Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Atlas Spine Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is handled by 1 distinct examiner, MATTHEWS, TESSA M, who is the busiest examiner. The prosecution is limited to 1 distinct art unit. This represents a consolidated prosecution profile where the company's current patent office activity is focused on a specific matter and examiner.
The busiest examiner's workload of 1 pending action matches the total volume of the portfolio. This high level of concentration suggests that the company's immediate patent prospects are tied to the specific interpretations of the assigned individual. Navigating the 1 distinct art unit requires a strategy tailored to its specific culture, as there are no other pending matters to provide a broader perspective on current trends for this portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 1 | 82.9% | +24.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18742374 | PLIF SPACER | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18742374 | PLIF SPACER | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3773 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18742374 | PLIF SPACER | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 3773 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAtlas Spine Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Tessa M Matthews has the most, with 1 of Atlas Spine Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
