Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
19 pending office actions • 9 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days
Zimmer Inc. has 18 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 16 distinct examiners and 9 distinct art units, showing a broad examiner spread across a more compact set of technical groups. PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters.
The difference between the action count and examiner count indicates that some examiners handle multiple matters, although the busiest examiner has only 2. The art-unit figure provides a useful coordination layer for portfolio review, while the examiner dispersion calls for individualized prosecution histories. Counsel should track recurring issues by art unit without treating the matters as a single examiner docket.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (5%) |
| §103 only | 4 (21%) |
| §102 only | 2 (11%) |
| §112 only | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (58%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E | 2 | 55.4% | +35.9% |
| DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | 2 | 48.1% | +45.2% |
| RAYMOND, LINNAE ELIZABETH | 1 | 50.4% | +50.4% |
| KOPPOLU, VAISALI RAO | 1 | 79.6% | +26.3% |
| BARIA, DINAH N | 1 | 72.9% | +28.5% |
| HANNA, SAMUEL SALEEB | 1 | 58.3% | +36.6% |
| LYNCH, ROBERT A | 1 | 80.3% | +12.9% |
| SIPP, AMY R. | 1 | 71.1% | +26.0% |
| FLORES, ADRIAN | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| WEISS, JESSICA | 1 | 81.0% | +32.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18368980 | SYSTEM OF MODULAR REAMERS AND BROACHES | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 10d overdue |
| 18494526 | IMPLANTABLE SENSING DEVICE CONFIGURED FOR MOUNTING ON OUTER SURFACE OF BONE | LIU, CHU CHUAN | 35d |
| 19023150 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BONE AND TISSUE HARVESTING | RAYMOND, LINNAE ELIZABETH | — |
| 18990839 | PLANNING SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING INTRAOPERATIVE BONE FRACTURE | KOPPOLU, VAISALI RAO | — |
| 18889792 | ANATOMICALLY SHAPED INLAY STEMLESS SHOULDER IMPLANT | LYNCH, ROBERT A | — |
| 18584483 | PROSTHETIC ANCHORING COMPONENTS WITH INTERNAL VOIDS | FLORES, ADRIAN | — |
| 18538990 | FEMORAL TRIAL HEAD | WEISS, JESSICA | — |
| 18528042 | ANTI-LUXATION DEVICES FOR A CONSTRAINED PROSTHETIC KNEE | WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19023150 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BONE AND TISSUE HARVESTING | RAYMOND, LINNAE ELIZABETH | — |
| 18990839 | PLANNING SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING INTRAOPERATIVE BONE FRACTURE | KOPPOLU, VAISALI RAO | — |
| 18936524 | INFINITELY ADJUSTABLE AUGMENT ANGLE BASEPLATE | BARIA, DINAH N | — |
| 18920320 | TENSOR DEVICE FOR REVISION KNEE ARTHROPLASTY | HANNA, SAMUEL SALEEB | — |
| 18889792 | ANATOMICALLY SHAPED INLAY STEMLESS SHOULDER IMPLANT | LYNCH, ROBERT A | — |
| 18658145 | ORTHOPEDIC REAMING DEVICES AND METHODS | SIPP, AMY R. | — |
| 18538990 | FEMORAL TRIAL HEAD | WEISS, JESSICA | — |
| 18233857 | TIBIAL PROSTHESIS WITH DISTAL FEATURES FOR CEMENTED FIXATION | PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 6 |
| 3775 | 4 |
| 3791 | 2 |
| 3799 | 2 |
| 3781 | 1 |
| 2664 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| 3773 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19023150 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BONE AND TISSUE HARVESTING | RAYMOND, LINNAE ELIZABETH | 3781 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18990839 | PLANNING SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING INTRAOPERATIVE BONE FRACTURE | KOPPOLU, VAISALI RAO | 2664 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18936524 | INFINITELY ADJUSTABLE AUGMENT ANGLE BASEPLATE | BARIA, DINAH N | 3774 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18920320 | TENSOR DEVICE FOR REVISION KNEE ARTHROPLASTY | HANNA, SAMUEL SALEEB | 3775 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18889792 | ANATOMICALLY SHAPED INLAY STEMLESS SHOULDER IMPLANT | LYNCH, ROBERT A | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18658145 | ORTHOPEDIC REAMING DEVICES AND METHODS | SIPP, AMY R. | 3775 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18584483 | PROSTHETIC ANCHORING COMPONENTS WITH INTERNAL VOIDS | FLORES, ADRIAN | 3774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18538990 | FEMORAL TRIAL HEAD | WEISS, JESSICA | 3775 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18528042 | ANTI-LUXATION DEVICES FOR A CONSTRAINED PROSTHETIC KNEE | WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL | 3774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18526955 | SEGMENTED KEEL FOR PROSTHETIC IMPLANT HAVING A STEM | ROBERT, EDUARDO C | 3773 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18494526 | IMPLANTABLE SENSING DEVICE CONFIGURED FOR MOUNTING ON OUTER SURFACE OF BONE | LIU, CHU CHUAN | 3791 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 |
| 18368980 | SYSTEM OF MODULAR REAMERS AND BROACHES | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 3619 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18233857 | TIBIAL PROSTHESIS WITH DISTAL FEATURES FOR CEMENTED FIXATION | PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E | 3799 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2023 |
| 18227664 | ANATOMICALLY SHAPED STEMLESS SHOULDER FOR TOTAL SHOULDER REPLACEMENT AND REVERSE TOTAL SHOULDER | DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | 3774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
| 18221153 | SPACER BLOCKS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRIALING KNEE JOINT | PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E | 3799 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
| 17865889 | BODY AREA NETWORK HAVING SENSING CAPABILITY | MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2022 |
| 17791751 | MOBILE BEARING REVERSED HUMERAL IMPLANT | DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2022 |
| 17749102 | ROBOTIC KNEE REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE AND INSTRUMENTS | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | 3775 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2022 |
| 17591383 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED FEMORAL COMPONENTS | PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | 3774 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialZimmer Inc. has 19 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 17 examiners.
Brian E Pellegrino has the most, with 2 of Zimmer Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
