Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Highridge Medical, LLC

7 pending office actions • 1 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

4
Hard (57%)
3
Medium (43%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only1 (14%)
§102 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (43%)

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
6
Mechanical / Eng
86% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MATTHEWS, TESSA M 2 83.1% +24.0%
JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T 1 63.7% +30.4%
NEGRELLIRODRIGUEZ, CHRISTINA 1 89.0% +10.5%
LANE, HOLLY JOANNA 1 79.8% +17.0%
HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY 1 77.9% +19.0%
GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE 1 83.2% +11.7%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18479676 MULTIPLANAR BONE ANCHOR SYSTEM MATTHEWS, TESSA M 31d overdue
18158317 BONE ANCHOR GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE 15d overdue
19293875 METHODS OF STABILIZING AN INTERVERTEBRAL SCAFFOLDING SYSTEM NEGRELLIRODRIGUEZ, CHRISTINA

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19315272 INTERVERTEBRAL DISC PROSTHESIS, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLANTATION OF THE SAME JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T
19239327 ROTATING ROD CONNECTORS FOR SPINE STABILIZATION LANE, HOLLY JOANNA
19036932 MODULAR SCREW FOR A VERTEBRAL FIXATION SYSTEM MATTHEWS, TESSA M
18917695 ROTATING ROD REDUCER HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18479676 MULTIPLANAR BONE ANCHOR SYSTEM MATTHEWS, TESSA M 31d overdue
18158317 BONE ANCHOR GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE 15d overdue
19315272 INTERVERTEBRAL DISC PROSTHESIS, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLANTATION OF THE SAME JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T
19293875 METHODS OF STABILIZING AN INTERVERTEBRAL SCAFFOLDING SYSTEM NEGRELLIRODRIGUEZ, CHRISTINA
19239327 ROTATING ROD CONNECTORS FOR SPINE STABILIZATION LANE, HOLLY JOANNA
19036932 MODULAR SCREW FOR A VERTEBRAL FIXATION SYSTEM MATTHEWS, TESSA M
18917695 ROTATING ROD REDUCER HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3773 6

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19315272 INTERVERTEBRAL DISC PROSTHESIS, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLANTATION OF THE SAME JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T 3773 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2025
19293875 METHODS OF STABILIZING AN INTERVERTEBRAL SCAFFOLDING SYSTEM NEGRELLIRODRIGUEZ, CHRISTINA 3773 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2025
19239327 ROTATING ROD CONNECTORS FOR SPINE STABILIZATION LANE, HOLLY JOANNA 3773 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 16, 2025
19036932 MODULAR SCREW FOR A VERTEBRAL FIXATION SYSTEM MATTHEWS, TESSA M 3773 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 24, 2025
18917695 ROTATING ROD REDUCER HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18479676 MULTIPLANAR BONE ANCHOR SYSTEM MATTHEWS, TESSA M 3773 §102 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Oct 02, 2023
18158317 BONE ANCHOR GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE 3773 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jan 23, 2023

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