Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: KU, SI MING

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3771 3775

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.4%
Allow Rate
+2.4% vs TC avg
810
Total Applications
+33.2%
Interview Lift
1144
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 762 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
26.9%
§102 Novelty
57.1%
§103 Obviousness
4.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18644297 BONE PLATE FOR SECURING A FRACTURED BONE Non-Final OA Stryker European Operations Limited
18388347 SAGITTAL ADJUSTMENT SLOT IN PLATE USED WITH INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL Final Rejection Stryker European Operations Limited
18780661 Standalone Interbody Implants Non-Final OA GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
18352313 ROBOTIC AND NAVIGATED ROD BENDING Non-Final OA GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
18357700 TPLO Plate Dual Vector Compression System and Method Non-Final OA DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
18965012 MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING A ROTATABLE WORKING CHANNEL AND RELATED METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18229985 BONE PLATE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Medline Industries, LP
18467509 MINIMALLY INVASIVE METATARSAL REALIGNMENT Non-Final OA Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.
18950105 HYDRAULIC GROWING ROD Non-Final OA University of Utah Research Foundation
18958733 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SPINE SURGERY Non-Final OA NuVasive, INC.
18153794 CERVICAL PLATE Final Rejection MiRus LLC
18965528 KIT FOR PRODUCING AND EXTRUDING BONE CEMENT, AND METHOD Non-Final OA Heraeus Medical GmbH
18955230 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR BALANCING A PATIENT'S KNEE JOINT DURING AN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE Non-Final OA DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company
18646987 DRILL GUIDE FOR IMPLANTABLE HEARING DEVICES Final Rejection University of Rochester
18784828 STATISTICAL METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING PERFORATIONS DURING SURGICAL DRILLING BASED ON SENSED ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS Final Rejection INSERM (Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale)
18729866 Targeting Device Final Rejection Createc GmbH & Co. KG
17426462 POSITION SENSING SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL DEVICES, ORTHOPEDIC DRILL OR DRIVER, AND METHOD OF PERFORMING SURGERY Final Rejection Surgical Targeted Solutions Inc.
18417975 CONTINUOUS-MOTION, LOW RADIODENSITY SURGICAL RETRACTOR FOR FACILITATING IMPROVED VISUALIZATION AND PRECISE RETRACTION OF A TISSUE OF A BODY Final Rejection Alumina Medical LLC
18277819 BALLOON CATHETER RETRACTOR Final Rejection SHANGHAI KECI MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18329208 Resiliant Spinal Plate System Non-Final OA GENESYS SPINE
18246061 A DEVICE FOR FIXING TO A BONE IN A GROWTH PLATE AREA Non-Final OA REGION NORDJYLLAND
16819092 IN SITU SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSING OR MONITORING Non-Final OA Kambiz Behzadi
17680300 Systems and Methods for Intra-Operative Image Analysis Final Rejection Deputy Synthes Products, Inc.

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