Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Spineology Inc. has 1 pending office action currently under review. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, centralizing the company's immediate prosecution activity. This singular point of contact allows for a focused legal strategy regarding the pending application.
WOODALL, NICHOLAS W is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. This examiner is responsible for the 1 pending office action currently active for the company. The outcome of this specific case rests entirely with this examiner's evaluation, making their perspective central to the company's immediate patent goals.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | 1 | 82.0% | +13.3% |
| BATES, DAVID W | 1 | 76.4% | +16.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19212272 | MESH SPACER HYBRID | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | — |
| 18133514 | SURGICAL SCREWDRIVER SYSTEM | BATES, DAVID W | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19212272 | MESH SPACER HYBRID | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | — |
| 18133514 | SURGICAL SCREWDRIVER SYSTEM | BATES, DAVID W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19212272 | MESH SPACER HYBRID | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | — | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2025 |
| 18133514 | SURGICAL SCREWDRIVER SYSTEM | BATES, DAVID W | 3799 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2023 |
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