Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
69 pending office actions • 20 art units • 43 examiners • 0 of 69 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 190 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 69 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. 69 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 46 (67%) |
| §102 only | 11 (16%) |
| §112 only | 3 (4%) |
| No statute on record | 9 (13%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIRSAT, MARCELA | 4 | 73.2% | +19.8% |
| PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 4 | 70.9% | +39.3% |
| COMSTOCK, DAVID C | 3 | 86.4% | -8.5% |
| MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 3 | 68.2% | +48.7% |
| HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 3 | 78.0% | +11.8% |
| RAMANA, ANURADHA | 3 | 82.7% | +22.5% |
| CARTER, TARA ROSE E | 3 | 80.7% | +9.5% |
| JONES, DIANA S | 3 | 74.5% | +20.4% |
| CHANG, OLIVIA C | 3 | 84.3% | +13.3% |
| LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 3 | 73.6% | +29.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18454870 | PERIPROSTHETIC PLATE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE | CHANG, OLIVIA C | 51d overdue |
| 18975360 | EXPANDABLE FUSION DEVICES AND METHODS OF INSTALLATION THEREOF | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | 30d overdue |
| 18966426 | Orthopedic Fixation Devices and Methods of Installation Thereof | COMSTOCK, DAVID C | 17d overdue |
| 18826898 | METHOD AND IMPLANT DEVICE FOR GRAFTING ADJACENT VERTEBRAL BODIES | CHANG, OLIVIA C | 8d overdue |
| 19022286 | EXPANDABLE INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT AND INSTRUMENTS FOR INSTALLING THE SAME | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 5d overdue |
| 19055209 | DUAL LOCKING POLYAXIAL SCREW HEAD | COMSTOCK, DAVID C | 26d |
| 18761424 | ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE ASSEMBLY | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 34d |
| 18941661 | STANDALONE INTERBODY IMPLANTS | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 35d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18065020 | ROD LINK REDUCER | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 278d overdue |
| 18667448 | VARIABLE LORDOTIC INTERBODY SPACER | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 92d overdue |
| 18175042 | FENESTRATED PEDICLE NAIL | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 89d overdue |
| 18454870 | PERIPROSTHETIC PLATE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE | CHANG, OLIVIA C | 51d overdue |
| 18754475 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO SURGICAL STAPLES AND SURGICAL STAPLE INSERTERS | SHIRSAT, MARCELA | 35d overdue |
| 17841705 | EXPANDABLE FOOTPRINT IMPLANT | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 24d overdue |
| 19050516 | EXPANDABLE FUSION DEVICE AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION THEREOF | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 18d overdue |
| 18826898 | METHOD AND IMPLANT DEVICE FOR GRAFTING ADJACENT VERTEBRAL BODIES | CHANG, OLIVIA C | 8d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3775 | 23 |
| 3773 | 22 |
| 3619 | 3 |
| 3798 | 2 |
| 3771 | 2 |
| 3774 | 2 |
| 3799 | 2 |
| 2624 | 1 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| 3731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19230653 | AUGMENTED REALITY HEADSET WITH VARIED OPACITY FOR NAVIGATED ROBOTIC SURGERY | EDWARDS, MARK | 2624 | §103 | Final Rejection | 75d | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19192731 | LOW PROFILE PLATE | NEGRELLIRODRIGUEZ, CHRISTINA | 3773 | Other | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19095686 | ULTRASONIC ROBOTIC SURGICAL NAVIGATION | NGANGA, BONIFACE N | 3797 | Other | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19069659 | POWERED SURGICAL TOOL WITH TRANSMISSION | HODGE, LINDA J | 3731 | Other | Non-Final OA | 37d overdue | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19055209 | DUAL LOCKING POLYAXIAL SCREW HEAD | COMSTOCK, DAVID C | 3773 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 19052345 | FRACTURE PLATES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | WEISS, JESSICA | 3775 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19050516 | EXPANDABLE FUSION DEVICE AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION THEREOF | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19041011 | EXTENDED REALITY SYSTEMS WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATIONS OF MEDICAL IMAGE SCAN SLICES | BYKHOVSKI, ALEXEI | 3798 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 39d | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19027485 | EXPANDABLE VERTEBRAL PROSTHESIS | HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 3773 | Other | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19022286 | EXPANDABLE INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT AND INSTRUMENTS FOR INSTALLING THE SAME | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 3775 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18975360 | EXPANDABLE FUSION DEVICES AND METHODS OF INSTALLATION THEREOF | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | 3773 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18969771 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL IMPLANTATION | COMSTOCK, DAVID C | 3773 | Other | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18969046 | Femoral Neck Fracture Fixation Device | SIPP, AMY R. | 3775 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 78d | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18966426 | Orthopedic Fixation Devices and Methods of Installation Thereof | COMSTOCK, DAVID C | 3773 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18956464 | BONE STABILIZATION SYSTEMS | WEISS, JESSICA | 3775 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18941661 | STANDALONE INTERBODY IMPLANTS | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 3775 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18922959 | ROTARY MOTION PASSIVE END EFFECTOR FOR SURGICAL ROBOTS IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERIES | JONES, DIANA S | 3775 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18923125 | ROTARY OSCILLATING BONE, CARTILAGE, AND DISK REMOVAL TOOL ASSEMBLY | SHIRSAT, MARCELA | 3775 | Other | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18826898 | METHOD AND IMPLANT DEVICE FOR GRAFTING ADJACENT VERTEBRAL BODIES | CHANG, OLIVIA C | 3775 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18810763 | VERTEBRAL DISC CUTTER AND METHOD | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | 3775 | §102 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18788478 | CERVICAL DISC INTRUMENTS | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | 3775 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18788499 | CERVICAL DISC INTRUMENTS | HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 3773 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18780661 | Standalone Interbody Implants | KU, SI MING | 3775 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18781057 | INTERBODY STANDALONE INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18779368 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING BONE FRACTURES | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18779571 | SURGICAL OBJECT TRACKING IN VISIBLE LIGHT VIA FIDUCIAL SEEDING AND SYNTHETIC IMAGE REGISTRATION | JASANI, ASHISH SHIRISH | 3798 | §103 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18768520 | CERCLAGE CABLE SYSTEM AND APPARATUS | SIPP, AMY R. | 3775 | §103 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18761424 | ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE ASSEMBLY | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 3775 | §112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18754475 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO SURGICAL STAPLES AND SURGICAL STAPLE INSERTERS | SHIRSAT, MARCELA | 3775 | — | Non-Final OA | 35d overdue | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18743285 | LATERAL RETRACTOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | 3773 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 42d | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18743615 | Patient Registration For Total Hip Arthroplasty Procedure Using Pre-Operative Computed Tomography (CT), Intra-Operative Fluoroscopy, and/Or Point Cloud Data | GOOD JOHNSON, MOTILEWA | 2619 | §102 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18743388 | Patient Registration For Total Hip Arthroplasty Procedure Using Pre-Operative Computed Tomography (CT), Intra-Operative Fluoroscopy, and/Or Point Cloud Data | PATEL, SHIVANG I | 2615 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18407582 | KNEE REPLACEMENT IMPLANTS AND INSTRUMENTS | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 3775 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18667448 | VARIABLE LORDOTIC INTERBODY SPACER | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | 92d overdue | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18648694 | TROCHANTERIC NAILING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 3773 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18632478 | ROBOTIC AND NAVIGATED ROD BENDING | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 3619 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 47d | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18603494 | SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM | JONES, DIANA S | 3775 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18603608 | SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM | JONES, DIANA S | 3775 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18589712 | VARIABLE NAVIGATED EXPANDABLE SCALPEL DEVICE | SCHWIKER, KATHERINE H | 3771 | §102 | Final Rejection | 62d | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18422051 | GUIDEWIRE-CAPTURING SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 3619 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 18406343 | FLUOROSCOPY IMAGING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS | KIKNADZE, IRAKLI | 2884 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
| 18530799 | DISTAL RADIUS IMPLANTS AND INSTRUMENTS | SHIRSAT, MARCELA | 3775 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18469715 | STABILIZED EXPANDABLE INTERVERTEBRAL SPACER | BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT | 3775 | §112 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18467780 | TARGETED PLATE-NAIL CONSTRUCTS | SHIRSAT, MARCELA | 3775 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18467805 | TARGETED PLATE-NAIL CONSTRUCTS | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18455786 | WEARABLE DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS | YOON, CHANEL J | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 83d | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 |
| 18454870 | PERIPROSTHETIC PLATE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE | CHANG, OLIVIA C | 3775 | §103 | Final Rejection | 51d overdue | Pending | Aug 24, 2023 |
| 18454900 | PERIPROSTHETIC PLATE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE | CHANG, OLIVIA C | 3775 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | Aug 24, 2023 |
| 18352313 | ROBOTIC AND NAVIGATED ROD BENDING | KU, SI MING | 3775 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 60d | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 18352561 | ACTUATED SIMULTANEOUS SEGMENTAL REDUCTION | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 3773 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 77d | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 18343860 | PREDICTIVE VISUALIZATION OF MEDICAL IMAGING SCANNER COMPONENT MOVEMENT | YANG, YI | 2616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18322960 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR IMPLANTING SUTURE BUTTONS | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
| 18320499 | BIOMATERIALS CONTAINING UMBILICAL CORD-DERIVED STEM CELLS | CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F | 1634 | §103 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | May 19, 2023 |
| 18317956 | MODULAR LATERAL PLATING SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 3619 | §103 | Final Rejection | 68d | Pending | May 16, 2023 |
| 18315557 | SACROILIAC JOINT FUSION IMPLANTS | JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T | 3773 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18315561 | SACROILIAC JOINT FUSION IMPLANTS | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 3774 | §103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18302891 | SPINAL PLATE | HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 3773 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 49d | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
| 18300903 | EXPANDABLE EVANS WEDGE | PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | 3774 | §103 | Final Rejection | 60d | Pending | Apr 14, 2023 |
| 18175042 | FENESTRATED PEDICLE NAIL | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | 89d overdue | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
| 18172709 | PROXIMAL HUMERAL STABILIZATION SYSTEM | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 3773 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Feb 22, 2023 |
| 18065020 | ROD LINK REDUCER | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 3773 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 278d overdue | Pending | Dec 13, 2022 |
| 18046281 | Thermoresponsive or Shear-Thinning Injectable Gel Compositions for Treatment of Arthritis | HAGOPIAN, CASEY SHEA | 1617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 71d | Pending | Oct 13, 2022 |
| 17817029 | INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT SYSTEM FOR AN INLINE TECHNIQUE WITH PATIENT IN A LATERAL DECUBITUS POSITION | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | 3773 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Aug 03, 2022 |
| 17846259 | NAVIGATED SURGICAL SYSTEM WITH EYE TO XR HEADSET DISPLAY CALIBRATION | BLANCHA, JONATHAN M | 2623 | §103 | Final Rejection | 93d overdue | Pending | Jun 22, 2022 |
| 17841705 | EXPANDABLE FOOTPRINT IMPLANT | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | Jun 16, 2022 |
| 17836095 | EXTENDED REALITY VISUALIZATION OF OPTICAL TOOL TRACKING VOLUME FOR COMPUTER ASSISTED NAVIGATION IN SURGERY | HE, WEIMING | 2611 | §103 | Final Rejection | 149d overdue | Pending | Jun 09, 2022 |
| 17724092 | SURGICAL ROBOT PLATFORM | HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE | 3799 | Other | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Apr 19, 2022 |
| 17520196 | SURGICAL ROBOT PLATFORM | HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE | 3799 | Other | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | Nov 05, 2021 |
| 16902370 | MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATED ORTHOPEDIC SURGERIES | HRANEK, KAREN AMANDA | 3684 | §103 | Final Rejection | 99d overdue | Pending | Jun 16, 2020 |
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