Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
52 pending office actions • 23 clients • 40 examiners • 27 art units • 0 of 52 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 176 patents granted in the last 365 days
DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP - Denver focuses on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The firm has 15450 career applications and an 88.11 percent resolved allowance rate. There are 50 pending office actions. The firm averages 3.3 office actions per allowance.
The 50 pending office actions in Denver are part of the firm's 15450 career applications. The 88.11 percent allowance rate and 3.3 average office actions per allowance define the firm's general prosecution profile in this technology area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 24 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. 24 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 only | 1 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 9 (17%) |
| §103 only | 17 (33%) |
| §102 only | 2 (4%) |
| §112 only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 21 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAMANA, ANURADHA | 5 | 82.7% | +22.4% |
| HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 4 | 77.9% | +19.2% |
| MAI, TRI M | 3 | 36.3% | +20.6% |
| KANAAN, LIZA TONY | 2 | 23.4% | +31.5% |
| MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 2 | 83.0% | +24.3% |
| GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | 2 | 83.2% | +11.8% |
| WALSH, DANIEL I | 1 | 64.3% | +12.0% |
| VARGAS MONTALVO, DIXOMARA | 1 | 92.6% | +8.4% |
| GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN | 1 | 32.3% | +41.8% |
| CAO, PHUONG THAO | 1 | 78.1% | +14.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19025161 | FACET SCREW AND DELIVERY DEVICE | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 42d overdue |
| 18375792 | FACET SCREW AND DELIVERY DEVICE | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 19d overdue |
| 19027855 | CERVICAL DISTRACTION METHOD | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 5d overdue |
| 19365486 | DETECTION, PREDICTION, AND ANALYSIS OF BOWEL WALLS | VARGAS MONTALVO, DIXOMARA | — |
| 19028373 | FACET JOINT IMPLANTS AND DELIVERY TOOLS | RAMANA, ANURADHA | — |
| 19024555 | SPINAL FIXATION ACCESS AND DELIVERY SYSTEM | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18864844 | PLATFORM FOR UTILIZATION OF NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS FOR DIGITAL BUILDING INFORMATION | BROWN, LUIS A | 104d overdue |
| 18543204 | INSERT FOR THERMALLY INSULATED CONTAINERS | PATEL, BRIJESH V | 60d overdue |
| 18955266 | LUGGAGE CASE WITH A CLOSURE ASSEMBLY | CAUDILL, JUSTIN REED | 56d overdue |
| 18521575 | DYNAMIC TALENT MATCHING | STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R | 50d overdue |
| 17373120 | LATERAL MASS FIXATION SYSTEM | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 31d overdue |
| 19067272 | IDENTIFICATION OF HEALTH RISK AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT | KANAAN, LIZA TONY | 16d overdue |
| 18599017 | GENERATION OF ENTITY PLANS COMPRISING GOALS AND NODES | HATCHER, DEIRDRE D | 16d overdue |
| 18428171 | LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREFOR | SAINT-VIL, EDDY | 9d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19025161 | FACET SCREW AND DELIVERY DEVICE | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 42d overdue |
| 17373120 | LATERAL MASS FIXATION SYSTEM | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 31d overdue |
| 18375792 | FACET SCREW AND DELIVERY DEVICE | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 19d overdue |
| 19067272 | IDENTIFICATION OF HEALTH RISK AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT | KANAAN, LIZA TONY | 16d overdue |
| 19027855 | CERVICAL DISTRACTION METHOD | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 5d overdue |
| 17592579 | VERTEBRAL JOINT IMPLANTS AND DELIVERY TOOLS | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 2d overdue |
| 19021609 | LUGGAGE WITH A RECESSED ZIPPER | MAI, TRI M | 6d |
| 18653309 | LATERAL MASS FIXATION IMPLANT | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 14d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3773 | 9 |
| 3733 | 5 |
| 3775 | 5 |
| 3683 | 2 |
| 3715 | 2 |
| 2876 | 1 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 1785 | 1 |
| 2164 | 1 |
| 3643 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19413477 | TAMPER EVIDENT CARD PACKAGE AND METHOD | Cpi Card Group - Minnesota, Inc. | WALSH, DANIEL I | 2876 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2025 |
| 19365486 | DETECTION, PREDICTION, AND ANALYSIS OF BOWEL WALLS | Motilent Limited | VARGAS MONTALVO, DIXOMARA | 3798 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2025 |
| 19269867 | EXERCISE MAT | The Asset Brand LLC | GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN | 1785 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2025 |
| 19229955 | TRACKING CONCEPTS WITHIN CONTENT IN CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND ADAPTIVE LEARNING SYSTEMS | Obrizum Group Ltd. | CAO, PHUONG THAO | 2164 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19203319 | SUSPENSION WHEEL FOR LUGGAGE CASES | Samsonite Ip Holdings S.A R.L. | COMINO, EVA L | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 | |
| 19098186 | INTEGRAL INNER RIM FOR INJECTION MOULDED HARD-SIDED LUGGAGE CASES | Samsonite Ip Holdings S.A R.L. | TAMIL, JESSICA KAVINI | 3733 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19098104 | AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE | Thomas O'Connor Products LLC | CLERKLEY, DANIELLE A | 3643 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19092282 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR BIOFILM REMOVAL | Proedge Dental Products, Inc. | MERCIER, MELISSA S | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 | |
| 19067461 | TRANSITION OF CARE WORK FLOW AND PRIORITIZATION SYSTEM | Cityblock Health, Inc. | KANAAN, LIZA TONY | 3683 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19067272 | IDENTIFICATION OF HEALTH RISK AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT | Cityblock Health, Inc. | KANAAN, LIZA TONY | 3683 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19048016 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUSES OF AUTOMATED FLOOR AREA MEASUREMENT FROM THREE-DIMENSIONAL DIGITAL REPRESENTATIONS OF EXISTING BUILDINGS | Integrated Projects Technology Inc. | NGUYEN, PHU K | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 | |
| 19028373 | FACET JOINT IMPLANTS AND DELIVERY TOOLS | Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 3775 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19028821 | VERTEBRAL JOINT IMPLANTS AND DELIVERY TOOLS | Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 3775 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19027855 | CERVICAL DISTRACTION METHOD | Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 3775 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19025161 | FACET SCREW AND DELIVERY DEVICE | Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19024555 | SPINAL FIXATION ACCESS AND DELIVERY SYSTEM | Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 | |
| 19023724 | LUGGAGE ARTICLE SPLIT ALONG FRONT AND REAR MAJOR FACES | Samsonite Ip Holdings S.A R.L. | MAI, TRI M | 3733 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19021609 | LUGGAGE WITH A RECESSED ZIPPER | Samsonite Ip Holdings S.A R.L. | MAI, TRI M | 3733 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18955266 | LUGGAGE CASE WITH A CLOSURE ASSEMBLY | Samsonite Ip Holdings S.A R.L. | CAUDILL, JUSTIN REED | 3733 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 56d overdue | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18950286 | VERTEBRAL JOINT ACCESS AND DECORTICATION DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING | Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 3775 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18864844 | PLATFORM FOR UTILIZATION OF NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS FOR DIGITAL BUILDING INFORMATION | Integrated Projects Technology Inc. | BROWN, LUIS A | 3626 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 104d overdue | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18931550 | REVERSIBLE TOY | Tee Turtle, LLC | LEGESSE, NINI F | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 | |
| 18790918 | DYNAMIC GENERATION OF CUSTOMIZED ELECTRONIC GAMES SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Entain Marketing (Uk) Ltd. | MOSSER, ROBERT E | 3715 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18783265 | MULTI-BODY VEHICLE SUSPENSION LINKAGE | Yeti Cycling, LLC | SHABARA, HOSAM | 3618 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18653309 | LATERAL MASS FIXATION IMPLANT | Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18614051 | WEIGHTED NODES IN CONCEPTUAL CONTENT MAPPING | Obrizum Group Ltd. | CARDOSO, JUSTIN ALEXANDER | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 | |
| 18599017 | GENERATION OF ENTITY PLANS COMPRISING GOALS AND NODES | Iterate Studio, Inc. | HATCHER, DEIRDRE D | 3625 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18685056 | IMPROVED LUGGAGE ZIPPER CLOSURE ARRANGEMENT | Samsonite Ip Holdings S.A R.L. | MERCADO, LOUIS A | 3677 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2024 |
| 18428171 | LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREFOR | Obrizum Group Ltd. | SAINT-VIL, EDDY | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18396386 | SURFACE BRACHYTHERAPY DEVICE, APPLICATOR, AND METHODS THEREFOR | The Regents of the University of Colorado | CASLER, BRIAN L | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2023 | |
| 18544148 | CONTAMINANT DEGRADATION METHODS, BIOMATERIAL COMPOSITIONS, AND SYSTEMS | Colorado School Of Mines | NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI | 1779 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18543877 | UNIVERSAL TILE RIDGE VENT | Marco Industries Inc. | FAULKNER, RYAN L | 3762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18543204 | INSERT FOR THERMALLY INSULATED CONTAINERS | Oyster Thermal AS | PATEL, BRIJESH V | 3736 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 60d overdue | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18521575 | DYNAMIC TALENT MATCHING | Obrizum Group Ltd. | STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R | 3623 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 50d overdue | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18288641 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LUMBAR FUSION | Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 3773 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18380371 | SPINAL FIXATION ACCESS AND DELIVERY SYSTEM | Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | 3773 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18479363 | THERMOELECTRIC IRRIGATION MODULE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | Colorado School Of Mines | LIN, JASON | 2117 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2023 |
| 18375792 | FACET SCREW AND DELIVERY DEVICE | Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | MATTHEWS, TESSA M | 3773 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d overdue | Pending | Oct 02, 2023 |
| 18479419 | HYDROTHERMAL ALKALINE TREATMENT OF PFAS-CONTAMINATED ADSORBENTS FOR CONTAMINANT MINERALIZATION AND ADSORBENT REGENERATION | Colorado School Of Mines | HAILEY, PATRICIA L | 1732 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Oct 02, 2023 |
| 18284939 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRECTION OF SPINE DEFORMATION | Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | 63d | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18547382 | PROTEIN-BASED THERAPIES FOR OCULAR CONDITIONS | The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth | SAOUD, CHRISTINE J | 1645 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18263651 | BATTERY ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE | Aston Martin Lagonda Limited | EGGERDING, ALIX ECHELMEYER | 1729 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Jul 31, 2023 |
| 18126266 | EXPANDABLE ZIPPER ARRANGEMENT FOR LUGGAGE | Samsonite Ip Holdings S.A R.L. | MAI, TRI M | 3733 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2023 |
| 17436251 | ELECTRONIC FUNCTIONAL MEMBER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND BIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT SENSOR | The University of Tokyo | MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | Apr 18, 2022 |
| 17634676 | POLYURETHANE-REINFORCED HYDROGEL CARDIAC PATCH | The Regents of the University of Colorado | MILLER, SERENITY A | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2022 |
| 17592579 | VERTEBRAL JOINT IMPLANTS AND DELIVERY TOOLS | Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 3775 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Feb 04, 2022 |
| 17564802 | METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING ERROR-DIVISIBLE QUANTUM GATES | Colorado School Of Mines | JONES, CHARLES JEFFREY | 2122 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 58d overdue | Pending | Dec 29, 2021 |
| 17373120 | LATERAL MASS FIXATION SYSTEM | Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 3773 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Jul 12, 2021 |
| 17281049 | METHODS FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING PULMONARY INFLAMMATION AND FIBROSIS | UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. | VYAS, KEYUR ANILKUMAR | 1637 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 131d overdue | Pending | Mar 29, 2021 |
| 17266704 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZATION OF A SPINAL SURGICAL SITE | Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 3773 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2021 |
| 16964548 | METHODS OF FORMING CARDIOMYOCYES | The Methodist Hospital | TAKENAKA, RISA | 1600 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2020 |
| 16764926 | ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANT FOR A FACET JOINT | Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | LITTLE, ANNA VICTORIA | 3773 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 18, 2020 |
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