Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3733 3773

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.1%
Allow Rate
+8.1% vs TC avg
1257
Total Applications
+19.0%
Interview Lift
1093
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1199 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.1%
§101 Eligibility
28.3%
§102 Novelty
36.2%
§103 Obviousness
24.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18815731 BOTTOM-LOADED PIVOTAL BONE ANCHOR WITH SHANK HEAD COLLET CONTAINMENT Final Rejection Roger P. Jackson
18811469 MODULAR PIVOTAL BONE ANCHOR WITH BOTTOM-LOADED INSERT HAVING ALIGNMENT GUIDE SURFACES Final Rejection Roger P. Jackson
19218561 EXPANDABLE LATERAL LUMBAR INTERBODY SPACER Non-Final OA Astura Medical Inc.
18125942 REDUCER REMOVER Final Rejection Astura Medical Inc.
18660365 POLYAXIAL BONE FIXATION ELEMENT Non-Final OA DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
18191563 BONE FRAGMENT MANIPULATION DEVICE AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
18436702 Spiral U-Blade Lag Screw Non-Final OA Stryker European Operations Limited
18828985 PRESS-ON LINK FOR SURGICAL SCREWS Final Rejection Nexus Spine, LLC
18687502 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING A FEMORAL ARRAY CLAMP Non-Final OA Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
18566193 ROD FOR SPINAL BRACE Non-Final OA GLOBERIDE, Inc.
18272981 ROD FOR SPINAL FIXATION IMPLEMENT AND SPINAL FIXATION IMPLEMENT PROVIDED WITH SAME Non-Final OA GLOBERIDE, Inc.
18269488 ROD FOR SPINAL FIXTURE, AND SPINAL FIXTURE COMPRISING SAME Non-Final OA GLOBERIDE, Inc.
18766042 POLYAXIAL BONE ANCHORING DEVICE AND INSTRUMENT FOR USE WITH THE SAME Final Rejection BIEDERMANN TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
18815026 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERTEBRAL ADJUSTMENT Non-Final OA NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics, INC.
18183484 SPINAL IMPLANTS WITH ELECTRONICS CARTRIDGE AND EXTERNALIZED ANTENNA Final Rejection Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
18236368 RESTORING SPINAL ALIGNMENT AND/OR RANGE OF MOTION USING BILATERAL IMPLANTS Non-Final OA 3Spine, Inc.
18653309 LATERAL MASS FIXATION IMPLANT Non-Final OA Providence Medical Technology, Inc.
18288641 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LUMBAR FUSION Non-Final OA PROVIDENCE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
18284939 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRECTION OF SPINE DEFORMATION Final Rejection Providence Medical Technology, Inc.
18090640 LATERAL MASS FIXATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Providence Medical Technology, Inc.
17373120 LATERAL MASS FIXATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Providence Medical Technology, Inc.
18827429 POLYAXIAL PEDICLE SCREW Non-Final OA Highridge Medical, LLC
18031307 Method and Apparatus for Reducing Human Vertebral Body Subsidence Using Variable Surface Area Interbody Cages Correlated to Localized Bone Density Measurements Final Rejection Acuity Surgical Devices LLC
18932532 IMPLANT INSERTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE Non-Final OA Pressio, Inc.
18800020 FACET FIXATION SYSTEMS AND METHOD Non-Final OA SYNERGY SPINE SOLUTIONS INC.
18715092 RETRACTORS Non-Final OA SURE RETRACTORS LIMITED
18556533 TEMPORARILY FIXABLE OSTEOSYNTHESIS DEVICE FOR VERTEBRAE, WITH A ROTATABLE FIXING ELEMENT Non-Final OA ORTHO HUB VENTURES UG (HAFTUNGSBESCHRÄNKT)
18467092 Monoblock Implant and Method for Cervical Spine Fusion Surgery Final Rejection Uncinate Joint, LLC
18312303 Bone Screw for Attaching Rod to Bone Non-Final OA CoreLink, LLC
17980491 SELF-RETAINING BONE HOLDING DEVICES AND METHODS Final Rejection Nicholas H. Mast, M.D., Inc. , California Medical Corporation

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