Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19276255 | ILLUMINATED MEDICAL DEVICES | July 2025 | March 2026 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19276346 | ILLUMINATED MEDICAL DEVICES | July 2025 | March 2026 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19240331 | BONE INSERT AUGMENT AND OFFSET METHOD | June 2025 | February 2026 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19231241 | PATIENT-SPECIFIC IMPLANT DESIGN, MANUFACTURE AND PLATFORM WITH CLINICAL AND THIRD-PARTY DATA ACQUISITION | June 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19025037 | Orthopedic Implant In The Form Of A Plate To Be Fixed Between Two Bone Parts | January 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19003275 | MODULAR LENGTH ADJUSTABLE TUBULAR RETRACTOR AND A TUBE BREAKER | December 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18984777 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRONE LATERAL SPINE SURGERY | December 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18820328 | FRAME-TYPE SURGICAL ROBOT FOR FRACTURE REDUCTION | August 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18797386 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRONE LATERAL SPINE SURGERY | August 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18794059 | DENTAL IMPLANTATION METHOD WITH SURGICAL GUIDE | August 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 2 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18766011 | INTERVERTEBRAL DEVICES | July 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18754101 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT FIXATION | June 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18745682 | PATIENT-POSITIONING SYSTEM AND SURGICAL COMPONENTRY, AND SURGICAL METHODS OF USING SAME | June 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18742873 | VERTEBRAL GROWTH MODULATING DIRECTIONAL HINGED END-TO-END ROD CONNECTOR | June 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18737358 | Surgical Saw for Actuating a Saw Blade with an Oscillating Head, the Saw Having a Coupling Assembly for Releasably Holding the Saw Blade | June 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18716090 | FUSION CAGES AND METHODS FOR SACRO-ILIAC JOINT STABILIZATION | June 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18664362 | LATERAL RETRACTOR SYSTEM FOR MINIMIZING MUSCLE DAMAGE IN SPINAL SURGERY | May 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18660268 | TOOTH IMPLANT METHOD | May 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18645596 | TARSAL-METATARSAL JOINT PROCEDURE UTILIZING FULCRUM | April 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18640526 | ALERT PROCESSOR FOR A BONE FIXATION DEVICE | April 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18632685 | PATIENT SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS FOR JOINT PROSTHESIS | April 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18627609 | BONE POSITIONING GUIDE | April 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18624286 | EXPANDABLE VERTEBRAL IMPLANT | April 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18614769 | KNEE JOINT STRUCTURE FEATURING HYDRAULIC CONTROL | March 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18586952 | Stand Alone Interbody Spinal System | February 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18587921 | BONE POSITIONING AND PREPARING GUIDE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | February 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18441566 | CONSTANT DISTRACTION FORCE DRIVEN SELF ACTUATING GROWING ROD SYSTEMS | February 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18436135 | ACTIVE END EFFECTORS FOR SURGICAL ROBOTS | February 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18436159 | ACTIVE END EFFECTORS FOR SURGICAL ROBOTS | February 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18433636 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRACTION | February 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18404964 | IN-SITU ADDITIVE EXPANDABLE IMPLANTS | January 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18518673 | Anchor | November 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 27 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18515163 | MODULAR LENGTH ADJUSTABLE TUBULAR RETRACTOR AND A TUBE BREAKER | November 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18387290 | Intermediate Femoral Nail | November 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18384168 | Implant With Blade For Displacing Or Cutting Soft Tissue During Expansion | October 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18382894 | STENT SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING PATENCY OF A BODY LUMEN | October 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18556379 | EXPANDABLE LAMINOPLASTY IMPLANT | October 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18488139 | ROBOT ASSISTED INTERVERTEBRAL DISC PROSTHESIS SELECTION AND IMPLANTATION SYSTEM | October 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18488301 | MODULAR BODY CAVITY ACCESS SYSTEM | October 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18555208 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRONE LATERAL SPINE SURGERY | October 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18479058 | SURGICAL ACCESS PORT STABILIZATION | September 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18479059 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SURGICAL ACCESS | September 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18372815 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GUIDING A REVISION PROCEDURE | September 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18474541 | METHOD OF USING A SURGICAL TISSUE RETRACTOR | September 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18283351 | RETRACTOR AND HOLDER | September 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18370055 | ADJUSTABLE ANGLE BONE FIXATION ASSEMBLY | September 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18369228 | Systems And Methods For Simulating Spine And Skeletal System Pathologies | September 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18243397 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR VERTEBRAL BONE REALIGNMENT | September 2023 | September 2025 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18461090 | SPINAL SPACING IMPLANT, SPINAL SPACER ASSEMBLY, EXPANDER AND INSERTION INSTRUMENT, KIT AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLY AND USE | September 2023 | September 2025 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18240548 | EXPANDABLE SPINAL IMPLANT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING SAME | August 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18238334 | PATIENT-POSITIONING SYSTEM, COMPUTER-CONTROL AND DATA-INTEGRATION SYSTEM, SURGICAL COMPONENTRY, AND SURGICAL METHODS OF USING SAME | August 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18238216 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING AND APPLYING A SPINAL COMPRESSION FORCE | August 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18278854 | Rotational Tracker Adapter With Biasing Mechanism | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18450513 | EXPANDABLE INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | August 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18361983 | Retractor Members, And Related Systems And Methods | July 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18227412 | System And Method For Driving An Ultrasonic Handpiece As A Function Of The Mechanical Impedance Of The Handpiece | July 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18360509 | ILLUMINATED MEDICAL DEVICES | July 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18342869 | METHODS FOR ROBOTIC ASSISTANCE AND NAVIGATION IN SPINAL SURGERY AND RELATED SYSTEMS | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18339588 | SPINAL IMPLANT SYSTEM AND METHOD | June 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18268825 | HEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE IMPLANT | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18331886 | Retractor Systems with Closed Loop Control | June 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18205670 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL NAVIGATION | June 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18327435 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPAIR OF DURAL TEAR | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18325107 | System And Method For Monitoring Offset During Navigation-Assisted Surgery | May 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18323138 | TARSAL-METATARSAL JOINT PROCEDURE UTILIZING FULCRUM | May 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18320296 | SECUREMENT PLATE FOR INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT | May 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18317832 | IMPLANTS FOR BONE FIXATION OR FUSION | May 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18196985 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC METHODS AND INSTRUMENTATION | May 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18144683 | Small Joint Fusion Plate and Cutting Block | May 2023 | December 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18312780 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD | May 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18251102 | VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE FOR MANAGING THE AIRWAY IN AN INDIVIDUAL IN NEED THEREOF | April 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18309307 | NAVIGATED PELVIC IMPLANT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE | April 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18033253 | BONE FIXATION SYSTEM FOR HUMAN BONE, METHOD OF DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING THEREOF | April 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18136284 | TISSUE ENGAGEMENT DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | April 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18136154 | MICROFRACTURE APPARATUSES AND METHODS | April 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18298978 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRACTION NEUROGENESIS | April 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18193807 | EXPANDABLE INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT | March 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18129698 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO REGISTER PATIENT ANATOMY OR TO DETERMINE AND PRESENT MEASUREMENTS RELATIVE TO PATIENT ANATOMY | March 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18129724 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO REGISTER PATIENT ANATOMY OR TO DETERMINE AND PRESENT MEASUREMENTS RELATIVE TO PATIENT ANATOMY | March 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18126253 | REAMER INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED METHODS | March 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18125195 | DISPENSING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE | March 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18183013 | BONE POSITIONING AND PREPARING GUIDE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | March 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18182995 | BONE POSITIONING GUIDE | March 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18024087 | TUNNEL POSITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANTERIORPOSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION | March 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18174221 | Partially Resorbable Implants And Methods | February 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18174596 | DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES FOR TREATING LESSER METATARSALS OF THE FOOT | February 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18173115 | STABILIZATION SYSTEMS | February 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18112366 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING AND MONITORING ORTHOPEDIC HARDWARE | February 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18107256 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR DETERMINING SEATING OF AN ORTHOPAEDIC IMPLANT DURING AN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE | February 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18164584 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USE FOR DELIVERY OF MATERIALS IN COMBINATION WITH INTRAMEDULLARY DEVICES | February 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18160789 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, GUIDES, AND METHODS OF USE | January 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18158533 | EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SPACER | January 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18099404 | Expandable Implant with Deflectable Sequence of Segments | January 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18155474 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE INTERBODY FUSION | January 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18096159 | LATERAL RETRACTOR SYSTEM FOR MINIMIZING MUSCLE DAMAGE IN SPINAL SURGERY | January 2023 | June 2023 | Allow | 5 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18151553 | ROBOTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BONE PREPARATION FOR INTERVERTEBRAL DISC PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION | January 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18148008 | HIP SURGERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS | December 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18069620 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR BALANCING A JOINT | December 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18080160 | Techniques For Patient-Specific Milling Path Generation | December 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18009962 | DEVICE FOR INDICATING AN ACTIVE COMPONENT OF AN ADJUSTABLE MEDICAL APPARATUS | December 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J.
With a 58.3% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. 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, 31.5% 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 BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J works in Art Unit 3775 and has examined 1,430 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 82.0%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.
Examiner BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J's allowance rate of 82.0% places them in the 54% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J receive 1.74 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 37% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J is 30 months. This places the examiner in the 62% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +16.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J. This interview benefit is in the 58% 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, 34.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 76% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 59.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 85% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 125.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 84% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 84.8% of appeals filed. This is in the 78% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 50.7% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 51.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 50% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.7% of allowed cases (in the 64% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 48% 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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