Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Nixon Peabody (Enovis)

5 pending office actions • 4 clients • 5 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=135 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

94.2%
Allowance Rate
n=135
+0.65σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=135
3.9
OAs to Allowance
n=82
-0.09σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=82
1033 days
Time to Allowance
n=82
-7.3pp
Interview Lift
n=135
41.4%
RCE Rate
n=135
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=135

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=3 (min 20)
§102 Overcome
n=19 (min 20)
77.4%
§103 Overcome
n=62
§112 Overcome
n=14 (min 20)

Specialization & Scale

A61F, A61B, A61L
Top CPC Subclasses
73%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=135
0
Practitioners
n=135
Apps / Practitioner
n=135 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

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

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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

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

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
1
Communications
20% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
80% 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
WEISS, JESSICA 1 81.3% +32.8%
WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E 1 80.6% +17.6%
SIPP, AMY R. 1 70.9% +26.1%
BLACKSTEN, SYDNEY LYNN 1
HOBAN, MELISSA A 1 63.1% +12.9%

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
18845845 PROSTHETIC DEVICE WEISS, JESSICA

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
18582438 ADJUSTABLE SURGICAL GUIDE, VIRTUAL PLANNING, AND SURGICAL NAVIGATION OF SAME WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18845845 PROSTHETIC DEVICE WEISS, JESSICA
18582438 ADJUSTABLE SURGICAL GUIDE, VIRTUAL PLANNING, AND SURGICAL NAVIGATION OF SAME WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E
18442230 DEVICE FOR REMOVING A PROSTHESIS COMPONENT SIPP, AMY R.
17587135 Glenoid anchor for a shoulder joint prosthesis HOBAN, MELISSA A

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37753
26741
37741

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18845845 PROSTHETIC DEVICE Encore Medical, L.P. WEISS, JESSICA 3775 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 10, 2024
18582438 ADJUSTABLE SURGICAL GUIDE, VIRTUAL PLANNING, AND SURGICAL NAVIGATION OF SAME Encore Medical, LP WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E 3775 §101 Final Rejection Pending Feb 20, 2024
18442230 DEVICE FOR REMOVING A PROSTHESIS COMPONENT Limacorporate S.p.A. SIPP, AMY R. 3775 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 15, 2024
17905680 INTRAOPERATIVE GUIDANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS Kico Knee Innovation Company Pty. Ltd. BLACKSTEN, SYDNEY LYNN 2674 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 06, 2022
17587135 Glenoid anchor for a shoulder joint prosthesis Limacorporate S.p.A. HOBAN, MELISSA A 3774 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 28, 2022

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