Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
13 pending office actions • 4 clients • 9 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
BrainSpark Associates, LLC has 13 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and 637 career applications. The current workload is supported by a defined application history in the reported technical area.
The resolved allowance rate is 81.87%, and the average is 3.16 office actions per allowance. The results indicate that allowance is achieved in a substantial share of resolved matters, while the average reflects multiple examination exchanges in the typical path. Clients should account for both the recorded outcome pattern and the associated response work.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (15%) |
| §103 only | 2 (15%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| §112 only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (46%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 3 | 78.3% | +11.4% |
| SIPP, AMY R. | 2 | 71.1% | +26.0% |
| MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 2 | 68.5% | +48.1% |
| GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN | 1 | 35.0% | +10.2% |
| TON, MARTIN TRUYEN | 1 | 62.3% | +34.4% |
| MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 1 | 82.9% | +24.0% |
| SKIBINSKY, ANNA | 1 | 39.1% | +29.3% |
| FUELLING, MICHAEL | 1 | 44.1% | +31.1% |
| PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | 1 | 42.8% | +47.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18611512 | BONE GROWTH ENHANCEMENT CONTAINMENT DEVICE | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17398984 | HYBRID SPINAL CAGES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SIPP, AMY R. | 141d overdue |
| 18373185 | SPINAL MOTION RESTORATION | HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 42d overdue |
| 19076602 | INSTRUMENTATION FOR TOTAL SPINAL JOINT REPLACEMENT | SIPP, AMY R. | — |
| 19022676 | BIOFOULING PROTECTION OF ELEVATED VOLUME/VELOCITY FLOWS | GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN | — |
| 18371334 | SURGICAL METHOD FOR RESTORING SPINAL ALIGNMENT AND/OR RANGE OF MOTION | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | — |
| 18236367 | RESTORING SPINAL ALIGNMENT AND/OR RANGE OF MOTION | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | — |
| 18226979 | ROBOTIC & NAVIGATION ASSISTED TOTAL SPINAL JOINT REPLACEMENT | SKIBINSKY, ANNA | — |
| 17472456 | BIOFOULING PROTECTIVE ENCLOSURES | PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17398984 | HYBRID SPINAL CAGES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SIPP, AMY R. | 141d overdue |
| 18373185 | SPINAL MOTION RESTORATION | HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 42d overdue |
| 18594385 | POSTERIOR TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT | HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 30d overdue |
| 19076602 | INSTRUMENTATION FOR TOTAL SPINAL JOINT REPLACEMENT | SIPP, AMY R. | — |
| 19022676 | BIOFOULING PROTECTION OF ELEVATED VOLUME/VELOCITY FLOWS | GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN | — |
| 18666753 | FIXED SWAGED SOFT SUTURE METHODS & APPARATUS | TON, MARTIN TRUYEN | — |
| 18611512 | BONE GROWTH ENHANCEMENT CONTAINMENT DEVICE | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | — |
| 18371334 | SURGICAL METHOD FOR RESTORING SPINAL ALIGNMENT AND/OR RANGE OF MOTION | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| 3SPINE, INC | 8 |
| Biofouling Technologies | 2 |
| CTL Medical Corporation | 2 |
| RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLC | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3773 | 6 |
| 3775 | 2 |
| 1772 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| 1635 | 1 |
| 3992 | 1 |
| 1613 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19076602 | INSTRUMENTATION FOR TOTAL SPINAL JOINT REPLACEMENT | 3Spine, Inc. | SIPP, AMY R. | 3775 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19022676 | BIOFOULING PROTECTION OF ELEVATED VOLUME/VELOCITY FLOWS | Biofouling Technologies, Inc. | GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN | 1772 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18666753 | FIXED SWAGED SOFT SUTURE METHODS & APPARATUS | Riverpoint Medical, LLC | TON, MARTIN TRUYEN | 3796 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18611512 | BONE GROWTH ENHANCEMENT CONTAINMENT DEVICE | Ctl Medical Corporation | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18594385 | POSTERIOR TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT | 3Spine, Inc. | HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 3773 | §102Other | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18373185 | SPINAL MOTION RESTORATION | 3Spine, Inc. | HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 3773 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 42d overdue | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18371334 | SURGICAL METHOD FOR RESTORING SPINAL ALIGNMENT AND/OR RANGE OF MOTION | 3Spine, Inc. | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 3773 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
| 18236367 | RESTORING SPINAL ALIGNMENT AND/OR RANGE OF MOTION | 3Spine, Inc. | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 3773 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2023 |
| 18232557 | TOTAL SPINAL JOINT SYSTEMS WITH DISSIMILAR BEARING MATERIALS | 3Spine, Inc. | HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 18226979 | ROBOTIC & NAVIGATION ASSISTED TOTAL SPINAL JOINT REPLACEMENT | 3Spine, Inc. | SKIBINSKY, ANNA | 1635 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 27, 2023 |
| 18226727 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR IMPROVING THE ACCURACY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF SPINAL MOTION RESTORATION AND ALIGNMENT | 3Spine, Inc. | FUELLING, MICHAEL | 3992 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 17472456 | BIOFOULING PROTECTIVE ENCLOSURES | Biofouling Technologies, Inc. | PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | 1613 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2021 |
| 17398984 | HYBRID SPINAL CAGES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Ctl Medical Corporation | SIPP, AMY R. | 3775 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 141d overdue | Pending | Aug 10, 2021 |
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Start Free Trial81.9% of resolved applications prosecuted by Brainspark Associates, LLC were allowed, across 637 applications in USPTO records.
3.16 office actions per allowed application on average.
13 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 4 clients, before 9 examiners in 7 art units.
