Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
16 pending office actions • 4 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (12%) |
| §103 only | 2 (12%) |
| §102 only | 2 (12%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 5 (31%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E | 2 | 80.7% | +17.6% |
| WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | 2 | 82.1% | +13.2% |
| LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 2 | 73.8% | +29.7% |
| YANG, ANDREW | 1 | 84.2% | +10.6% |
| HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 1 | 78.1% | +11.7% |
| SEVILLA, CHRISTIAN ANTHONY | 1 | 75.8% | +19.3% |
| COLEY, ZADE JAMES | 1 | 72.1% | +26.0% |
| GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | 1 | 85.5% | +17.0% |
| JONES, DIANA S | 1 | 75.0% | +20.2% |
| KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 1 | 58.3% | +36.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19211925 | POSITIONING AND CUTTING GUIDES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES | WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E | — |
| 19183905 | ALIGNMENT GUIDE APPARATUS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | — |
| 19069960 | JOINT REPLACEMENT ALIGNMENT GUIDES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE AND ASSEMBLY | YANG, ANDREW | — |
| 19036435 | SOFT TISSUE RETENTION DEVICE, INSTRUMENTATION AND RELATED METHODS | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | — |
| 18907097 | ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS AND INSTRUMENTS | WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18482496 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, GUIDES, AND METHODS OF USE | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 19d overdue |
| 18477170 | ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS AND METHODS | PRESTON, REBECCA STRASZHEIM | 15d overdue |
| 18931929 | ORTHOPEDIC INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | 47d |
| 19032898 | IMPLANTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USE | HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | — |
| 18983207 | INSTRUMENTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USING | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | — |
| 17361847 | SOFT TISSUE RETENTION DEVICES, INSTRUMENTATION AND RELATED METHODS | DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18923361 | ORTHOPEDIC INSTRUMENTS | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 49d overdue |
| 18482496 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, GUIDES, AND METHODS OF USE | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 19d overdue |
| 18602627 | IMPLANT, ALIGNMENT GUIDES, SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE | JONES, DIANA S | 5d overdue |
| 18931929 | ORTHOPEDIC INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | 47d |
| 19211925 | POSITIONING AND CUTTING GUIDES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES | WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E | — |
| 19183905 | ALIGNMENT GUIDE APPARATUS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | — |
| 19069960 | JOINT REPLACEMENT ALIGNMENT GUIDES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE AND ASSEMBLY | YANG, ANDREW | — |
| 19036435 | SOFT TISSUE RETENTION DEVICE, INSTRUMENTATION AND RELATED METHODS | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3775 | 9 |
| 3774 | 3 |
| 3619 | 2 |
| 3773 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19211925 | POSITIONING AND CUTTING GUIDES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES | WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E | 3775 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2025 |
| 19183905 | ALIGNMENT GUIDE APPARATUS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 20, 2025 |
| 19069960 | JOINT REPLACEMENT ALIGNMENT GUIDES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE AND ASSEMBLY | YANG, ANDREW | 3775 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19036435 | SOFT TISSUE RETENTION DEVICE, INSTRUMENTATION AND RELATED METHODS | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | 3775 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19032898 | IMPLANTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USE | HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 3773 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 19012393 | OSTEOTOMY SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS | SEVILLA, CHRISTIAN ANTHONY | 3775 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18983207 | INSTRUMENTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USING | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 3619 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18937825 | TOTAL ANKLE REPLACEMENT SURGICAL METHOD | COLEY, ZADE JAMES | 3775 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18931929 | ORTHOPEDIC INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | 3775 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 47d | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18923361 | ORTHOPEDIC INSTRUMENTS | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 3619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18907097 | ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS AND INSTRUMENTS | WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E | 3775 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18602627 | IMPLANT, ALIGNMENT GUIDES, SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE | JONES, DIANA S | 3775 | §112 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18482496 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, GUIDES, AND METHODS OF USE | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 3775 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
| 18477170 | ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS AND METHODS | PRESTON, REBECCA STRASZHEIM | 3774 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18298027 | SURGICAL METHODS FOR PROCEDURES OF THE SUBTALAR JOINT | TYSON, MELANIE RUANO | 3774 | §103 | Final Rejection | 77d | Pending | Apr 10, 2023 |
| 17361847 | SOFT TISSUE RETENTION DEVICES, INSTRUMENTATION AND RELATED METHODS | DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | 3774 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2021 |
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