Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: WOODALL, NICHOLAS W

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3733 3775

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

82.1%
Allow Rate
+12.1% vs TC avg
1,191
Total Applications
+13.0%
Interview Lift
1205
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1159 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
16.1%
§102 Novelty
74.0%
§103 Obviousness
4.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18788478 CERVICAL DISC INTRUMENTS Non-Final OA GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
18760493 System for a Minimally-Invasive, Operative Gastrointestinal Treatment Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, 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
18944121 STERNAL ASCENDER APPARATUS Non-Final OA LSI Solutions, Inc.
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.
18689178 RIGID, CURVED LARYNGOSCOPE Final Rejection UNIVERSITÄT ULM
18426530 ULTRASONIC SURGICAL HANDPIECE WITH TORSIONAL TRANSDUCER Final Rejection Kogent Surgical, LLC
18523634 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PATELLAR DISLOCATION Non-Final OA ELEVENLITER INC.
18555150 SURGICAL GUIDANCE DEVICE Non-Final OA Integrity Implants Inc.
17918807 APPROXIMATION DEVICE Final Rejection Children's Medical Center Corporation
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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