Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Orthosoft ULC

14 pending office actions • 8 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

5
Hard (36%)
9
Medium (64%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (7%)
§103 only8 (57%)
§102 only1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (29%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
7% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
86% of docket
1
Business / Other
7% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HANNA, SAMUEL SALEEB 2 58.1% +36.6%
GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L 1 57.3% +40.5%
EL SAYAH, MOHAMAD O 1 75.4% +3.1%
AKHTER, SHARMIN 1 70.0% +28.7%
EDUN, DEAN NAWAAB 1 48.9% +65.9%
NECKEL, NATHAN DANIEL 1
BATES, DAVID W 1 76.5% +17.0%
CHANG, OLIVIA C 1 84.3% +13.4%
BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT 1 70.1% +24.3%
EISEMAN, ADAM JARED 1 55.1% +27.0%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18662290 METHODS FOR ALIGNING SENSOR-ENABLED PROSTHESIS DURING ROBOTICALLY-ASSISTED ARTHROPLASTY CHANG, OLIVIA C

Hard Cases (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18532343 GAP BALANCING ASSEMBLY FOR KNEE REVISION SURGERY BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT 26d overdue
19243361 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SURGICAL HARDWARE GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L
18965518 HIP IMPINGEMENT AND DISLOCATION DETECTION SYSTEM AKHTER, SHARMIN
18924039 ROBOTIC SURGERY SYSTEM WITH USER INTERFACING NECKEL, NATHAN DANIEL
18101324 WIRELESSLY POWERED SENSORS FOR ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS MORONESO, JONATHAN DREW

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18532343 GAP BALANCING ASSEMBLY FOR KNEE REVISION SURGERY BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT 26d overdue
18508668 IMPLANTABLE SENSOR FOR DETERMINING ORIENTATION AND MOVEMENT OF BONE EISEMAN, ADAM JARED 3d overdue
18052024 ON-BONE ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGERY HANNA, SAMUEL SALEEB 28d
18770738 COMPUTER-ASSISTED NAVIGATION OF LOCK HOLE IN IMPLANT BATES, DAVID W 55d
19243361 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SURGICAL HARDWARE GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L
18965518 HIP IMPINGEMENT AND DISLOCATION DETECTION SYSTEM AKHTER, SHARMIN
18962555 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTRAOPERATIVE ANATOMICAL IMAGING EDUN, DEAN NAWAAB
18662290 METHODS FOR ALIGNING SENSOR-ENABLED PROSTHESIS DURING ROBOTICALLY-ASSISTED ARTHROPLASTY CHANG, OLIVIA C

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3775 5
3791 2
3683 1
3658 1
2689 1
3797 1
3799 1
3798 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19243361 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SURGICAL HARDWARE GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L 3683 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 19, 2025
18972190 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRACKING MOVEMENT OF ROBOT IN ROBOT-ASSISTED SURGERY EL SAYAH, MOHAMAD O 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Dec 06, 2024
18965518 HIP IMPINGEMENT AND DISLOCATION DETECTION SYSTEM AKHTER, SHARMIN 2689 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 02, 2024
18962555 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTRAOPERATIVE ANATOMICAL IMAGING EDUN, DEAN NAWAAB 3797 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 27, 2024
18924039 ROBOTIC SURGERY SYSTEM WITH USER INTERFACING NECKEL, NATHAN DANIEL §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 23, 2024
18770738 COMPUTER-ASSISTED NAVIGATION OF LOCK HOLE IN IMPLANT BATES, DAVID W 3799 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Jul 12, 2024
18662290 METHODS FOR ALIGNING SENSOR-ENABLED PROSTHESIS DURING ROBOTICALLY-ASSISTED ARTHROPLASTY CHANG, OLIVIA C 3775 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 13, 2024
18660753 ROBOTIC SYSTEM WITH FORCE MONITORING FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGERY SYSTEM HANNA, SAMUEL SALEEB 3775 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 10, 2024
18532343 GAP BALANCING ASSEMBLY FOR KNEE REVISION SURGERY BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT 3775 §102§103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Dec 07, 2023
18508668 IMPLANTABLE SENSOR FOR DETERMINING ORIENTATION AND MOVEMENT OF BONE EISEMAN, ADAM JARED 3791 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2023
18101324 WIRELESSLY POWERED SENSORS FOR ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS MORONESO, JONATHAN DREW 3791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 25, 2023
18052024 ON-BONE ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGERY HANNA, SAMUEL SALEEB 3775 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Nov 02, 2022
17977776 ADAPTOR FOR ROBOTICALLY- GUIDED HIP CUP IMPACTION KAMIKAWA, TRACY L 3775 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Oct 31, 2022
17206552 COMPUTER-ASSISTED TRACKING SYSTEM USING ULTRASOUND FARAG, AMAL ALY 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Mar 19, 2021

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