Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Globus Medical, Inc. - Hoffman Warnick

5 pending office actions • 1 client • 5 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=10541 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.2%
Allowance Rate
n=10541
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=10541
2.9
OAs to Allowance
n=7273
-0.32σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=7273
943 days
Time to Allowance
n=7273
+8.8pp
Interview Lift
n=10541
19.9%
RCE Rate
n=10541
2.4%
Appeal Rate
n=10541

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

82.0%
§101 Overcome
n=637
82.7%
§102 Overcome
n=2935
83.3%
§103 Overcome
n=4583
84.7%
§112 Overcome
n=3288

Specialization & Scale

F01D, F05D, H10D
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=10541
8
Practitioners
n=10541
1317.6
Apps / Practitioner
n=10541

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (3)

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%)
4
Medium (80%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (80%)
§112 only1 (20%)

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
5
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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY 1 77.9% +19.0%
SUMMITT, LYNNSY M 1 68.2% +43.9%
COTRONEO, STEVEN J 1 69.2% +32.1%
EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH 1 14.8% +37.4%
BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J 1 83.4% +14.0%

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
17544043 EXPANDABLE IMPLANT DEVICE BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J 79d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18000751 INTELLIGENT ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS OF MEDICAL PATIENTS EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH 62d

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18106729 EXTERNAL BONE FIXATION DEVICE WITH MODULAR DRIVING ELEMENT COTRONEO, STEVEN J 33d
18000751 INTELLIGENT ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS OF MEDICAL PATIENTS EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH 62d
17544043 EXPANDABLE IMPLANT DEVICE BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J 79d
18140915 IMPLANT WITH MULTI-MODAL ADJUSTMENT HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY 83d
18131681 POSTERIOR SPINAL FIXATION SCREWS SUMMITT, LYNNSY M

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Globus Medical 5

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37733
36871
37751

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18140915 IMPLANT WITH MULTI-MODAL ADJUSTMENT NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY 3773 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Apr 28, 2023
18131681 POSTERIOR SPINAL FIXATION SCREWS NuVasive, Inc. SUMMITT, LYNNSY M 3773 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 06, 2023
18106729 EXTERNAL BONE FIXATION DEVICE WITH MODULAR DRIVING ELEMENT NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. COTRONEO, STEVEN J 3773 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Feb 07, 2023
18000751 INTELLIGENT ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS OF MEDICAL PATIENTS NuVasive, Inc. EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH 3687 §103 Final Rejection 62d Pending Dec 05, 2022
17544043 EXPANDABLE IMPLANT DEVICE NuVasive, Inc. BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J 3775 §103 Non-Final OA 79d Pending Dec 07, 2021

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