Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
12 pending office actions • 9 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days
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.
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.
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 (8%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (8%) |
| §103 only | 4 (33%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (17%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BESTEMAN-STREET, JACOB KENT | 1 | 88.8% | +4.7% |
| WINDSOR, COURTNEY J | 1 | 86.1% | +9.3% |
| HOANG, PHI | 1 | 81.8% | +16.7% |
| PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 1 | 70.8% | +39.6% |
| LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 1 | 73.8% | +29.7% |
| RIDDICK, BLAKE CUTLER | 1 | 77.9% | +9.6% |
| JOHNSON, NICOLE F | 1 | 87.5% | +7.2% |
| HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE | 1 | 67.7% | +27.6% |
| SHAFQAT, AMY JEANETTE | 1 | 51.7% | +55.1% |
| COOK, CHRISTOPHER L | 1 | 47.2% | +26.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18990247 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PLANNING A SURGICAL PROCEDURE | WINDSOR, COURTNEY J | — |
| 18962350 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VOLUME RECONSTRUCTIONS USING A PRIORI PATIENT DATA | HOANG, PHI | — |
| 18662123 | SURGICAL DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS INCLUDING ADAPTIVE CONTROL | JOHNSON, NICOLE F | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17476166 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PLANNING OF INTERBODY INSERTION | MOLL, NITHYA JANAKIRAMAN | 5d |
| 18957288 | SURGICAL FIXATION SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 28d |
| 19076826 | VERSATILE MULTI-ARM ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM | BESTEMAN-STREET, JACOB KENT | — |
| 18558750 | MULTI-ARM SURGICAL ROBOTIC PLATFORM | HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE | — |
| 17591004 | TISSUE PATHWAY CREATION USING ULTRASONIC SENSORS | COOK, CHRISTOPHER L | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18957288 | SURGICAL FIXATION SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 28d |
| 18930754 | INTERBODY TOOL, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 46d |
| 18962350 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VOLUME RECONSTRUCTIONS USING A PRIORI PATIENT DATA | HOANG, PHI | — |
| 18558750 | MULTI-ARM SURGICAL ROBOTIC PLATFORM | HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE | — |
| 18175640 | AUTOMATED MOVEMENT OF OPTICAL LOCALIZER FOR OPTIMAL LINE OF SIGHT WITH OPTICAL TRACKERS | SHAFQAT, AMY JEANETTE | — |
| 17591004 | TISSUE PATHWAY CREATION USING ULTRASONIC SENSORS | COOK, CHRISTOPHER L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3773 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 2884 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| 3656 | 1 |
| 2189 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19076826 | VERSATILE MULTI-ARM ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM | BESTEMAN-STREET, JACOB KENT | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 18990247 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PLANNING A SURGICAL PROCEDURE | WINDSOR, COURTNEY J | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18962350 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VOLUME RECONSTRUCTIONS USING A PRIORI PATIENT DATA | HOANG, PHI | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18957288 | SURGICAL FIXATION SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 3773 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18930754 | INTERBODY TOOL, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 3619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 46d | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18799792 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR GENERATING A CORRECTED IMAGE | RIDDICK, BLAKE CUTLER | 2884 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18662123 | SURGICAL DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS INCLUDING ADAPTIVE CONTROL | JOHNSON, NICOLE F | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18558750 | MULTI-ARM SURGICAL ROBOTIC PLATFORM | HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE | 3799 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18175640 | AUTOMATED MOVEMENT OF OPTICAL LOCALIZER FOR OPTIMAL LINE OF SIGHT WITH OPTICAL TRACKERS | SHAFQAT, AMY JEANETTE | 3798 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2023 |
| 17591004 | TISSUE PATHWAY CREATION USING ULTRASONIC SENSORS | COOK, CHRISTOPHER L | 3797 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2022 |
| 17590961 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A ROBOTIC ARM | ABUELHAWA, MOHAMMED YOUSEF | 3656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 307d overdue | Pending | Feb 02, 2022 |
| 17476166 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PLANNING OF INTERBODY INSERTION | MOLL, NITHYA JANAKIRAMAN | 2189 | §101 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Sep 15, 2021 |
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