Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WOODALL, NICHOLAS W

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3733 3775

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

82.0%
Allow Rate
+12.0% vs TC avg
1185
Total Applications
+13.9%
Interview Lift
1273
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1149 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.0%
§101 Eligibility
28.2%
§102 Novelty
41.4%
§103 Obviousness
13.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18788478 CERVICAL DISC INTRUMENTS Non-Final OA GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
19105010 INTERVERTEBRAL DISC PROSTHESIS AND REVISION METHOD Non-Final OA Todd H. Lanman
19056478 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLEXURE-BASED STANDALONE INTERBODY FUSION Non-Final OA Nexus Spine, LLC
18781393 POROUS INTERBODY SPACER Non-Final OA Nexus Spine, LLC
18952830 COUPLING ASSEMBLY FOR COUPLING A ROD TO A BONE ANCHORING ELEMENT, AND POLYAXIAL BONE ANCHORING DEVICE Non-Final OA BIEDERMANN TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
18054948 SURGICAL GUIDES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
17918807 APPROXIMATION DEVICE Final Rejection Children's Medical Center Corporation
17749102 ROBOTIC KNEE REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE AND INSTRUMENTS Final Rejection Zimmer, Inc.
18944121 STERNAL ASCENDER APPARATUS Non-Final OA LSI Solutions, Inc.
18108167 STERNAL ASCENDER APPARATUS Non-Final OA LSI Solutions, Inc.
18692615 ACCESS PORTS FOR USE WITH SURGICAL ROBOTS Non-Final OA Conmed Corporation
18925898 BONE CEMENT MIXER Non-Final OA Zavation Medical Products, LLC
18920711 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ANCHORING A SLEEVE IN A TISSUE CAVITY Non-Final OA AVERTO MEDICAL, INC.
18919351 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PEDICLE SCREW STABILIZATION OF SPINAL VERTEBRAE Non-Final OA SPINE23 INC.
18855634 TELESCOPIC PLATE Non-Final OA TST RAKOR VE TIBBI ALETLER SANAYI VE TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI
17591073 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PERFORM ROBOTIC RETRACTION AND ROBOTIC DISTRACTION Final Rejection INTELLIJOINT SURGICAL INC.
18555150 SURGICAL GUIDANCE DEVICE Non-Final OA Integrity Implants Inc.
18585749 ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PATIENT POSITION INTRAOPERATIVELY USING RADIOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS Non-Final OA ACCUPREDICT, INC.
18426530 ULTRASONIC SURGICAL HANDPIECE WITH TORSIONAL TRANSDUCER Final Rejection Kogent Surgical, LLC
17715596 AUTOMATIC MEDICAL INSTRUMENT IDENTIFICATION Final Rejection Intersect ENT International GmbH
18523634 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PATELLAR DISLOCATION Non-Final OA ELEVENLITER INC.
18283642 IMAGE GUIDED DELIVERY OF COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA RevBio, Inc.
17951108 DOUBLE-LAYER FIBROUS ANNULUS PATCH, PATCH CLAMP, SUTURE NEEDLE AND FISHBONE SUTURE Non-Final OA Shanghai Jiaotong University
18006792 ORTHOPAEDIC CEMENT REMOVAL TOOLS Final Rejection RADLEY SCIENTIFIC LIMITED
17774441 Spinal Rod Preparation Systems and Methods Final Rejection Trailhead Innovations, LLC
17655539 DYNAMIC COMPRESSION FIXATION DEVICES Final Rejection Flower Orthopedics Corporation

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