Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
16 pending office actions • 5 clients • 13 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
BrainSpark Associates, LLC operates in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area, having handled 633 career applications. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate pct of 82.29. Currently, the firm is managing 15 pending office actions. This active docket shows the firm's continued involvement in the prosecution of medical and mechanical innovations.
The firm's prosecution process involves an avg of 3.15 office actions per allowance. This metric, based on 633 career applications, provides a benchmark for the expected duration of the examination process. The 82.29 resolved allowance rate pct indicates a solid success rate in obtaining patent grants. With 15 pending office actions, the firm continues to be an active participant in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. Practitioners can use the 3.15 avg office actions per allowance to estimate the timeline for resolving pending matters with this firm.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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. 5 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 | 3 (19%) |
| §103 only | 4 (25%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (44%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIPP, AMY R. | 2 | 71.1% | +25.6% |
| HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 2 | 78.2% | +11.4% |
| MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 2 | 68.5% | +48.2% |
| GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN | 1 | 33.3% | +4.9% |
| GUGGER, SEAN A | 1 | 64.9% | +23.0% |
| NGUYEN, UYEN T | 1 | 40.0% | +36.3% |
| TON, MARTIN TRUYEN | 1 | 62.3% | +34.3% |
| MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 1 | 83.0% | +24.3% |
| HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 1 | 77.9% | +19.2% |
| SKIBINSKY, ANNA | 1 | 39.0% | +29.1% |
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 |
| 19031595 | SPINAL ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS | HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 15d |
| 18236368 | RESTORING SPINAL ALIGNMENT AND/OR RANGE OF MOTION USING BILATERAL IMPLANTS | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 16d |
| 19076602 | INSTRUMENTATION FOR TOTAL SPINAL JOINT REPLACEMENT | SIPP, AMY R. | — |
| 19022676 | BIOFOULING PROTECTION OF ELEVATED VOLUME/VELOCITY FLOWS | GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN | — |
| 18989715 | Rigid Composite Textile | NGUYEN, UYEN T | — |
| 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 | — |
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 |
| 19007520 | SUPPLEMENTAL POWER SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR GENERATOR | GUGGER, SEAN A | 9d |
| 19031595 | SPINAL ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS | HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 15d |
| 18236368 | RESTORING SPINAL ALIGNMENT AND/OR RANGE OF MOTION USING BILATERAL IMPLANTS | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 16d |
| 19076602 | INSTRUMENTATION FOR TOTAL SPINAL JOINT REPLACEMENT | SIPP, AMY R. | — |
| 18989715 | Rigid Composite Textile | NGUYEN, UYEN T | — |
| 18666753 | FIXED SWAGED SOFT SUTURE METHODS & APPARATUS | TON, MARTIN TRUYEN | — |
| 18611512 | BONE GROWTH ENHANCEMENT CONTAINMENT DEVICE | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| 3SPINE, INC | 8 |
| RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLC | 3 |
| Biofouling Technologies | 2 |
| CTL Medical Corporation | 2 |
| Northern Lights, Inc | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3773 | 6 |
| 3775 | 2 |
| 1777 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| 3732 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| 3771 | 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 |
| 19031595 | SPINAL ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS | 3Spine, Inc. | HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 3773 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Jan 18, 2025 |
| 19022676 | BIOFOULING PROTECTION OF ELEVATED VOLUME/VELOCITY FLOWS | Biofouling Technologies, Inc. | GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN | 1777 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19007520 | SUPPLEMENTAL POWER SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR GENERATOR | Northern Lights, Inc. | GUGGER, SEAN A | 2834 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Jan 01, 2025 |
| 18989715 | Rigid Composite Textile | Riverpoint Medical, LLC | NGUYEN, UYEN T | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 18236368 | RESTORING SPINAL ALIGNMENT AND/OR RANGE OF MOTION USING BILATERAL IMPLANTS | 3Spine, Inc. | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 3773 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 16d | 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 | §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 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 | |
| 18329908 | SOFT ANCHORS HAVING INCREASED ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN DEPLOYMENT SUTURES AND SLEEVE | Riverpoint Medical, LLC | JAFFRI, ZEHRA | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Jun 06, 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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