Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
17 pending office actions • 6 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (18%) |
| §102 only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (12%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (59%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, STEPHANI A | 5 | 29.5% | +44.4% |
| WHITE, KIA XIONG | 2 | 61.9% | +46.4% |
| SHIRSAT, MARCELA | 1 | 73.5% | +19.7% |
| YANG, ANDREW | 1 | 84.2% | +10.6% |
| KU, SI MING | 1 | 72.7% | +32.9% |
| SHARMA, YASHITA | 1 | 81.7% | +25.1% |
| PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 1 | 70.8% | +39.6% |
| DUMBRIS, SETH M | 1 | 76.3% | +16.6% |
| BLASS, PARIS MARIE | 1 | 56.3% | +53.8% |
| SMITH, CATHERINE P | 1 | 16.1% | +15.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19278100 | SPINAL CAGE DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLY AND USE | YANG, ANDREW | — |
| 18417939 | METAL ALLOY HAVING ZIRCONIUM CONTAINING COATING | SHARMA, YASHITA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18126070 | MEDICAL DEVICE METAL ALLOY | HILL, STEPHANI A | 43d overdue |
| 18204180 | COATING FOR METAL ALLOY | HILL, STEPHANI A | 28d overdue |
| 18116677 | MEDICAL DEVICE THAT INCLUDES A RHENIUM-CHROMIUM ALLOY | HILL, STEPHANI A | 25d overdue |
| 17876282 | MEDICAL DEVICE THAT INCLUDES A REFRACTORY METAL ALLOY | HILL, STEPHANI A | 16d overdue |
| 18222237 | HEAT TREATMENT OF A METAL ALLOY | SMITH, CATHERINE P | 8d |
| 18967034 | METAL ALLOW HAVING RHENIUM EFFECT | HILL, STEPHANI A | 9d |
| 18418007 | METAL ALLOY HAVING TITANIUM COATING | WHITE, KIA XIONG | — |
| 18540271 | EXPANDABLE SYSTEM FOR REPAIR OF BONE FRACTURES | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18126070 | MEDICAL DEVICE METAL ALLOY | HILL, STEPHANI A | 43d overdue |
| 18204180 | COATING FOR METAL ALLOY | HILL, STEPHANI A | 28d overdue |
| 18116677 | MEDICAL DEVICE THAT INCLUDES A RHENIUM-CHROMIUM ALLOY | HILL, STEPHANI A | 25d overdue |
| 17876282 | MEDICAL DEVICE THAT INCLUDES A REFRACTORY METAL ALLOY | HILL, STEPHANI A | 16d overdue |
| 18222237 | HEAT TREATMENT OF A METAL ALLOY | SMITH, CATHERINE P | 8d |
| 18967034 | METAL ALLOW HAVING RHENIUM EFFECT | HILL, STEPHANI A | 9d |
| 19284760 | BONE SCREW LOCKING RECEIVER AND BONE SCREW SYSTEM | SHIRSAT, MARCELA | — |
| 19278100 | SPINAL CAGE DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLY AND USE | YANG, ANDREW | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1735 | 6 |
| 3774 | 5 |
| 3775 | 1 |
| 3773 | 1 |
| 1784 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19284760 | BONE SCREW LOCKING RECEIVER AND BONE SCREW SYSTEM | SHIRSAT, MARCELA | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19278100 | SPINAL CAGE DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLY AND USE | YANG, ANDREW | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2025 |
| 19005364 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF BONE PLATING | KU, SI MING | 3775 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18967034 | METAL ALLOW HAVING RHENIUM EFFECT | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18438641 | MEDICAL DEVICE THAT INCLUDES COATING MATERIAL | WHITE, KIA XIONG | 3774 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18418007 | METAL ALLOY HAVING TITANIUM COATING | WHITE, KIA XIONG | 3774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18417939 | METAL ALLOY HAVING ZIRCONIUM CONTAINING COATING | SHARMA, YASHITA | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18540271 | EXPANDABLE SYSTEM FOR REPAIR OF BONE FRACTURES | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 3773 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18237300 | METAL ALLOYS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES | DUMBRIS, SETH M | 1784 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
| 18233067 | STENT DEVICE FOR SPINAL FUSION | BLASS, PARIS MARIE | 3774 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2023 |
| 18222237 | HEAT TREATMENT OF A METAL ALLOY | SMITH, CATHERINE P | 1735 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 18219798 | SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING REAL-TIME AORTIC VALVE DIAMETER MEASUREMENT | TOMBERS, JOSEPH A | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2023 |
| 18204180 | COATING FOR METAL ALLOY | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | DP | Non-Final OA | 28d overdue | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 18126070 | MEDICAL DEVICE METAL ALLOY | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 43d overdue | Pending | Mar 24, 2023 |
| 18116677 | MEDICAL DEVICE THAT INCLUDES A RHENIUM-CHROMIUM ALLOY | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 25d overdue | Pending | Mar 02, 2023 |
| 17876282 | MEDICAL DEVICE THAT INCLUDES A REFRACTORY METAL ALLOY | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Jul 28, 2022 |
| 17873808 | EXPANDABLE SHEATH FOR A TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE | MANNAN, MIKAIL A | 3774 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2022 |
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