Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
5 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 39 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (60%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 2 | 77.9% | +19.0% |
| GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | 2 | 83.2% | +11.7% |
| COTRONEO, STEVEN J | 1 | 69.2% | +32.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18782469 | POLYAXIAL BONE ANCHORING DEVICE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING AN INSTRUMENT AND A POLYAXIAL BONE ANCHORING DEVICE | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — |
| 18759016 | COUPLING DEVICE FOR COUPLING A ROD TO A BONE ANCHORING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18890341 | POLYAXIAL BONE ANCHORING DEVICE AND SYSTEM OF AN INSTRUMENT AND A POLYAXIAL BONE ANCHORING DEVICE | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18984648 | BONE ANCHORING DEVICE | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | — |
| 18890341 | POLYAXIAL BONE ANCHORING DEVICE AND SYSTEM OF AN INSTRUMENT AND A POLYAXIAL BONE ANCHORING DEVICE | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | — |
| 18782469 | POLYAXIAL BONE ANCHORING DEVICE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING AN INSTRUMENT AND A POLYAXIAL BONE ANCHORING DEVICE | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — |
| 18773163 | CONNECTION DEVICE FOR USE WITH EXTENSION MEMBERS OF A BONE ANCHOR | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | — |
| 18759016 | COUPLING DEVICE FOR COUPLING A ROD TO A BONE ANCHORING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3773 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18984648 | BONE ANCHORING DEVICE | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | — | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18890341 | POLYAXIAL BONE ANCHORING DEVICE AND SYSTEM OF AN INSTRUMENT AND A POLYAXIAL BONE ANCHORING DEVICE | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | 3773 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18782469 | POLYAXIAL BONE ANCHORING DEVICE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING AN INSTRUMENT AND A POLYAXIAL BONE ANCHORING DEVICE | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18773163 | CONNECTION DEVICE FOR USE WITH EXTENSION MEMBERS OF A BONE ANCHOR | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 3773 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18759016 | COUPLING DEVICE FOR COUPLING A ROD TO A BONE ANCHORING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
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