Listed by the USPTO as BATES, DAVID W
Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3773 3774 3775 3799
This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases
David W Bates works in tech center 3700 and art unit 3773. His record contains 1091 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 76.4% and a median of 1209 days to allowance. The interview lift of 16.7% suggests that interviews are associated with a material improvement in allowance outcomes in this record.
The principal companies are Stryker Corporation, DePuy Synthes Products Inc., and Smith & Nephew plc. The principal firms are Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, DORITY & MANNING, P.A., and Lerner David LLP. Practitioners can use the broad case history to evaluate likely prosecution paths, while the median timing makes early claim strategy and docket planning particularly relevant for medical technology matters.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18877682 | Surgical Sagittal Blade Cartridge | Final Rejection | Stryker European Operations Limited |
| 18652290 | Dual Head Elbow Plate | Final Rejection | Stryker European Operations Limited |
| 19054435 | Surgical Handpiece System For Driving Surgical Pins And Related Accessories | Non-Final OA | Stryker Corporation |
| 18647030 | Total Knee Revision Arthroplasty Implant Kit | Non-Final OA | Howmedica Osteonics Corp. |
| 18547209 | Multi-Part Implant Having a Support Element and a Functional Element | Non-Final OA | Karl Leibinger Asset Management GmbH & Co. KG |
| 18337284 | Implant and Method for Covering Large-Scale Bone Defects for Thorax | Non-Final OA | Karl Leibinger Asset Management GmbH & Co. KG |
| 19183986 | BONE STABILIZATION SYSTEMS | Non-Final OA | GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC. |
| 18715420 | IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO DEVICES FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENT IMPACTION | Final Rejection | DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY |
| 18714735 | IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO DEVICES FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENT EXTRACTION | Final Rejection | DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY |
| 18904353 | ARTHROSCOPIC WASHER EXTRACTOR | Final Rejection | Shukla Medical |
| 19097289 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING BONE MOVEMENT | Non-Final OA | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. |
| 18781097 | ADAPTERS FOR SURGICAL IMPACTING TOOLS | Final Rejection | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. |
| 18773828 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR BONE FIXATION | Final Rejection | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. |
| 19214229 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE BUNION SURGERY | Non-Final OA | WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. |
| 18684187 | DISC-SHAPED AUGMENTATION FOR A LONG BONE | Non-Final OA | Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG |
| 18980071 | PROSTHETIC TIBIAL COMPONENT HAVING PIVOTABLE, SHOCK-ABSORBING ARTICULAR PADS | Non-Final OA | Individual inventor |
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Build Your Strategy76.4% of resolved applications examined by David W Bates were allowed (1,091 resolved cases), compared with 73.8% across Art Unit 3773 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +16.7 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by David W Bates took 1,209 days on average from filing to allowance.
David W Bates examines applications in Art Unit 3773 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).
