Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
MAKO SURGICAL CORP. has 5 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Each of these 5 actions is assigned to one of 5 distinct examiners. This distribution shows that every pending matter is being handled by a different individual at the patent office. The 5 pending actions are categorized into 3 distinct art units.
COURTNEY J WINDSOR is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, holding 1 pending office action. The involvement of 3 distinct art units for 5 actions indicates that the company's mechanical systems are being reviewed across a few different specialized examination branches. With 5 distinct examiners involved, the company faces a range of individual perspectives. This decentralized prosecution landscape, where 5 distinct examiners are reviewing 5 pending office actions, suggests that the company's patent outcomes are subject to a variety of individual examiner styles.
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.
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 only | 1 (17%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINDSOR, COURTNEY J | 1 | 86.2% | +9.3% |
| MALDONADO, STEVEN | 1 | 26.9% | +42.9% |
| RINK, RYAN J | 1 | 78.4% | +10.8% |
| STONE, RACHAEL SOJIN | 1 | 55.2% | +21.0% |
| KHATTAR, RAJESH | 1 | 36.7% | +35.2% |
| HANKS, BENJAMIN L | 1 | 21.4% | +30.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18145504 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING MEDICAL PROCEDURE ERGONOMICS | HANKS, BENJAMIN L | 51d overdue |
| 19095683 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR BONE BALANCE ADJUSTMENT BASED ON LIGAMENT LAXITY | WINDSOR, COURTNEY J | — |
| 18934415 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR JOINT PARAMETER VISUALIZATION | MALDONADO, STEVEN | — |
| 18589719 | SURGICAL PROCEDURE PLANNING SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE FEEDBACK LOOPS | STONE, RACHAEL SOJIN | — |
| 18338102 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING SURGICAL TIME AND OPTIMIZING MEDICAL PROCEDURES AND OUTCOMES | KHATTAR, RAJESH | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 18934415 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR JOINT PARAMETER VISUALIZATION | MALDONADO, STEVEN | — |
| 18589719 | SURGICAL PROCEDURE PLANNING SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE FEEDBACK LOOPS | STONE, RACHAEL SOJIN | — |
| 18338102 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING SURGICAL TIME AND OPTIMIZING MEDICAL PROCEDURES AND OUTCOMES | KHATTAR, RAJESH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3684 | 2 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 3681 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19095683 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR BONE BALANCE ADJUSTMENT BASED ON LIGAMENT LAXITY | WINDSOR, COURTNEY J | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 18934415 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR JOINT PARAMETER VISUALIZATION | MALDONADO, STEVEN | 3797 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18768448 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING GUIDANCE FOR A ROBOTIC MEDICAL PROCEDURE | RINK, RYAN J | 3619 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18589719 | SURGICAL PROCEDURE PLANNING SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE FEEDBACK LOOPS | STONE, RACHAEL SOJIN | 3681 | §101§102Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18338102 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING SURGICAL TIME AND OPTIMIZING MEDICAL PROCEDURES AND OUTCOMES | KHATTAR, RAJESH | 3684 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 18145504 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING MEDICAL PROCEDURE ERGONOMICS | HANKS, BENJAMIN L | 3684 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 51d overdue | Pending | Dec 22, 2022 |
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