Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19224317 | KNEE REPLACEMENT DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | May 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 19196538 | EXPANDABLE INTERBODY | May 2025 | December 2025 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19053017 | INTERBODY SPINAL CAGE | February 2025 | November 2025 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19040970 | SURGICAL DRILL GUIDE APPARATUS AND METHODS | January 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 19025950 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR JOINT REPLACEMENT | January 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18981083 | COUPLING DEVICE FOR COUPLING A ROD TO A BONE ANCHOR AND SYSTEM INCLUDING SUCH A COUPLING DEVICE AND AT LEAST TWO BONE ANCHORS | December 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18978649 | SETTABLE SURGICAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE | December 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18845732 | AUTOMATED TRANSOSSEOUS ELEMENT PLANNING FOR ORTHOPEDIC DEVICES | September 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18838393 | Fracture Fixation System | August 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18734198 | FIXATOR DISTRACTION CLAMP ASSEMBLY | June 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18714151 | Bone Resection Method by Plunge Milling and Rasping During Total Ankle Arthroplasty | May 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18695553 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FIDUCIAL MARKER DEPLOYMENT IN MEDICAL PROCEDURES | March 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18432562 | INTERSPINOUS SPACER WITH ACTUATOR LOCKING ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS | February 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18401121 | ADJUSTABLE ANGLE ORTHOPEDIC DISTRACTOR, COMPRESSOR, AND DISTRACTOR-COMPRESSOR | December 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18391088 | AUTOMATED WIRELESS STRUT ASSEMBLY | December 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18527080 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR JOINT REPLACEMENT | December 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18565836 | EXTERNAL FIXATOR SYSTEM WITH CUSTOM ASSEMBLED STRUTS | November 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18510419 | Foreskin Restoration Device with Pump and Two Valves | November 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18290269 | Intramedullary Nail for Transverse Distraction | November 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18381692 | Customized Bone Distraction Method, Device and System | October 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18485363 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR JOINING BONEY STRUCTURES | October 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18483738 | FLEXIBLE TORQUE CABLE FOR DELIVERY OF MEDICAL DEVICES | October 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18377896 | Knee Balancing System Using Patient Specific Instrumentation | October 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18370900 | SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEMS INCLUDING A STERILE CONNECTOR AND RELATED METHODS | September 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18242612 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MID-FLEXION BALANCING DURING KNEE ARTHROPLASTY | September 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18240454 | BONE HARVESTING SYSTEM | August 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18342196 | METHOD OF USING AN ADJUSTABLE TIBIAL SIZER | June 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18316351 | LORDOTIC EXPANDABLE FUSION IMPLANT | May 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18314461 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR JOINT REPLACEMENT | May 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18143688 | SURGICAL TEMPLATES | May 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 32 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18143845 | SURGICAL TEMPLATES | May 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 32 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18140814 | CANNULATED, MODULAR FEMORAL BROACH AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENT HANDLE | April 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18132540 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR HANDHELD SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH SMOKE EVACUATION SYSTEM | April 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18127250 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MID-FLEXION BALANCING DURING KNEE ARTHROPLASTY | March 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18123765 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR JOINING BONEY STRUCTURES | March 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18123739 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR JOINING BONEY STRUCTURES | March 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18182608 | ACCESS PORT DEVICE | March 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18117245 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REPAIRING CARTILAGE DEFECTS | March 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18114522 | ASSESSING THE RESPONSE TO TREATMENT OF SINUSITIS | February 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18112569 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | February 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18111185 | METHODS AND KIT FOR A NAVIGATED PROCEDURE | February 2023 | July 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18109174 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO COMPUTE A SUBLUXATION BETWEEN TWO BONES | February 2023 | July 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18167637 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING LAXITY OF A JOINT | February 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18104262 | MULTI-PLANAR FIXATION SYSTEM | January 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18094657 | POWERED DRIVER ACTUATED BY FORCE ON DRIVESHAFT AND RELATED KITS, COMPONENTS, AND METHODS | January 2023 | September 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18151712 | TIBIAL CUTTING GUIDE ASSEMBLIES AND ASSOCIATED INSTRUMENTATION FOR PERFORMING SURGICAL METHODS | January 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18150756 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR JOINT REPLACEMENT | January 2023 | April 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18093271 | POLYAXIAL BONE ANCHORING DEVICE | January 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18089073 | Spinal Surgery Navigation | December 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18089235 | DISTAL FEMORAL CUTTING BLOCK INSTRUMENT | December 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18088350 | BONE MATERIAL DISPENSING DEVICE | December 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18082047 | JOINT REPAIR SYSTEM | December 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18065744 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED METHODS | December 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18079596 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR PREOPERATIVE IMPLANT SIZE ESTIMATION | December 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18062818 | ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES AND METHODS OF INSTALLATION THEREOF | December 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18076541 | BONE REGISTRATION METHODS FOR ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18073753 | SPINAL IMPLANTS CONFIGURED FOR TISSUE SPARING ANGLE OF INSERTION AND RELATED METHODS | December 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17991658 | VERTEBRAL ENDPLATE SHAVER WITH HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE BLADES | November 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18056809 | ORTHOPEDIC SURGICAL GUIDE | November 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17924106 | 4-IN-1 CUTTING JIG FOR FEMORAL FINISHING | November 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 35 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17921667 | ORTHOPEDIC INTRAMEDULLARY NAILS | October 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17918993 | ALIGNMENT DEVICE FOR A TIBIAL RESECTION GUIDE | October 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18045113 | PIVOTAL BONE ANCHOR ASSEMBLY HAVING TWIST-IN-PLACE INSERT WITH FORCED INTERFERENCE DOWNWARD DISPLACEMENT | October 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17956468 | DISTAL FEMORAL CUTTING BLOCK INSTRUMENT | September 2022 | August 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17955088 | Surgical Guides and Implants Having Periosteum Compressing Projections | September 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17935174 | System For Processing Bone Stock Including A Bone Cleaning Head, A Bone Milling Head And Base That Powers Both The Cleaning Head And The Milling Head | September 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17948771 | DEVICE FOR IMPLANTING COMPRESSION PLATE WITHIN A BODY | September 2022 | March 2026 | Abandon | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17944378 | Bone Cutting Guide | September 2022 | November 2022 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17941620 | Ligament Modeling and Balancing | September 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 41 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17930235 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSTALLING AN ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT | September 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17822554 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIMB ALIGNMENT | August 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 2 | Yes | No |
| 17895451 | TIBIAL SIZING GUIDE | August 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17895378 | METHOD FOR DETECTING BODY PARAMETERS | August 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 40 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17894861 | PROGRAMMABLE STIFFNESS TISSUE DISPLACEMENT DEVICE | August 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17890084 | SURGICAL ROD CUTTER-BENDER ASSEMBLY | August 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 41 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17814250 | CUTTING BLOCK | July 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17866665 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A CORE AND SHELL COUPLING OF A COMPOSITE MATERIAL BONE IMPLANT AND COMPOSITE MATERIAL BONE IMPLANT PRODUCED THEREBY | July 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17758401 | MOULDED PLATES, FASTENED WITH CLAMPS FOR OSTEOSYNTHESIS AND ORTHOSIS, AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS | July 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 38 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17788778 | ANTI-SKIVE BONE DRILL | June 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17842116 | TRIAL-FIRST MEASURING DEVICE FOR USE DURING REVISION TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY | June 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17807232 | QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF IMPLANT INSTALLATION | June 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17807268 | QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF IMPLANT INSTALLATION | June 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17805890 | ORTHOGNATHIC IMPLANT AND METHODS OF USE | June 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17828495 | METHODS, SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING A SURGICAL PROCEDURE TO BALANCE A PATIENT'S KNEE | May 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17827094 | DELIVERY DEVICE FOR IMPLANTING KNOTLESS MICRO-SUTURE ANCHORS AND ANCHOR ARRAYS FOR ATTACHMENT OF SOFT TISSUE TO BONE | May 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17751597 | IMPLANT POSITIONING DEVICES AND METHODS | May 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17750081 | ANTERIOR CERVICAL INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES | May 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17748843 | MATERIAL DELIVERY SURGICAL DEVICE | May 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17663441 | DECOUPLED SPACER AND PLATE AND METHOD OF INSTALLING THE SAME | May 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17741898 | POLYMER CUTTING BLOCK | May 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17775532 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ORIENTING A SURGICAL DEVICE | May 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17660931 | MULTI-MODAL PATIENT-SPECIFIC SURGICAL GUIDES | April 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 40 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17724868 | Fixed Angle Instrument With Rounded Linkages | April 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 46 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17722743 | CUSTOMIZED PATIENT-SPECIFIC CONTACT SEGMENTS FOR ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT USING BONE SILHOUETTE CURVES | April 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 44 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17723334 | Modular Orthopedic Clamps | April 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 44 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17657387 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATING A PIN GUIDE DRIVER | March 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 37 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17708082 | ROBOT SPECIFIC IMPLANT DESIGNS WITH CONTINGENT MANUAL INSTRUMENTATION | March 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17764336 | MOUTHPIECE AND ATTACHMENT | March 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17681040 | METHOD OF PLANNING AN ARTHROPLASTY PROCEDURE | February 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17680691 | COMPUTER AIDED ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY SYSTEM HAVING A JOINT DISTRACTION DEVICE | February 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT.
With a 51.7% 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, 37.6% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting 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 is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT works in Art Unit 3775 and has examined 1,664 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 81.2%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.
Examiner BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT's allowance rate of 81.2% places them in the 52% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT receive 1.26 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 17% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT is 29 months. This places the examiner in the 67% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +11.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT. This interview benefit is in the 47% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 28.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 53% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 22.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 30% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 112.2% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 80% 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 73.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 62% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 41.8% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 61.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 67% 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 3.5% of allowed cases (in the 81% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.
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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