Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: YANG, ANDREW

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3733 3775

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.0%
Allow Rate
+14.0% vs TC avg
1324
Total Applications
+10.4%
Interview Lift
1047
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1284 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.0%
§101 Eligibility
37.9%
§102 Novelty
32.1%
§103 Obviousness
13.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19249057 FORCE SENSING DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY Final Rejection OrthoIQ, LLC
18815697 PIVOTAL BONE ANCHOR ASSEMBLY WITH FRICTIONAL SHANK HEAD SEATING SURFACES Non-Final OA Roger P. Jackson
18702407 CONCENTRIC TUBE DRILLING ROBOT DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18905399 Bone Plates And Associated Screws Non-Final OA Stryker European Operations Limited
18987320 COMBINED BONE TAP AND RASP Non-Final OA Spinal Simplicity, LLC
18922556 Modular Instrument and Methods of Using and Manufacturing the Modular Instrument Non-Final OA Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
18583504 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC HARVESTING GUIDE Non-Final OA Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.
18427593 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INSTRUMENTATION Final Rejection Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.
18937085 Robotic Surgical System For Guiding A Reamer Tool Non-Final OA MAKO Surgical Corp.
18769854 Robotic System For Shoulder Arthroplasty Non-Final OA MAKO Surgical Corp.
18924296 INTRAMEDULLARY IMPLANT WITH PROXIMAL PLATE AND METHOD FOR ITS USE Non-Final OA WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
19001027 IMPLANT AND GUIDE Non-Final OA Materialise NV
18875819 CARTILAGE AND BONE HARVEST AND DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHODS Non-Final OA University of Utah Research Foundation
18971556 SURGICAL DEVICE FOR FORMING AN IMPLANT-RECEIVING VOID WITHIN A SACROILIAC JOINT AND ITS METHOD OF USE Non-Final OA PTL Opco, LLC
18610065 APPARATUS FOR MANUAL EXTRACTION OF A MEDICAL DEVICE Final Rejection PTL Opco, LLC
18410152 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR INSTALLING STANDARD AND REVERSE SHOULDER IMPLANTS Final Rejection Smith & Nephew, Inc.
18950893 BONE GRAFT DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING SAME Non-Final OA SurGenTec, LLC
18918945 HANDLE FOR REDUCING LENGTH OF BONE SCREWDRIVER BIT Non-Final OA OrthoPediatrics Corp.
18814855 Pedicle Screw Non-Final OA Chanpin Medtak Co., Ltd.
18813713 POLYAXIAL SCREW ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA SeaSpine Orthopedics Corporation
18807240 ILLUMINATING SURGICAL DEVICE AND CONTROL ELEMENT Non-Final OA Illumix Surgical Canada Inc.
18424116 TARGETING AND INSERTION INSTRUMENT FOR ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS Final Rejection Orthofix US LLC
18532792 BONE MODEL, MODELLING PROCESS AND SYSTEM THEREFOR Non-Final OA VERSITECH LIMITED

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