Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 6 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days
Orthosoft ULC currently manages 12 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 12 actions are assigned to 12 distinct examiners, which means there is no overlap in the individuals reviewing the company's current applications. These examiners are spread across 7 distinct art units. CHRISTOPHER L GILLIGAN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, handling 1 pending office action.
The fact that 12 distinct examiners are handling 12 pending office actions suggests a fragmented prosecution landscape. This fragmentation is further reflected in the 7 distinct art units involved, indicating that the portfolio covers several different technical niches within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. Because CHRISTOPHER L GILLIGAN only manages 1 pending office action, there is no single examiner with whom the company has a concentrated relationship at this time.
Practitioners should be prepared to address 12 different examiner perspectives across 7 distinct art units. This variety requires a flexible prosecution strategy that can adapt to the specific requirements of each individual examiner. The 12 pending office actions represent a significant workload that is distributed as widely as possible among the assigned personnel. The 1 pending office action with the busiest examiner highlights the lack of concentration in the current portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (22%) |
| §103 only | 4 (44%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L | 1 | 57.7% | +40.0% |
| COLEY, ZADE JAMES | 1 | 72.2% | +26.0% |
| EL SAYAH, MOHAMAD O | 1 | 75.3% | +3.6% |
| EDUN, DEAN NAWAAB | 1 | 52.9% | +57.4% |
| YANG, YI-SHAN | 1 | 70.6% | +53.3% |
| CHANG, OLIVIA C | 1 | 84.4% | +13.3% |
| TYSON, MELANIE RUANO | 1 | 68.4% | +18.9% |
| HANNA, SAMUEL SALEEB | 1 | 58.0% | +36.8% |
| LIU, ZHENGXI | 1 | 64.1% | +40.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18052024 | ON-BONE ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGERY | HANNA, SAMUEL SALEEB | 28d |
| 19243361 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SURGICAL HARDWARE | GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L | — |
| 19085862 | END EFFECTOR FOR ROBOTIC SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY | COLEY, ZADE JAMES | — |
| 18931295 | INTRAOPERATIVE INTERFACING METHOD FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGERY SYSTEM | YANG, YI-SHAN | — |
| 18662290 | METHODS FOR ALIGNING SENSOR-ENABLED PROSTHESIS DURING ROBOTICALLY-ASSISTED ARTHROPLASTY | CHANG, OLIVIA C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18052024 | ON-BONE ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGERY | HANNA, SAMUEL SALEEB | 28d |
| 19243361 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SURGICAL HARDWARE | GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L | — |
| 19085862 | END EFFECTOR FOR ROBOTIC SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY | COLEY, ZADE JAMES | — |
| 18962555 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTRAOPERATIVE ANATOMICAL IMAGING | EDUN, DEAN NAWAAB | — |
| 18931295 | INTRAOPERATIVE INTERFACING METHOD FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGERY SYSTEM | YANG, YI-SHAN | — |
| 18662290 | METHODS FOR ALIGNING SENSOR-ENABLED PROSTHESIS DURING ROBOTICALLY-ASSISTED ARTHROPLASTY | CHANG, OLIVIA C | — |
| 18404662 | DIGITAL BALL POINT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY SMART IMPLANT | TYSON, MELANIE RUANO | — |
| 17376676 | AUGMENTED REALITY BONE LANDMARK DISPLAY | LIU, ZHENGXI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3775 | 2 |
| 3683 | 1 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| 2611 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19243361 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SURGICAL HARDWARE | GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L | 3683 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2025 |
| 19085862 | END EFFECTOR FOR ROBOTIC SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY | COLEY, ZADE JAMES | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 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 |
| 18962555 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTRAOPERATIVE ANATOMICAL IMAGING | EDUN, DEAN NAWAAB | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18931295 | INTRAOPERATIVE INTERFACING METHOD FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGERY SYSTEM | YANG, YI-SHAN | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18662290 | METHODS FOR ALIGNING SENSOR-ENABLED PROSTHESIS DURING ROBOTICALLY-ASSISTED ARTHROPLASTY | CHANG, OLIVIA C | 3775 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18404662 | DIGITAL BALL POINT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY SMART IMPLANT | TYSON, MELANIE RUANO | 3774 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
| 18052024 | ON-BONE ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGERY | HANNA, SAMUEL SALEEB | 3775 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Nov 02, 2022 |
| 17376676 | AUGMENTED REALITY BONE LANDMARK DISPLAY | LIU, ZHENGXI | 2611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2021 |
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