Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
15 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Providence Medical Technology Inc. is currently managing 15 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 6 distinct examiners, which indicates that some examiners are handling multiple applications for the company. This overlap can lead to consistent examination patterns across different filings.
The company's prosecution is concentrated within 2 distinct art units. With 15 pending office actions across 2 art units, there is a technical focus in the current portfolio. This concentration suggests that the company is interacting with a small group of specialized examiners, which may allow for an understanding of the specific prior art and examination trends in these units.
RAMANA, ANURADHA is the busiest examiner for the company, currently responsible for 5 pending office actions. These 5 actions are part of the 15 pending office actions for the portfolio. The remaining actions are split among the other distinct examiners, making the decisions of the busiest examiner a factor in the company's overall prosecution success.
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 (7%) |
| §103 only | 6 (40%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (47%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAMANA, ANURADHA | 5 | 82.7% | +22.4% |
| HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 4 | 77.9% | +19.2% |
| GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | 2 | 83.2% | +11.8% |
| MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 2 | 83.0% | +24.3% |
| MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 1 | 68.5% | +48.2% |
| LITTLE, ANNA VICTORIA | 1 | 76.7% | +23.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19025161 | FACET SCREW AND DELIVERY DEVICE | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 42d overdue |
| 18375792 | FACET SCREW AND DELIVERY DEVICE | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 19d overdue |
| 19027855 | CERVICAL DISTRACTION METHOD | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 5d overdue |
| 19028373 | FACET JOINT IMPLANTS AND DELIVERY TOOLS | RAMANA, ANURADHA | — |
| 19024555 | SPINAL FIXATION ACCESS AND DELIVERY SYSTEM | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17373120 | LATERAL MASS FIXATION SYSTEM | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 31d overdue |
| 17592579 | VERTEBRAL JOINT IMPLANTS AND DELIVERY TOOLS | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 2d overdue |
| 18288641 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LUMBAR FUSION | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 27d |
| 19028821 | VERTEBRAL JOINT IMPLANTS AND DELIVERY TOOLS | RAMANA, ANURADHA | — |
| 18950286 | VERTEBRAL JOINT ACCESS AND DECORTICATION DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING | RAMANA, ANURADHA | — |
| 18380371 | SPINAL FIXATION ACCESS AND DELIVERY SYSTEM | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — |
| 17266704 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZATION OF A SPINAL SURGICAL SITE | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | — |
| 16764926 | ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANT FOR A FACET JOINT | LITTLE, ANNA VICTORIA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19025161 | FACET SCREW AND DELIVERY DEVICE | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 42d overdue |
| 17373120 | LATERAL MASS FIXATION SYSTEM | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 31d overdue |
| 18375792 | FACET SCREW AND DELIVERY DEVICE | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 19d overdue |
| 19027855 | CERVICAL DISTRACTION METHOD | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 5d overdue |
| 17592579 | VERTEBRAL JOINT IMPLANTS AND DELIVERY TOOLS | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 2d overdue |
| 18653309 | LATERAL MASS FIXATION IMPLANT | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 14d |
| 18288641 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LUMBAR FUSION | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 27d |
| 18284939 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRECTION OF SPINE DEFORMATION | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 63d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3773 | 9 |
| 3775 | 5 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19028821 | VERTEBRAL JOINT IMPLANTS AND DELIVERY TOOLS | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 3775 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19027855 | CERVICAL DISTRACTION METHOD | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 3775 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19028373 | FACET JOINT IMPLANTS AND DELIVERY TOOLS | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 3775 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19024555 | SPINAL FIXATION ACCESS AND DELIVERY SYSTEM | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19025161 | FACET SCREW AND DELIVERY DEVICE | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18950286 | VERTEBRAL JOINT ACCESS AND DECORTICATION DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 3775 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18653309 | LATERAL MASS FIXATION IMPLANT | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18288641 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LUMBAR FUSION | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 3773 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18380371 | SPINAL FIXATION ACCESS AND DELIVERY SYSTEM | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | 3773 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18375792 | FACET SCREW AND DELIVERY DEVICE | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 3773 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d overdue | Pending | Oct 02, 2023 |
| 18284939 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRECTION OF SPINE DEFORMATION | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | 63d | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 17592579 | VERTEBRAL JOINT IMPLANTS AND DELIVERY TOOLS | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 3775 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Feb 04, 2022 |
| 17373120 | LATERAL MASS FIXATION SYSTEM | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 3773 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Jul 12, 2021 |
| 17266704 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZATION OF A SPINAL SURGICAL SITE | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 3773 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2021 |
| 16764926 | ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANT FOR A FACET JOINT | LITTLE, ANNA VICTORIA | 3773 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 18, 2020 |
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