Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Duane Morris LLP - Wright Medical Technology

6 pending office actions • 1 client • 4 examiners • 2 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 82 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
5
Medium (83%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (17%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (83%)
No statute on record1 (17%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KAMIKAWA, TRACY L 2 58.7% +36.8%
PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D 2 64.8% +19.8%
SHIRSAT, MARCELA 1 73.2% +19.8%
DUKERT, BRIAN AINSLEY 1 82.1% +11.1%

Quick Wins (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18140884 Keeled Glenoid Implant DUKERT, BRIAN AINSLEY 29d overdue

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18749820 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC SURGICAL GUIDES SHIRSAT, MARCELA 45d overdue
18349241 TALAR DOME WITH ANGLED HOLES PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D 29d overdue
18140884 Keeled Glenoid Implant DUKERT, BRIAN AINSLEY 29d overdue
19028174 TARGETING GUIDE KAMIKAWA, TRACY L 16d overdue
18365376 TARGETING GUIDE AND METHOD FOR AN IMPLANT KAMIKAWA, TRACY L 11d overdue
17654080 SET OF GLENOID COMPONENTS FOR A SHOULDER PROSTHESIS PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Stryker 6

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37753
37743

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19028174 TARGETING GUIDE Wright Medical Technology, Inc. KAMIKAWA, TRACY L 3775 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2025
18749820 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC SURGICAL GUIDES Wright Medical Technology, Inc. SHIRSAT, MARCELA 3775 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2024
18365376 TARGETING GUIDE AND METHOD FOR AN IMPLANT Wright Medical Technology, Inc. KAMIKAWA, TRACY L 3775 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Aug 04, 2023
18349241 TALAR DOME WITH ANGLED HOLES Wright Medical Technology, Inc. PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D 3774 Other Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2023
18140884 Keeled Glenoid Implant Howmedica Osteonics Corp. DUKERT, BRIAN AINSLEY 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2023
17654080 SET OF GLENOID COMPONENTS FOR A SHOULDER PROSTHESIS Howmedica Osteonics Corp. PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D 3774 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 09, 2022

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