Listed by the USPTO as WOODALL, NICHOLAS W
Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3733 3774 3775
This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases
WOODALL, NICHOLAS W is assigned to Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 3733. The profile covers 1183 resolved cases, with an 82.1% allowance rate, a 13.3% interview lift, and a median of 1198 days to allowance. The sizable record supports using these figures as a meaningful description of the examiner’s observed prosecution history. Interviews appear to have a favorable association with outcome in the recorded matters.
The leading companies are Boston Scientific Corporation, Paragon 28 Inc., and Nexus Spine, LLC. The leading firms are HESLIN ROTHENBERG FARLEY & MESITI PC, SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP, and Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC. The company mix indicates substantial medical-device work. Practitioners may therefore focus interviews on claim-scope distinctions, technical operation, and amendments that address the examiner’s stated concerns without unnecessarily narrowing commercially important features.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18780977 | Substantially Rigid and Stable Endoluminal Surgical Suite for Treating a Gastrointestinal Lesion | Non-Final OA | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. |
| 18760493 | System for a Minimally-Invasive, Operative Gastrointestinal Treatment | Non-Final OA | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. |
| 19183905 | ALIGNMENT GUIDE APPARATUS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS | Non-Final OA | Paragon 28, Inc. |
| 19183866 | BONE FIXATION SYSTEM, ASSEMBLY, IMPLANTS, DEVICES, ALIGNMENT GUIDES, AND METHODS OF USE | Non-Final OA | Paragon 28, Inc. |
| 19204462 | BONE SCREW INSERTERS AND METHODS | Non-Final OA | Medos International Sàrl |
| 19020260 | IMPLANT PACKAGING CARTRIDGE AND INSERTION TOOL | Final Rejection | GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC. |
| 19184052 | RETRACTABLE SHAVER BUR | Non-Final OA | Conmed Corporation |
| 19222211 | GRAFT DELIVERY DEVICE WITH ACCURATE DISPENSING | Non-Final OA | Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. |
| 18772647 | MASTOID BONE START DRILL BIT | Final Rejection | Cochlear Limited |
| 18811993 | SURGICAL SYSTEMS FOR PERCUTANEOUSLY INSERTING SURGICAL DEVICES | Final Rejection | ARTHREX, INC. |
| 18439454 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR LAPIDUS CORRECTION | Non-Final OA | Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. |
| 19265576 | METHOD FOR FORMING ACCESS ROUTE TO BILE DUCT | Non-Final OA | OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. |
| 18787810 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME VISUALIZATION OF ANATOMY IN NAVIGATED PROCEDURES | Final Rejection | Medtronic Navigation, Inc. |
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Build Your Strategy82.1% of resolved applications examined by Nicholas W Woodall were allowed (1,183 resolved cases), compared with 47.5% across Art Unit 3733 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +13.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Nicholas W Woodall took 1,198 days on average from filing to allowance.
Nicholas W Woodall examines applications in Art Unit 3733 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).
