Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 51 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wright Medical Technology Inc. currently faces 6 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. These actions are distributed among 6 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, showing a ratio of 1 examiner for every 1 pending action. This distribution indicates that each of the 6 pending matters is being handled by a different individual, requiring a customized approach for every application in the current cycle.
ACKUN, JACOB K is noted as the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 pending office action for the firm. Because each of the 6 distinct examiners is responsible for exactly 1 of the 6 pending office actions, no single examiner's perspective is more prevalent than another's. Practitioners must be prepared to engage with 6 different sets of examiner expectations and communication styles to advance the portfolio.
The use of 4 distinct art units for 6 pending office actions suggests that the company's current filings are technically diverse within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. This variety means that the prosecution team must be familiar with the specific norms and precedents of 4 different art units. Managing 6 pending office actions under these conditions requires a versatile strategy that can adapt to the requirements of 6 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACKUN, JACOB K | 1 | 56.9% | +3.5% |
| CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | 1 | 59.1% | +39.5% |
| KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 1 | 58.4% | +37.3% |
| FLORES, ADRIAN | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| TRAN, SUSAN T | 1 | 62.8% | +35.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18365376 | TARGETING GUIDE AND METHOD FOR AN IMPLANT | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 11d overdue |
| 19078866 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PLATE TRIAL PACKAGING | ACKUN, JACOB K | — |
| 18331470 | MULTIAXIAL MODULAR STEMS | FLORES, ADRIAN | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18365376 | TARGETING GUIDE AND METHOD FOR AN IMPLANT | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 11d overdue |
| 18960387 | ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | — |
| 17796529 | IMPROVED BONE GRAFT SUBSTITUTE FORMULATION | TRAN, SUSAN T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3736 | 1 |
| 3775 | 1 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| 1615 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19078866 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PLATE TRIAL PACKAGING | ACKUN, JACOB K | 3736 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 18960387 | ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18365376 | TARGETING GUIDE AND METHOD FOR AN IMPLANT | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 3775 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Aug 04, 2023 |
| 18331470 | MULTIAXIAL MODULAR STEMS | FLORES, ADRIAN | 3774 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 08, 2023 |
| 17796529 | IMPROVED BONE GRAFT SUBSTITUTE FORMULATION | TRAN, SUSAN T | 1615 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2022 |
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