Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
27 pending office actions • 8 art units • 22 examiners • 0 of 27 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 59 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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. 8 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 + other | 1 (4%) |
| §103 only | 4 (15%) |
| §102 only | 2 (7%) |
| §112 only | 2 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 5 (19%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 12 (44%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (4%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 4 | 77.9% | +19.1% |
| LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 2 | 73.7% | +29.8% |
| SUMMITT, LYNNSY M | 2 | 68.2% | +43.9% |
| PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 1 | 71.0% | +39.3% |
| LANE, HOLLY JOANNA | 1 | 80.5% | +16.3% |
| YANG, ANDREW | 1 | 84.2% | +10.5% |
| ALAM, MIRZA F | 1 | 74.3% | +34.0% |
| CARTER, TARA ROSE E | 1 | 80.7% | +9.7% |
| JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T | 1 | 63.8% | +30.3% |
| COLEY, ZADE JAMES | 1 | 72.2% | +26.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18956323 | SURGICAL RETRACTOR | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18501583 | INTELLIGENT IMPLANTS | MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO | 36d overdue |
| 18815026 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERTEBRAL ADJUSTMENT | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 7d |
| 18140168 | ADJUSTABLE IMPLANT AND METHOD OF USE | KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE | 12d |
| 18954695 | SURGICAL RETRACTION SYSTEM | JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T | 34d |
| 18932816 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROMOTING SACROILIAC JOINT FUSION | COLEY, ZADE JAMES | 56d |
| 19322853 | ADAPTER FOR PATIENT REFERENCE ARRAY AND BONE ANCHOR ASSEMBLY | LANE, HOLLY JOANNA | — |
| 18889843 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RENDERING OBJECTS TRANSLUCENT IN X-RAY IMAGES | ALLISON, ANDRAE S | — |
| 18590393 | SPINAL FIXATION CONSTRUCTS AND RELATED METHODS | SUMMITT, LYNNSY M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18815026 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERTEBRAL ADJUSTMENT | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 7d |
| 18954695 | SURGICAL RETRACTION SYSTEM | JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T | 34d |
| 18932816 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROMOTING SACROILIAC JOINT FUSION | COLEY, ZADE JAMES | 56d |
| 19345157 | EXPANDABLE IMPLANTS | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | — |
| 19322853 | ADAPTER FOR PATIENT REFERENCE ARRAY AND BONE ANCHOR ASSEMBLY | LANE, HOLLY JOANNA | — |
| 19226337 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING SPINE SURGERY | YANG, ANDREW | — |
| 19184098 | ELECTRODE DISCONNECT DETECTION | ALAM, MIRZA F | — |
| 19085515 | SURGICAL RETRACTOR SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3773 | 9 |
| 3791 | 3 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 3775 | 1 |
| 3679 | 1 |
| 3687 | 1 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| 2189 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19345157 | EXPANDABLE IMPLANTS | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 3773 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2025 |
| 19322853 | ADAPTER FOR PATIENT REFERENCE ARRAY AND BONE ANCHOR ASSEMBLY | LANE, HOLLY JOANNA | 3773 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2025 |
| 19226337 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING SPINE SURGERY | YANG, ANDREW | — | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 19184098 | ELECTRODE DISCONNECT DETECTION | ALAM, MIRZA F | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2025 |
| 19085515 | SURGICAL RETRACTOR SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 3619 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 18956323 | SURGICAL RETRACTOR | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | 3773 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18954695 | SURGICAL RETRACTION SYSTEM | JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T | 3773 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18932816 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROMOTING SACROILIAC JOINT FUSION | COLEY, ZADE JAMES | 3775 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18889843 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RENDERING OBJECTS TRANSLUCENT IN X-RAY IMAGES | ALLISON, ANDRAE S | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18735482 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SPINAL SURGERY | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18590393 | SPINAL FIXATION CONSTRUCTS AND RELATED METHODS | SUMMITT, LYNNSY M | 3773 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18559207 | Lateral Surgery System | CONLEY, FREDRICK C | 3679 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18501583 | INTELLIGENT IMPLANTS | MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO | 3791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18233099 | IMPLANTABLE DISTRACTION DEVICE | ELKINS, BLAKE HARRISON | — | §101§102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2023 |
| 18300081 | MULTI-MODALITY APPARATUS | MUSTANSIR, ABID A | 3791 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 13, 2023 |
| 18000751 | INTELLIGENT ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS OF MEDICAL PATIENTS | EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH | 3687 | §103 | Final Rejection | 62d | Pending | Dec 05, 2022 |
| 17761003 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC-ASSISTED SURGERY | DOROS, KAYLA RENEE | 3657 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 16, 2022 |
| 17527800 | Systems and methods for performing spinal surgery | GEBRESILASSIE, KIBROM K | 2189 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2021 |
| 19222420 | NONINVASIVELY ADJUSTABLE SUTURE ANCHORS | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | — | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19028960 | REMOTE CONTROL MODULE FOR ADJUSTABLE IMPLANTS | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19008002 | EXTERNAL ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR DISTRACTION DEVICE | NGUYEN, DANNY | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18967910 | MAINTENANCE FEATURE IN MAGNETIC IMPLANT | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18815026 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERTEBRAL ADJUSTMENT | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 3773 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18712788 | ADJUSTABLE IMPLANT WITH CYCLOID GEARS | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 3773 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18650994 | ADJUSTABLE IMPLANT WITH ADVANCED SEALING AND RETENTION | SUMMITT, LYNNSY M | 3773 | §102§103DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18602207 | BONE GROWTH DEVICE AND METHOD | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 3773 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18140168 | ADJUSTABLE IMPLANT AND METHOD OF USE | KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE | 3791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Apr 27, 2023 |
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