Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
52 pending office actions • 19 art units • 45 examiners • 0 of 52 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 70 patents granted in the last 365 days
Arthrex Inc. is currently managing 53 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 18 distinct art units, indicating a broad range of orthopedic and medical innovations. The involvement of 46 distinct examiners suggests that most of the 53 pending office actions are being handled by different individuals, which requires a highly individualized approach to each application.
Jing Rui Ou is the busiest examiner for Arthrex, holding 4 pending office actions. This concentration is relatively low, as the remaining actions are spread among the other distinct examiners. The spread across 18 distinct art units means that Arthrex must navigate a wide variety of examination styles and technical standards to advance its 53 pending cases, ensuring that its medical device portfolio is consistently protected across all relevant technical fields.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 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. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 4 (8%) |
| §103 only | 9 (17%) |
| §102 only | 3 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 34 (65%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OU, JING RUI | 3 | 53.3% | +51.5% |
| KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 2 | 58.4% | +37.3% |
| YANG, ANDREW | 2 | 84.3% | +10.5% |
| SIPP, AMY R. | 2 | 71.1% | +25.6% |
| GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | 2 | 83.2% | +11.8% |
| PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | 2 | 64.8% | +19.0% |
| LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 1 | 73.7% | +29.9% |
| KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D | 1 | 71.2% | +33.4% |
| RAMANA, ANURADHA | 1 | 82.7% | +22.4% |
| ORKIN, ALEXANDER J | 1 | 65.4% | +26.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18657858 | ARTHRODESIS DEVICES FOR GENERATING AND APPLYING COMPRESSION WITHIN JOINTS | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | 70d |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18187733 | Elastic Sutures and Methods of Making and Use | MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN | 23d overdue |
| 17897579 | SURGICAL PLANNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREOPERATIVELY ASSESSING CENTER OF ROTATION DATA | RAPILLO, KRISTINE K | 17d overdue |
| 18384435 | PLATE ASSEMBLY FOR TISSUE COMPRESSION SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING METHOD | STRANSKY, KATRINA MARIE | 8d overdue |
| 18353270 | MULTI-BONE PREDICTION FOR ORTHOPAEDIC PROCEDURES | ZHANG, LEI | 4d overdue |
| 18598665 | SURGICAL IMAGING SYSTEM WITH SELECTIVE VIEW | GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ | 3d overdue |
| 18419722 | SLANTED LOCKING FERRULES FOR PERFORMING TENSIONABLE KNOTLESS CARDIAC VALVE PROCEDURES | OU, JING RUI | 5d |
| 18232487 | ABLATION PROBE AND LUMEN FOR IMPROVED ACCESS AND FLOW | BORSCH, NICHOLAS S | 20d |
| 18419862 | LOCKING FERRULES FOR PERFORMING TENSIONABLE KNOTLESS SURGICAL PROCEDURES | OU, JING RUI | 28d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18419722 | SLANTED LOCKING FERRULES FOR PERFORMING TENSIONABLE KNOTLESS CARDIAC VALVE PROCEDURES | OU, JING RUI | 5d |
| 18419862 | LOCKING FERRULES FOR PERFORMING TENSIONABLE KNOTLESS SURGICAL PROCEDURES | OU, JING RUI | 28d |
| 18657858 | ARTHRODESIS DEVICES FOR GENERATING AND APPLYING COMPRESSION WITHIN JOINTS | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | 70d |
| 19303659 | CANNULA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TISSUE REPAIR | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | — |
| 19256618 | SURGICAL FIXATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | — |
| 19256113 | KNOTLESS TISSUE REPAIR | KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D | — |
| 19243910 | SURGICAL SCREW SYSTEM | RAMANA, ANURADHA | — |
| 19189554 | Punch Obturator | ORKIN, ALEXANDER J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 9 |
| 3775 | 6 |
| 3794 | 3 |
| 3773 | 2 |
| 3774 | 2 |
| 3678 | 1 |
| 3781 | 1 |
| 3687 | 1 |
| 3795 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19303659 | CANNULA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TISSUE REPAIR | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 3775 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2025 |
| 19256618 | SURGICAL FIXATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 |
| 19256113 | KNOTLESS TISSUE REPAIR | KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19243910 | SURGICAL SCREW SYSTEM | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 3775 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19189554 | Punch Obturator | ORKIN, ALEXANDER J | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19098293 | GAUGE APPARATUS FOR SURGICAL TOOL | YANG, ANDREW | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19079752 | SOFT ANCHORS WITH SOFT EYELETS | BACHMAN, LINDSEY MICHELE | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19074633 | STERNAL CLOSURE SYSTEMS | SIPP, AMY R. | 3775 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19073516 | Injectable Soft Anchors and Methods of Tissue Repairs | GABR, MOHAMED GAMIL | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19070814 | Dynamic Bone Compression | NEGRELLIRODRIGUEZ, CHRISTINA | 3773 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19059434 | Surgical Instrument and Methods of Tissue Repair | RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19050278 | Surgical Instrument and Methods of Tissue Repair | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19102550 | SMART DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES | MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19048337 | ANATOMICAL MODELS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | ANTOINE, LISA HOPE | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19024741 | ADJUSTABLE STRUT ASSEMBLIES FOR EXTERNAL FIXATION SYSTEMS | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18980274 | SURGICAL IMPACT DRIVER ADAPTORS FOR APPLYING DIRECTED TORQUE AND LINEAR IMPACT LOADS DURING SURGICAL PROCEDURES | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 3775 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18921061 | INTERNAL BRACE FOR TISSUE REPAIRS AND REINFORCEMENTS | WHITE, KIA XIONG | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18897477 | MONOSCOPIC RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL REGISTRATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS | CARTER, AARON W | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18845568 | PATIENT SPECIFIC TOTAL TALUS FOR TOTAL ANKLE ARTHROPLASTY | YANG, ANDREW | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18811993 | SURGICAL SYSTEMS FOR PERCUTANEOUSLY INSERTING SURGICAL DEVICES | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | 3775 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18795369 | COUPLING APPARATUS FOR ROTARY SURGICAL TOOL | BAYNES, KEVIN J | 3678 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18783631 | Tibial Tray Suture Fixation | COCHRAN, KARI LEE | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18727371 | Total Ankle Replacement Alignment Reference Wing and Sizing Guides | SIPP, AMY R. | 3775 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18715312 | Canine Unicompartimental Elbow Humeral Implant | PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18714183 | Fixation Methods for Total Ankle Arthroplasty | PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18657858 | ARTHRODESIS DEVICES FOR GENERATING AND APPLYING COMPRESSION WITHIN JOINTS | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | 3773 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18698595 | Wound Management Systems | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18601238 | SURGICAL SYSTEMS AND CONTROL METHODS | EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH | 3687 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18601244 | ASSISTED SURGICAL DEVICE OPERATION FROM CAMERA FEED | FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL | 3794 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18598665 | SURGICAL IMAGING SYSTEM WITH SELECTIVE VIEW | GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ | 3795 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18420985 | SUTURE LOCKING DEVICES WITH INTEGRATED ONE-WAY LOCKING MECHANISMS | JAFFRI, ZEHRA | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 54d | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18421257 | SUTURE LOCKING SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING TENSIONABLE KNOTLESS SURGICAL PROCEDURES | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18420959 | LOCKING FERRULES WITH SIDE OPENINGS THAT PROVIDE ONE-WAY LOCKING MECHANISM | ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL | 3771 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18419707 | INTERFERENCE SCREWS | NGUYEN, VI X | 3771 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18419722 | SLANTED LOCKING FERRULES FOR PERFORMING TENSIONABLE KNOTLESS CARDIAC VALVE PROCEDURES | OU, JING RUI | 3771 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18419862 | LOCKING FERRULES FOR PERFORMING TENSIONABLE KNOTLESS SURGICAL PROCEDURES | OU, JING RUI | 3771 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18420100 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING TENSIONABLE KNOTLESS CARDIAC VALVE PROCEDURES | OU, JING RUI | 3771 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18528996 | ELECTROSURGICAL PROBE AND ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY WITH AN ACTIVE ELECTRODE SUPPORT STRUCTURE | MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | 3794 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18528986 | ELECTROSURGICAL PROBE AND ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY WITH LAYERED ELECTRODE FEATURES | GRAY, PHILLIP A | 3783 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18384435 | PLATE ASSEMBLY FOR TISSUE COMPRESSION SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING METHOD | STRANSKY, KATRINA MARIE | 3700 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18381862 | CONTROL CONSOLE DISPLAY AND IDENTIFICATION METHOD FOR SURGICAL TOOLS | CALDERON SANTIAGO, ALVARO RAFAEL | 2171 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18549454 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE PREPARATION OF ENRICHED SERUM | LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN | 1796 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
| 18232487 | ABLATION PROBE AND LUMEN FOR IMPROVED ACCESS AND FLOW | BORSCH, NICHOLAS S | 3794 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 18223612 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FASTENER ALIGNMENT OF AN ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT | BATES, DAVID W | 3799 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
| 18353270 | MULTI-BONE PREDICTION FOR ORTHOPAEDIC PROCEDURES | ZHANG, LEI | 3798 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
| 18321622 | TISSUE GRAFT PREPARATION SYSTEM | IGBOKO, CHIMA U | 1638 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2023 |
| 18299806 | Soft Anchor Locking Staple and Methods of Tissue Repairs | MATHEW, SEEMA | 3774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 13, 2023 |
| 18187733 | Elastic Sutures and Methods of Making and Use | MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN | 3771 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Mar 22, 2023 |
| 18043075 | SYSTEMS FOR CAPTURING CELLS | TOWA, RENE T | 3791 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
| 18054165 | ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANT SYSTEMS WITH STEMLESS IMPLANTS | DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | 3774 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2022 |
| 17897579 | SURGICAL PLANNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREOPERATIVELY ASSESSING CENTER OF ROTATION DATA | RAPILLO, KRISTINE K | 3682 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Aug 29, 2022 |
| 17875231 | SURGICAL DEVICE SYSTEM | SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Jul 27, 2022 |
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