Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Neo Medical SA has 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are spread across 3 distinct art units and 4 distinct examiners. Tara Rose E Carter is the busiest examiner for the company, currently responsible for 1 pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARTER, TARA ROSE E | 1 | 80.7% | +9.7% |
| LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 1 | 73.7% | +29.9% |
| HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 1 | 78.2% | +11.4% |
| VARGAS MONTALVO, DIXOMARA | 1 | 92.6% | +8.4% |
| KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 1 | 58.4% | +37.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18548508 | A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROPOSING SPINAL RODS FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY USING AUGMENTED REALITY | VARGAS MONTALVO, DIXOMARA | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19051333 | Set Screw and Set Screw Driving Tool for Improved Rod Alignment | HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 15d |
| 19302456 | System for Tightening an Orthopedic Set Screw at Two Different Torque Levels | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | — |
| 19104837 | RETRACTOR SYSTEM FOR SPINE SURGERY | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17774527 | An Orthopedic Screw Extender Having A U-Shaped Bent Structure With A Reduced Diameter | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 96d overdue |
| 19051333 | Set Screw and Set Screw Driving Tool for Improved Rod Alignment | HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 15d |
| 19104837 | RETRACTOR SYSTEM FOR SPINE SURGERY | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3773 | 2 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 3775 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19302456 | System for Tightening an Orthopedic Set Screw at Two Different Torque Levels | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | 3773 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2025 |
| 19104837 | RETRACTOR SYSTEM FOR SPINE SURGERY | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 3619 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 19051333 | Set Screw and Set Screw Driving Tool for Improved Rod Alignment | HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 3773 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 18548508 | A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROPOSING SPINAL RODS FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY USING AUGMENTED REALITY | VARGAS MONTALVO, DIXOMARA | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2023 |
| 17774527 | An Orthopedic Screw Extender Having A U-Shaped Bent Structure With A Reduced Diameter | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 3775 | §103 | Final Rejection | 96d overdue | Pending | May 05, 2022 |
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