Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Evolution Spine LLC

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

Analysis

Evolution Spine LLC operates within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area and currently has 1 pending office action. This single action is being reviewed by a distinct examiner located in 1 distinct art unit. Such a concentrated profile suggests that the company's current intellectual property efforts are focused on a specific technical advancement. The alignment with a single art unit indicates that the prosecution is subject to the specific examination culture of that group.

The busiest examiner assigned to the portfolio is LITTLE, ANNA VICTORIA, who is responsible for the busiest examiner pending office action. Since there is only a single pending action overall, this examiner handles the entirety of the company's current prosecution tasks. Understanding the specific examination patterns of LITTLE, ANNA VICTORIA is essential for navigating the company's active patent application process. The outcome of the portfolio's current pending status depends entirely on the interaction with this single examiner.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (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
1
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.

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

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LITTLE, ANNA VICTORIA 1 76.9% +22.8%

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18770014 ANCHOR AND INTERBODY FOR INTERBODY FUSION LITTLE, ANNA VICTORIA —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3773 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18770014 ANCHOR AND INTERBODY FOR INTERBODY FUSION LITTLE, ANNA VICTORIA 3773 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 11, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Evolution Spine LLC have?

Evolution Spine LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Evolution Spine LLC applications?

Anna Victoria Little has the most, with 1 of Evolution Spine LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Evolution Spine LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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