Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

MAKO SURGICAL CORP.

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

1
Hard (25%)
3
Medium (75%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (25%)
§103 only3 (75%)

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
1
Communications
25% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
75% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RINK, RYAN J 1 78.1% +10.7%
STREGE, JOHN B 1 86.8% +14.0%
HANKS, BENJAMIN L 1 21.0% +29.9%
HIGGS, STELLA EUN 1 39.1% +34.9%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18145504 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING MEDICAL PROCEDURE ERGONOMICS HANKS, BENJAMIN L 51d overdue
18622218 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR BONE BALANCE ADJUSTMENT BASED ON OSTEOPHYTE DETECTION STREGE, JOHN B 35d

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17893318 DIGITAL TWIN SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM HIGGS, STELLA EUN 60d overdue
18145504 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING MEDICAL PROCEDURE ERGONOMICS HANKS, BENJAMIN L 51d overdue
18768448 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING GUIDANCE FOR A ROBOTIC MEDICAL PROCEDURE RINK, RYAN J 23d overdue
18622218 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR BONE BALANCE ADJUSTMENT BASED ON OSTEOPHYTE DETECTION STREGE, JOHN B 35d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3619 1
2669 1
3684 1
3681 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18768448 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING GUIDANCE FOR A ROBOTIC MEDICAL PROCEDURE RINK, RYAN J 3619 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2024
18622218 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR BONE BALANCE ADJUSTMENT BASED ON OSTEOPHYTE DETECTION STREGE, JOHN B 2669 §101 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Mar 29, 2024
18145504 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING MEDICAL PROCEDURE ERGONOMICS HANKS, BENJAMIN L 3684 §103 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022
17893318 DIGITAL TWIN SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM HIGGS, STELLA EUN 3681 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2022

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