Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
75 pending office actions • 16 art units • 45 examiners • 0 of 75 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 182 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 27 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. 27 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 | 3 (4%) |
| §103 only | 24 (32%) |
| §102 only | 9 (12%) |
| §112 only | 2 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 4 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 30 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 5 | 68.3% | +48.7% |
| GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | 4 | 83.2% | +11.7% |
| SHIRSAT, MARCELA | 4 | 73.5% | +19.7% |
| PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 3 | 70.8% | +39.6% |
| WEISS, JESSICA | 3 | 81.1% | +32.6% |
| COTRONEO, STEVEN J | 3 | 69.2% | +32.1% |
| CHANG, OLIVIA C | 3 | 84.3% | +13.4% |
| SIPP, AMY R. | 3 | 71.0% | +26.0% |
| LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 3 | 73.8% | +29.7% |
| HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE | 3 | 67.7% | +27.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18454870 | PERIPROSTHETIC PLATE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE | CHANG, OLIVIA C | 51d overdue |
| 19052345 | FRACTURE PLATES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | WEISS, JESSICA | 5d |
| 19263770 | IMPLANTABLE SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS | WEISS, JESSICA | — |
| 18779160 | EXPANDABLE SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — |
| 18544998 | RETROGRADE FEMORAL NAIL SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18065020 | ROD LINK REDUCER | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 278d overdue |
| 17836095 | EXTENDED REALITY VISUALIZATION OF OPTICAL TOOL TRACKING VOLUME FOR COMPUTER ASSISTED NAVIGATION IN SURGERY | HE, WEIMING | 149d overdue |
| 17841705 | EXPANDABLE FOOTPRINT IMPLANT | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 24d overdue |
| 18407582 | KNEE REPLACEMENT IMPLANTS AND INSTRUMENTS | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 19d overdue |
| 18768520 | CERCLAGE CABLE SYSTEM AND APPARATUS | SIPP, AMY R. | 18d overdue |
| 18826898 | METHOD AND IMPLANT DEVICE FOR GRAFTING ADJACENT VERTEBRAL BODIES | CHANG, OLIVIA C | 8d overdue |
| 18810763 | VERTEBRAL DISC CUTTER AND METHOD | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | 5d overdue |
| 18315561 | SACROILIAC JOINT FUSION IMPLANTS | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 13d |
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 |
| 18454870 | PERIPROSTHETIC PLATE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE | CHANG, OLIVIA C | 51d overdue |
| 17724092 | SURGICAL ROBOT PLATFORM | HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE | 44d overdue |
| 17520196 | SURGICAL ROBOT PLATFORM | HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE | 36d 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 |
| 18768520 | CERCLAGE CABLE SYSTEM AND APPARATUS | SIPP, AMY R. | 18d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3775 | 17 |
| 3773 | 14 |
| 3797 | 4 |
| 3619 | 3 |
| 3799 | 3 |
| 2488 | 2 |
| 3791 | 2 |
| 3675 | 2 |
| 2617 | 1 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19381162 | ULTRASONIC ROBOTIC SURGICAL NAVIGATION | SHENG, CHAO | 3797 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2025 |
| 19333501 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SURGICAL TOOL INSERTION USING MULTIAXIS FORCE AND MOMENT FEEDBACK | JACOB, OOMMEN | 3797 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2025 |
| 19289666 | VARIABLE LORDOSIS SPACER AND RELATED METHODS OF USE | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 19289773 | EXTERNAL FIXATOR ASSEMBLY | COMSTOCK, DAVID C | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 19283555 | EXPANDABLE FUSION DEVICE AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION THEREOF | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 19263770 | IMPLANTABLE SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS | WEISS, JESSICA | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 |
| 19258091 | SURGICAL SENSOR ANCHOR SYSTEM | POPESCU, GABRIEL VICTOR | 3797 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19231635 | APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING A PATIENT DURING SURGERY TO MAXIMIZE ACCESS TO A SURGICAL SITE OF INTEREST | LABARGE, ALISON N | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2025 |
| 19224957 | SUBLAMINAR BAND CLAMP | SUMMITT, LYNNSY M | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 19212930 | RETRACTING TISSUE | WEISS, JESSICA | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2025 |
| 19206597 | STABILIZATION SYSTEMS | BATES, DAVID W | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19204813 | EXPANDABLE INTRAMEDULLARY SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19081032 | EXPANDABLE INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19069373 | CAMERA TRACKING BAR FOR COMPUTER ASSISTED NAVIGATION DURING SURGERY | DOBBS, KRISTIN SENSMEIER | 2488 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19063614 | INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT | HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 3773 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19052345 | FRACTURE PLATES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | WEISS, JESSICA | 3775 | §103 | Final Rejection | 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 |
| 19038047 | Extended Reality Headset Camera System for Computer Assisted Navigation in Surgery | WONG, ALLEN C | 2488 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 19028764 | ORTHOPEDIC SURGICAL METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR SECURING A BONE SCREW TO A BONE | CHANG, OLIVIA C | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19020260 | IMPLANT PACKAGING CARTRIDGE AND INSERTION TOOL | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | 3775 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19003723 | EXTENDED REALITY SYSTEMS FOR VISUALIZING AND CONTROLLING OPERATING ROOM EQUIPMENT | WANG, YUEHAN | 2617 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18976888 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF SPINAL DEFORMITY | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18974972 | INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANTS AND RELATED METHODS OF USE | SIPP, AMY R. | 3775 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18975360 | EXPANDABLE FUSION DEVICES AND METHODS OF INSTALLATION THEREOF | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18969046 | Femoral Neck Fracture Fixation Device | SIPP, AMY R. | 3775 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 78d | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18941661 | STANDALONE INTERBODY IMPLANTS | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 3775 | §102 | Final Rejection | 35d | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18936394 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIGAMENT BALANCING WITH ROBOTIC ASSISTANCE | JONES, DIANA S | 3775 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18826898 | METHOD AND IMPLANT DEVICE FOR GRAFTING ADJACENT VERTEBRAL BODIES | CHANG, OLIVIA C | 3775 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18822914 | ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18821171 | BONE STABILIZATION SYSTEMS | BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18821235 | INTERVERTEBRAL SPINAL IMPLANT | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18821296 | OMNI-WHEEL CABLE PUSHER | WALTERS, JOHN DANIEL | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18810763 | VERTEBRAL DISC CUTTER AND METHOD | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | 3775 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18788437 | CERVICAL DISC INTRUMENTS | KU, SI MING | 3775 | §102§103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18785005 | CORONAL PLANE LATERAL EXPANDABLE IMPLANTS | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 3773 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18781057 | INTERBODY STANDALONE INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18780661 | Standalone Interbody Implants | KU, SI MING | 3775 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18779160 | EXPANDABLE SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18779571 | SURGICAL OBJECT TRACKING IN VISIBLE LIGHT VIA FIDUCIAL SEEDING AND SYNTHETIC IMAGE REGISTRATION | JASANI, ASHISH SHIRISH | 3798 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18779656 | HIP ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS | DUKERT, BRIAN AINSLEY | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18778241 | HIP ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS | DUKERT, BRIAN AINSLEY | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18768520 | CERCLAGE CABLE SYSTEM AND APPARATUS | SIPP, AMY R. | 3775 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18754475 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO SURGICAL STAPLES AND SURGICAL STAPLE INSERTERS | SHIRSAT, MARCELA | 3775 | §103 | Final Rejection | 35d overdue | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18407582 | KNEE REPLACEMENT IMPLANTS AND INSTRUMENTS | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 3775 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18656765 | EXPANDABLE TRIAL FEMORAL NECK AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE | SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD | — | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18648694 | TROCHANTERIC NAILING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18635217 | SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM | SHENG, CHAO | 3797 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
| 18632478 | ROBOTIC AND NAVIGATED ROD BENDING | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 3619 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 47d | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18607820 | HUMERUS AND ULNA STABILIZATION SYSTEMS | SHIRSAT, MARCELA | 3775 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18589785 | ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT AND RELATED ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY | BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18443390 | IMAGE REGISTRATIONS WITH AUTOMATIC SPINAL ALIGNMENT MEASUREMENT | EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER | 3683 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18430077 | COMPUTER ASSISTED PELVIC SURGERY NAVIGATION | KIM, SAMUEL CHONG | 3791 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 |
| 18426516 | REVERSE DYNAMIZATION IMPLANTS | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18422051 | GUIDEWIRE-CAPTURING SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 3619 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 18410203 | MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS USING ROBOTIC ACTUATORS AND RELATED METHODS | HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE | 3799 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18544998 | RETROGRADE FEMORAL NAIL SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18530881 | DISTAL RADIUS IMPLANTS AND INSTRUMENTS | SHIRSAT, MARCELA | 3775 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18483602 | INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL AIMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | 3773 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2023 |
| 18467780 | TARGETED PLATE-NAIL CONSTRUCTS | SHIRSAT, MARCELA | 3775 | §103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18459485 | WEARABLE DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS | YOON, CHANEL J | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18454870 | PERIPROSTHETIC PLATE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE | CHANG, OLIVIA C | 3775 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 51d overdue | Pending | Aug 24, 2023 |
| 18454472 | EXPANDABLE TRIAL FEMORAL NECK AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE | NGUYEN, VI X | 3771 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
| 18352561 | ACTUATED SIMULTANEOUS SEGMENTAL REDUCTION | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 3773 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 77d | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 18317956 | MODULAR LATERAL PLATING SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 3619 | §103 | Final Rejection | 68d | Pending | May 16, 2023 |
| 18315561 | SACROILIAC JOINT FUSION IMPLANTS | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 3774 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18175647 | ORTHOPEDIC BONE FASTENERS | MAGAR, DIL KUMAR | 3675 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2023 |
| 18175582 | ORTHOPEDIC BONE FASTENERS | MAGAR, DIL KUMAR | 3675 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2023 |
| 18172709 | PROXIMAL HUMERAL STABILIZATION SYSTEM | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 3773 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Feb 22, 2023 |
| 18065020 | ROD LINK REDUCER | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 3773 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 278d overdue | Pending | Dec 13, 2022 |
| 18060607 | SACROILIAC JOINT FIXATION | NEGRELLIRODRIGUEZ, CHRISTINA | 3773 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2022 |
| 17841705 | EXPANDABLE FOOTPRINT IMPLANT | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 3773 | §103§112 | 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§112 | Final Rejection | 149d overdue | Pending | Jun 09, 2022 |
| 17663024 | ACCURACY CHECK AND AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION OF TRACKED INSTRUMENTS | TAYLOR, MEREDITH IREENE DUPAI | 2671 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2022 |
| 17724092 | SURGICAL ROBOT PLATFORM | HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE | 3799 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Apr 19, 2022 |
| 17520196 | SURGICAL ROBOT PLATFORM | HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE | 3799 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | Nov 05, 2021 |
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