Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
16 pending office actions • 7 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 56 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 | 1 (6%) |
| §103 only | 3 (19%) |
| §102 only | 1 (6%) |
| §112 only | 3 (19%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 2 | 73.8% | +29.7% |
| SIPP, AMY R. | 2 | 71.0% | +26.0% |
| DUKERT, BRIAN AINSLEY | 2 | 82.2% | +11.1% |
| KU, SI MING | 1 | 72.7% | +32.9% |
| WEISS, JESSICA | 1 | 81.1% | +32.6% |
| DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK | 1 | 74.9% | +15.2% |
| SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS | 1 | 31.8% | +33.3% |
| MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE | 1 | 78.3% | +9.5% |
| ROANE, AARON F | 1 | 73.1% | +9.6% |
| WATKINS, MARCIA LYNN | 1 | 61.0% | +39.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18781123 | ACETABULAR PROSTHESIS WITH ADJUSTABLE ACETABULAR CUP CAGES | DUKERT, BRIAN AINSLEY | — |
| 18400996 | IMPLANTS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | DUKERT, BRIAN AINSLEY | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18643547 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT BOLT | SIPP, AMY R. | 35d overdue |
| 18434876 | PROSTHETIC IMPLANT REVISION TOOLS | MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE | 20d |
| 19256378 | PROSTHETIC IMPLANT REMOVAL TOOL AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | — |
| 19070936 | KINEMATICALLY ALIGNED ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME IN AN ORTHOPAEDIC KNEE PROCEDURE | SIPP, AMY R. | — |
| 18949122 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING BLADE DEFLECTION DURING ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES | WEISS, JESSICA | — |
| 18714414 | PCL BALANCING IN KNEE REPLACEMENT | DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK | — |
| 17968114 | COMPOSITE ORTHOPAEDIC PROSTHESIS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | THROWER, LARRY W | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18643547 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT BOLT | SIPP, AMY R. | 35d overdue |
| 18955230 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR BALANCING A PATIENT'S KNEE JOINT DURING AN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE | KU, SI MING | 17d overdue |
| 19256378 | PROSTHETIC IMPLANT REMOVAL TOOL AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | — |
| 19070936 | KINEMATICALLY ALIGNED ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME IN AN ORTHOPAEDIC KNEE PROCEDURE | SIPP, AMY R. | — |
| 18949122 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING BLADE DEFLECTION DURING ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES | WEISS, JESSICA | — |
| 18781123 | ACETABULAR PROSTHESIS WITH ADJUSTABLE ACETABULAR CUP CAGES | DUKERT, BRIAN AINSLEY | — |
| 18714414 | PCL BALANCING IN KNEE REPLACEMENT | DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK | — |
| 18636635 | AUGMENTED GLENOID IMPLANT AND METHOD OF INSTALLING THE SAME DURING AN ORTHOPAEDIC SHOULDER PROCEDURE | SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3775 | 4 |
| 3774 | 3 |
| 3791 | 2 |
| 3792 | 2 |
| 3700 | 1 |
| 1754 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19256378 | PROSTHETIC IMPLANT REMOVAL TOOL AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 3774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 |
| 19070936 | KINEMATICALLY ALIGNED ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME IN AN ORTHOPAEDIC KNEE PROCEDURE | SIPP, AMY R. | 3775 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 18955230 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR BALANCING A PATIENT'S KNEE JOINT DURING AN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE | KU, SI MING | 3775 | §103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18949122 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING BLADE DEFLECTION DURING ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES | WEISS, JESSICA | 3775 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18781123 | ACETABULAR PROSTHESIS WITH ADJUSTABLE ACETABULAR CUP CAGES | DUKERT, BRIAN AINSLEY | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18714414 | PCL BALANCING IN KNEE REPLACEMENT | DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK | 3791 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18643547 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT BOLT | SIPP, AMY R. | 3775 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 35d overdue | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18636635 | AUGMENTED GLENOID IMPLANT AND METHOD OF INSTALLING THE SAME DURING AN ORTHOPAEDIC SHOULDER PROCEDURE | SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 18434876 | PROSTHETIC IMPLANT REVISION TOOLS | MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE | 3792 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18400996 | IMPLANTS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | DUKERT, BRIAN AINSLEY | 3774 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18560240 | SYSTEM FOR GUIDING A SURGICAL TOOL COMPRISING AN OPERATIVE AXIS WITH RESPECT TO AN ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE | ROANE, AARON F | 3700 | §102 | Final Rejection | 77d overdue | Pending | Nov 10, 2023 |
| 18242260 | METHOD OF TRIALING AN ORTHOPAEDIC PROSTHETIC ASSEMBLY | WATKINS, MARCIA LYNN | 3774 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
| 18112863 | BONY LANDMARK DETERMINATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d overdue | Pending | Feb 22, 2023 |
| 17968114 | COMPOSITE ORTHOPAEDIC PROSTHESIS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | THROWER, LARRY W | 1754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2022 |
| 17872572 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING AN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE | KREMER, MATTHEW | 3791 | §112 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Jul 25, 2022 |
| 17628453 | Implant Removal Tool | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 3619 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2022 |
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