Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
14 pending office actions • 4 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 only | 1 (7%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (7%) |
| §103 only | 2 (14%) |
| §102 only | 5 (36%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (29%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | 4 | 83.4% | +14.0% |
| YANG, ANDREW | 2 | 84.2% | +10.6% |
| NEGRELLIRODRIGUEZ, CHRISTINA | 1 | 89.0% | +10.5% |
| GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | 1 | 85.5% | +17.0% |
| SAINT-VIL, EDDY | 1 | 42.7% | +29.9% |
| KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 1 | 58.3% | +36.8% |
| HANNA, SAMUEL SALEEB | 1 | 58.1% | +36.6% |
| KU, SI MING | 1 | 72.7% | +32.9% |
| PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 1 | 70.8% | +39.6% |
| BATES, DAVID W | 1 | 76.5% | +17.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19262002 | JOINT SPACER SYSTEMS AND METHODS | YANG, ANDREW | — |
| 19030046 | TARSAL-METATARSAL JOINT PROCEDURE UTILIZING FULCRUM | BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
| 19030114 | BONE POSITIONING AND PREPARING GUIDE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
| 19019429 | CUT GUIDE WITH INTEGRATED JOINT REALIGNMENT FEATURES | BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
| 18583504 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC HARVESTING GUIDE | YANG, ANDREW | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18467509 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE METATARSAL REALIGNMENT | KU, SI MING | 5d overdue |
| 19275797 | METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT PREPARATION AND METATARSAL REALIGNMENT FOR FUSION | NEGRELLIRODRIGUEZ, CHRISTINA | — |
| 18808935 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND INSTRUMENTATION | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | — |
| 18801659 | BONE PLATING SYSTEM AND METHOD | BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
| 18437089 | PINNING AND DRILLING INSTRUMENTS FOR SMALL BONE IMPLANT PLACEMENT | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | — |
| 17948847 | TAPERED LOBULAR SURGICAL DRIVER AND IMPLANT SYSTEM AND TECHNIQUE FOR DISENGAGING DRIVER DURING SURGERY | 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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18467693 | SPINAL FIXATION TECHNIQUES AND IMPLANTS | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 96d overdue |
| 18444352 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELS | SAINT-VIL, EDDY | 38d overdue |
| 18467509 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE METATARSAL REALIGNMENT | KU, SI MING | 5d overdue |
| 18517269 | PATIENT-SPECIFIC SURGICAL METHODS AND INSTRUMENTATION | HANNA, SAMUEL SALEEB | 15d |
| 19275797 | METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT PREPARATION AND METATARSAL REALIGNMENT FOR FUSION | NEGRELLIRODRIGUEZ, CHRISTINA | — |
| 19262002 | JOINT SPACER SYSTEMS AND METHODS | YANG, ANDREW | — |
| 19030046 | TARSAL-METATARSAL JOINT PROCEDURE UTILIZING FULCRUM | BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
| 19030114 | BONE POSITIONING AND PREPARING GUIDE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3775 | 6 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| 3773 | 1 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19275797 | METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT PREPARATION AND METATARSAL REALIGNMENT FOR FUSION | NEGRELLIRODRIGUEZ, CHRISTINA | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
| 19262002 | JOINT SPACER SYSTEMS AND METHODS | YANG, ANDREW | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 |
| 19030046 | TARSAL-METATARSAL JOINT PROCEDURE UTILIZING FULCRUM | BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19030114 | BONE POSITIONING AND PREPARING GUIDE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19019429 | CUT GUIDE WITH INTEGRATED JOINT REALIGNMENT FEATURES | BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18808935 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND INSTRUMENTATION | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | 3775 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18801659 | BONE PLATING SYSTEM AND METHOD | BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | 3775 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18583504 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC HARVESTING GUIDE | YANG, ANDREW | 3775 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18444352 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELS | SAINT-VIL, EDDY | 3715 | §102 | Final Rejection | 38d overdue | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18437089 | PINNING AND DRILLING INSTRUMENTS FOR SMALL BONE IMPLANT PLACEMENT | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 3775 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18517269 | PATIENT-SPECIFIC SURGICAL METHODS AND INSTRUMENTATION | HANNA, SAMUEL SALEEB | 3775 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18467509 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE METATARSAL REALIGNMENT | KU, SI MING | 3775 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 18467693 | SPINAL FIXATION TECHNIQUES AND IMPLANTS | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | 96d overdue | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 17948847 | TAPERED LOBULAR SURGICAL DRIVER AND IMPLANT SYSTEM AND TECHNIQUE FOR DISENGAGING DRIVER DURING SURGERY | BATES, DAVID W | 3799 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2022 |
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