Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19017237 | ELASTIC INTRAMEDULLARY FIXATION DEVICE | January 2025 | March 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18776707 | PIVOTAL BONE ANCHOR ASSEMBLY WITH RESILIENTLY AXIALLY COMPRESSIBLE SHANK HEAD AND ROD ENGAGING INSERT | July 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18668698 | EXPANDABLE INTERSPINOUS PROCESS FIXATION DEVICE | May 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18663812 | SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM HAVING A LOW PROFILE LOCKABLE CONNECTOR | May 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18597710 | POLYAXIAL BONE ANCHORING DEVICE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING AN INSTRUMENT AND A POLYAXIAL BONE ANCHORING DEVICE | March 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18438429 | SURGICAL SCREW CADDY | February 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18681311 | ROD FOR SPINAL FIXATION IMPLANT | February 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18389365 | Funnel Hole for Intramedullary Nail | November 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18490125 | POST-OPERATIVELY ADJUSTABLE SPINAL FIXATION DEVICES | October 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18372778 | EXPANDABLE FUSION DEVICE FOR POSITIONING BETWEEN ADJACENT VERTEBRAL BODIES | September 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18449781 | SPINOUS PROCESS FIXATION SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF | August 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18447382 | SURGICAL RETENTION FEATURE | August 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18359566 | PIVOTAL BONE ANCHOR ASSEMBLY WITH RESILIENTLY BIASED FRICTION FIT INSERT | July 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18356931 | MULTIPOINT FIXATION IMPLANTS AND RELATED METHODS | July 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18221348 | PIVOTAL BONE ANCHOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF | July 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18330460 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADJUSTING AN EXTERNAL FIXATION FRAME | June 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18321174 | SPINOUS PROCESS FIXATION SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF | May 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18141983 | SELF-RETAINING SURGICAL RETRACTOR | May 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18308550 | CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION FIXATION DEVICE FOR THE FUSION OF AN INTERCALARY STRUCTURAL AUGMENT | April 2023 | December 2024 | Abandon | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18302906 | SPINOUS PROCESS FIXATION SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF | April 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18300437 | SMART AND AUTONOMOUS GROWING ROD FOR TREATING SPINAL DEFORMITIES | April 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18130074 | BELT DRIVEN EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION DEVICE | April 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18190334 | EXPANDABLE INTERSPINOUS PROCESS FIXATION DEVICE | March 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18180937 | ILLUMINATED DUAL-BLADE RETRACTOR | March 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18174012 | DEVICE, KIT AND METHOD FOR CORRECTION OF SPINAL DEFORMITY | February 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18099046 | SPINAL FIXATION DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE | January 2023 | February 2024 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18095138 | FACET SCREW AND DELIVERY DEVICE | January 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18151780 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CORRECTING VERTEBRAL MISALIGNMENT | January 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18004070 | SYSTEM FOR VARYING DISTANCE BETWEEN BONE SEGMENTS | January 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18092553 | SPINAL IMPLANT SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE | January 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18088861 | Implant For Restoring Height Of A Vertebral Body | December 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18057317 | TENSIONING INSTRUMENTS | November 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17991422 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TISSUE RETRACTION | November 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18057108 | Transosseous Guide And Method | November 2022 | February 2024 | Abandon | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17989627 | CROSSLINK LOCKING MECHANISM | November 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17987394 | Paraxial Revision Rod-to-Rod Connector | November 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17979917 | BIOABSORBABLE IMPLANT COMBINED WITH TISSUE-ENGINEERED COMPOSITE INTERVERTEBRAL DISC | November 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17963339 | ADJUSTABLE SPINAL PLATE | October 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17958417 | BONE INFUSION APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR INTERBODY GRAFTS | October 2022 | October 2023 | Abandon | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17955958 | BONE ANCHORS AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH INTEGRATED GUIDE TIPS | September 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17949648 | INSTRUMENT FOR INSERTING AN INTERSPINOUS PROCESS IMPLANT | September 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17890423 | ILLUMINATED SURGICAL RETRACTOR | August 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17887159 | LATERAL INSERTION SPINAL IMPLANT | August 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17883517 | Apparatus and Method for a Stabilization Nail | August 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17883212 | INTERSPINOUS IMPLANTS | August 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 29 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17816743 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADJUSTING AN EXTERNAL FIXATION FRAME | August 2022 | October 2023 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17877920 | BONE FIXATION DEVICES, SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND INSTRUMENTS | July 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17850967 | SURGICAL RETRACTORS | June 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17837247 | ARTICULATING GRAFT DELIVERY | June 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17836741 | EXPANDABLE FUSION DEVICE FOR POSITIONING BETWEEN ADJACENT VERTEBRAL BODIES | June 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17748966 | POLYAXIAL BONE ANCHORING DEVICE | May 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17663885 | REMOTELY ADJUSTABLE INTERACTIVE IMPLANTABLE DEVICE | May 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17734680 | SPINAL IMPLANT SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE | May 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17726836 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING BONE FRACTURES, AND/OR FOR FORTIFYING AND/OR AUGMENTING BONE, INCLUDING THE PROVISION AND USE OF COMPOSITE IMPLANTS | April 2022 | December 2023 | Abandon | 19 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17717252 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMBINED PERIOCULAR DIRECT-ILLUMINATION AND TRANS-CONJUNCTIVAL AND TRANS-SCLERAL RETRO-ILLUMINATION DURING OPHTHALMIC SURGERY | April 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17713881 | FLEXIBLE INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL | April 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17707269 | POST-OPERATIVELY ADJUSTABLE SPINAL FIXATION DEVICES | March 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17763599 | INTERVERTEBRAL SPACER | March 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17685610 | SURGICAL IMPLANT AND METHOD OF USE | March 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17685364 | SELECTIVELY LOCKING POLYAXIAL SCREW | March 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17684835 | SCOLIOSIS SUPPORT ROD SYSTEM | March 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17681379 | EXTERNAL BONE FIXATION SYSTEM | February 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17666680 | INTERBODY STANDALONE INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT | February 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17590185 | SMART AND AUTONOMOUS GROWING ROD FOR TREATING SPINAL DEFORMITIES | February 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17590141 | SMART AND AUTONOMOUS GROWING ROD FOR TREATING SPINAL DEFORMITIES | February 2022 | December 2022 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17587526 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT PORTS CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH WOUND RETRACTORS, AND RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS | January 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17587666 | INSTRUMENT FOR INSERTING AN INTERSPINOUS PROCESS IMPLANT | January 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17648254 | EXTERNAL BONE FIXATION SYSTEM | January 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17571777 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR STABILIZATION OF THE SPINE USING TRANSPEDICULAR APPROACHES | January 2022 | July 2023 | Abandon | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17557157 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL PROCEDURES USING BAND CLAMP IMPLANTS AND TENSIONING INSTRUMENTS | December 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 33 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17553183 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TISSUE RETRACTION | December 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 26 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17553668 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A DIGITAL OTOACOUSTIC INTEGRATED OTOSCOPE | December 2021 | May 2024 | Abandon | 29 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17546201 | ADJUSTABLE, MODULAR INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR SPINAL MANIPULATION | December 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17527485 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD | November 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17525075 | FLEXIBLE INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL | November 2021 | April 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 17523530 | Bone Fixation System for Spinal Stabilization | November 2021 | July 2023 | Abandon | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17519498 | SURGICAL RETRACTOR | November 2021 | May 2023 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17518095 | SPINAL FUSION DEVICE | November 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17511397 | COUPLING DEVICE FOR COUPLING A ROD TO A BONE ANCHOR | October 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17507346 | SPINOUS PROCESS FIXATION SYSTEM AND MEHTODS THEREOF | October 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17504429 | ACCESS DEVICE WITH ANCHORING BODY AND MODULAR INSERTS AND SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING ACCESSORIES USED IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES | October 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17497453 | SPINOUS PROCESS FIXATION SYSTEM AND MEHTODS THEREOF | October 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17483149 | SPINOUS PROCESS FIXATION SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF | September 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17479376 | IMPLANT, INSERTION DEVICE, AND PLATE ASSEMBLY | September 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17467573 | SPINAL IMPLANT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LUMBAR AND LUMBOSACRAL FUSION | September 2021 | January 2023 | Abandon | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17466255 | STEERABLE IMPLANT, INSTALLER, AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION | September 2021 | October 2022 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17435933 | Device for the angular correction of a lower limb in pediatric patients | September 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17465252 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL PROCEDURES USING BAND CLAMP IMPLANTS AND TENSIONING INSTRUMENTS | September 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17433659 | Method and Device for Endoscopic Endonasal Occipitocervical Fusion | August 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17412013 | POLYAXIAL BONE ANCHORING DEVICE | August 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17403343 | BONE ANCHORING DEVICE | August 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17430711 | INTERVERTEBRAL DEVICES | August 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17398961 | Multi-material multi-component spinal implant | August 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17393760 | SYSTEM OF A ROD INSERTION DEVICE AND A ROD | August 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17389254 | Disposable Video Laryngoscope With Fluid Spray System | July 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17379619 | SPINOUS PROCESS FIXATION SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF | July 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17378229 | ROD SYSTEM INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO RODS AND CONNECTOR DEVICE FOR RODS | July 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17370873 | IMPLANTS HAVING BONE GROWTH PROMOTING AGENTS CONTAINED WITHIN BIODEGRADABLE MATERIALS | July 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 38 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17364906 | METHOD AND IMPLANT SYSTEM FOR SACROILIAC JOINT FIXATION AND FUSION | July 2021 | June 2022 | Abandon | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17352088 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A STABILIZATION NAIL | June 2021 | July 2022 | Allow | 13 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner MATTHEWS, TESSA M.
With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.
Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.
In this dataset, 22.2% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.
✓ Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.
⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner MATTHEWS, TESSA M works in Art Unit 3773 and has examined 337 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 85.8%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.
Examiner MATTHEWS, TESSA M's allowance rate of 85.8% places them in the 58% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by MATTHEWS, TESSA M receive 2.00 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 65% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by MATTHEWS, TESSA M is 28 months. This places the examiner in the 54% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +19.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MATTHEWS, TESSA M. This interview benefit is in the 67% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 28.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 44% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 51.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 73% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 20% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 55.6% of appeals filed. This is in the 23% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 54.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 69% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 42% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments less often than average. You may need to make most claim amendments yourself.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 41% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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