Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Apex Orthopedics, LLC

2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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.

2
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (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
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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PRESTON, REBECCA STRASZHEIM 1 74.0% +37.8%
WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL 1 60.8% +39.6%

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18459041 Adjustable Osteotomy Devices, Systems, and Methods for Treating Mid-Foot Disorders WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL 16d overdue
18459028 Mid-foot Arthroplasty Devices, Systems, and Methods for Treating Mid-Foot Disorders PRESTON, REBECCA STRASZHEIM

Interview Candidates (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18459041 Adjustable Osteotomy Devices, Systems, and Methods for Treating Mid-Foot Disorders WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL 16d overdue
18459028 Mid-foot Arthroplasty Devices, Systems, and Methods for Treating Mid-Foot Disorders PRESTON, REBECCA STRASZHEIM

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3774 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18459028 Mid-foot Arthroplasty Devices, Systems, and Methods for Treating Mid-Foot Disorders PRESTON, REBECCA STRASZHEIM 3774 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2023
18459041 Adjustable Osteotomy Devices, Systems, and Methods for Treating Mid-Foot Disorders WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL 3774 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2023

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