO SPINES COTRONEO, STEVEN J 3773 §102 Final Rejection Pending Aug 01, 2023
18227842 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SSEP (SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED POTENTIALS) WITH MONITORABLE BASELINE WAVEFORM DETERMINATION BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA 3791 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 28, 2023
18319359 STIMULATION SYSTEM CERIONI, DANIEL LEE 3791 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2023
18161768 Intervertebral Cage with Porosity Gradient BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT 3775 §103 Non-Final OA 43d Pending Jan 30, 2023
17691915 STIMULATION SYSTEM TOWA, RENE T 3791 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 10, 2022

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