USPTO Art Unit 3773 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 3773
Group: 3770
Tech Center: 3700
Total Cases: 10,295
Last Active: July 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19278532INTERVERTEBRAL MEMBERS AND METHODS OF USING A BONE REINFORCING COMPOSITION FOR RETAINING THE INTERVERTEBRAL MEMBERSJuly 2025March 2026Allow811YesNo
19274513INTRAMEDULLARY BONE FIXATION DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODSJuly 2025November 2025Allow400YesNo
19272751RECEIVING PART OF A BONE ANCHORING DEVICE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE RECEIVING PART AND AT LEAST ONE INSTRUMENTJuly 2025March 2026Allow810NoNo
19265048Systems And Methods For Spinal FixationJuly 2025September 2025Allow300NoNo
19257087SPINE SURGERY METHODS AND DEVICESJuly 2025August 2025Allow100YesNo
19240631IMPLANT WITH INTRAMEDULLARY PORTION AND EXTRAMEDULLARY PORTIONJune 2025August 2025Allow210NoNo
19234723ANCHOR DEVICE FOR BONE IMPLANTATION DURING SURGICAL PROCEDURESJune 2025November 2025Allow520YesNo
19234810ANCHOR DEVICE FOR BONE IMPLANTATION DURING SURGICAL PROCEDURESJune 2025December 2025Allow610YesNo
19223637Adjustable External Fixator and Fixator Kit for Angle Correction of a BoneMay 2025August 2025Allow210NoNo
19169790COUPLING DEVICE FOR COUPLING A ROD TO A BONE ANCHORApril 2025October 2025Allow611NoNo
19082041SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSISTING AND AUGMENTING SURGICAL PROCEDURESMarch 2025August 2025Allow510YesNo
19076870SPIRAL GROWTH TETHER SYSTEMS AND METHODSMarch 2025August 2025Allow510YesNo
19109738WIGGLEGRAM CAMERA SYSTEM FOR USE WITH RETRACTORSMarch 2025July 2025Allow410NoNo
19053463EXPANDIBLE-EXTENDIBLE INTRAMEDULLARY NAILFebruary 2025January 2026Allow1120YesNo
19047263DEVICES FOR KYPHOPLASTY AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFFebruary 2025August 2025Allow610YesNo
19028306FULL WRIST FUSION DEVICEJanuary 2025February 2026Allow1300NoNo
19023889Resorptive Intramedullary Implant Between Two Bones or Two Bone FragmentsJanuary 2025May 2025Allow410YesNo
19023819Resorptive Intramedullary Implant Between Two Bones or Two Bone FragmentsJanuary 2025June 2025Allow520YesNo
19026236AUTOMATED MACHINE LEARNING DESIGN OF ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS AND METHODS FOR USING SAMEJanuary 2025January 2026Allow1221YesNo
19019782IMPLANT WITH INTRAMEDULLARY PORTION AND OFFSET EXTRAMEDULLARY PORTIONJanuary 2025July 2025Allow620YesNo
19019993IMPLANT WITH INTRAMEDULLARY PORTION AND OFFSET EXTRAMEDULLARY PORTIONJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
19017237ELASTIC INTRAMEDULLARY FIXATION DEVICEJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19005262Inspection Device With Display ScreenDecember 2024June 2025Allow600YesNo
18980342PIVOTAL BONE ANCHOR ASSEMBLY WITH INCREASED SHANK HEAD ANGULATIONDecember 2024July 2025Allow710NoNo
18977480METHOD FOR IMPROVED SPINAL CORRECTION SURGERY IMPLEMENTING NON-FUSION ANTERIOR SCOLIOSIS CORRECTION TECHNIQUES WITH OFFSET ANCHOR SCREWSDecember 2024October 2025Allow1010YesNo
18977407METHOD FOR IMPROVED SPINAL CORRECTION SURGERY IMPLEMENTING NON-FUSION ANTERIOR SCOLIOSIS CORRECTION TECHNIQUES WITH MULTIPLE CORDSDecember 2024May 2025Allow510NoNo
18963672AUGMENTED REALITY (AR)-ASSISTED ENHANCED FRACTURE REDUCTION FIXATORNovember 2024February 2026Allow1510NoNo
18962484BONE ANCHOR BASED RETRACTOR/DISTRACTORNovember 2024March 2026Allow1500YesNo
18955034SURGICAL TECHNIQUE FOR MINIMIZING MEDIALIZATION OF AN ORTHOPEDIC INTRAMEDULLARY NAILNovember 2024October 2025Allow1120NoNo
18943017Surgical Retractor, Methods of Making a Surgical Retractor, and Methods of Retracting TissueNovember 2024January 2026Allow1500NoNo
18943046MULTI-CLAMP APPARATUS FOR EXTERNAL BONE FIXATORNovember 2024March 2026Allow1600NoNo
18943039HINGE APPARATUS FOR EXTERNAL BONE FIXATORNovember 2024January 2026Allow1410NoNo
18933954METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A PIVOTAL BONE ANCHOR ASSEMBLY WITH A DOWNWARDLY DISPLACEABLE COLLET INSERTOctober 2024July 2025Allow810NoNo
18932376MODULAR DRIVE UNIT FOR TRANSPORT SYSTEMOctober 2024July 2025Allow911YesNo
18932397SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSPORT AND TISSUE DISTRACTIONOctober 2024September 2025Allow1121YesNo
18929468BOTTOM LOADING POLY-AXIAL SCREWOctober 2024January 2026Allow1510NoNo
18926412ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS, INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USEOctober 2024January 2026Allow1510YesNo
18920849EXPANDABLE CORPECTOMY MODULAR ENDPLATE CONNECTIONOctober 2024March 2026Allow1710NoNo
18915551COMBINATION DEROTATION AND REDUCER INSTRUMENTS AND METHODSOctober 2024February 2026Allow1610YesNo
18910337ANCHOR DEVICE FOR BONE IMPLANTATION DURING SURGICAL PROCEDURESOctober 2024April 2025Allow611YesNo
18908183Video LaryngoscopeOctober 2024March 2026Allow1710NoNo
18901254SELECTIVELY LOCKING POLYAXIAL SCREWSeptember 2024February 2026Allow1710YesNo
18884169SPINAL IMPLANTSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1600NoNo
18882825INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEMSeptember 2024March 2026Allow1810NoNo
18882819INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEMSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1710NoNo
18827709POLYAXIAL PEDICLE SCREW ASSEMBLY WITH CANNULATED SCREW SHANK HAVING AN INTERNAL DRIVE SOCKET SURROUNDED BY A PLANAR TOP END SURFACESeptember 2024July 2025Allow1011NoNo
18825307COUPLING ASSEMBLY FOR COUPLING A ROD TO A BONE ANCHORING ELEMENT AND BONE ANCHORING DEVICE WITH SUCH A COUPLING ASSEMBLYSeptember 2024May 2025Allow800YesNo
18825166SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHODSeptember 2024October 2025Allow1300NoNo
18816770VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPIC TRACHEOSCOPEAugust 2024December 2025Allow1621NoNo
18841605Minimally invasive fracture reduction and fixation systemAugust 2024April 2025Allow710NoNo
18840992PHALANX FRACTURE REDUCTIONAugust 2024August 2025Allow1200NoNo
18812512Adjustable External Fixator and Fixator Kit for Angle Correction of a BoneAugust 2024February 2025Allow610YesNo
18812322Inspection Device With Display ScreenAugust 2024February 2025Allow510NoNo
18812398SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPINAL ROD INSERTION AND REDUCTIONAugust 2024March 2026Allow1810YesNo
18810275SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PEDICLE SCREW STABILIZATION OF SPINAL VERTEBRAEAugust 2024March 2026Allow1910NoNo
18809229SACRO-ILIAC JOINT STABILIZING IMPLANTS AND METHODS OF IMPLANTATIONAugust 2024February 2026Allow1810NoNo
18807223Pedicle Fusion DeviceAugust 2024June 2025Allow1011YesNo
18839091DETACHABLE GEARED-MOTOR ASSEMBLY FOR MOTORIZING A STRUT IN A SPATIAL FRAMEAugust 2024January 2026Allow1710NoNo
18805412PELVIC STABILIZATION IMPLANTS, METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTUREAugust 2024May 2025Allow910NoNo
18804651EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSIONS DEVICESAugust 2024February 2026Allow1810NoNo
18799592INTEGRATED EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SPACER (IEIS)August 2024December 2025Allow1610YesNo
18795173SPINAL CAGE FIXABLE THROUGH INSERTION OF BONE SCREWSAugust 2024March 2026Allow1910NoNo
18835851IN VIVO DEROTATION GROWTH-FRIENDLY SPINE IMPLANT SYSTEMAugust 2024March 2026Allow1910NoNo
18789143Surgical Elevator OximeterJuly 2024February 2026Allow1910NoNo
18787336SPINAL COMPRESSION INSTRUMENT AND RELATED METHODSJuly 2024February 2026Allow1910NoNo
18787364METHODS AND DEVICES FOR BONE FRAGMENT FIXATIONJuly 2024February 2026Allow1911YesNo
18788075SEQUENTIAL REDUCERJuly 2024March 2026Allow1911YesNo
18784607SPINAL TETHERING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODSJuly 2024March 2026Allow2010YesNo
18781736ARTICULATING SPINAL ROD SYSTEMJuly 2024November 2025Allow1500YesNo
18777994TUBULAR RETRACTOR SECUREMENT FRAMEJuly 2024November 2025Allow1610NoNo
18776707PIVOTAL BONE ANCHOR ASSEMBLY WITH RESILIENTLY AXIALLY COMPRESSIBLE SHANK HEAD AND ROD ENGAGING INSERTJuly 2024February 2025Allow710YesNo
18775615STEMMED MODULAR IMPLANT SYSTEMJuly 2024December 2025Allow1720YesNo
18771164External Fixator Apparatus & MethodJuly 2024February 2026Allow1910YesNo
18770767Resorptive Intramedullary Implant Between Two Bones or Two Bone FragmentsJuly 2024October 2025Allow1510YesNo
18770189BI-PLANAR EXPANDABLE CAGE FOR SPINEJuly 2024January 2026Allow1910NoNo
18767832Surgical Elevator OximeterJuly 2024February 2026Allow2010NoNo
18766311BONE ANCHORJuly 2024March 2026Allow2020NoNo
18765999Flexible Fastening SystemJuly 2024March 2026Allow2020YesNo
18727073Screw Capture System for Calcaneal FractureJuly 2024February 2026Allow1930YesNo
18760484FIXATORS FOR BONE STABILIZATION AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODSJuly 2024September 2025Allow1500YesNo
18759418SURGICAL RETRACTORS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAMEJune 2024March 2026Allow2010NoNo
18755496IMPLANT DEVICE FOR A FACET JOINT AND METHOD FOR FUSING THE FACET JOINTJune 2024March 2026Allow2110YesNo
18751876SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL IMPLANTATIONJune 2024October 2025Allow1620NoNo
18749753External Fixation for the Correction of Bone Deformity and TraumaJune 2024February 2026Abandon2010NoNo
18748128CURVED ELECTRIC LARYNGOSCOPEJune 2024September 2024Allow300NoNo
18721721Device Including An Expandable Implant And Anchoring Elements For Anchoring The Device Within A Vertebral PedicleJune 2024January 2026Allow1910NoNo
18746748MODULAR SPINAL FIXATION SCREWJune 2024October 2024Allow310NoNo
18745132INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANTS, INSTRUMENTS, AND METHODSJune 2024October 2025Allow1611NoNo
18744906PENCIL-GRIP WIRE DRIVER OPERATED WITH DISTALLY LOCATED ACTUATORJune 2024September 2025Allow1510YesNo
18742786SURGICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING POWERED ROTARY-TYPE HANDPIECEJune 2024February 2026Allow2010NoNo
18742980EXTENDED TAB SEPARATION APPARATUS AND METHODJune 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18740176SURGICAL AND STABILIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR TREATMENT OF SACROILIAC JOINTSJune 2024March 2025Allow910NoNo
18739437EXTERNAL FIXATOR SYSTEMJune 2024November 2025Allow1700NoNo
18738287SURGICAL RETRACTOR SYSTEM AND CLIP-ON JOINT CLAMPJune 2024November 2025Allow1700YesNo
18733987SPINAL IMPLANT SYSTEM AND METHODJune 2024November 2025Allow1710NoNo
18731565Method for reducing a risk of a potential fracture in an osteoporotic vertebraJune 2024January 2026Abandon2010NoNo
18731261AUTOMATED COUPLED TORSIONAL FIXATORS AND METHOD OF USEJune 2024December 2024Allow601NoNo
18680754Method, system, and apparatus for dermatological treatmentMay 2024December 2024Allow710NoNo
18715464INTERSPINOUS-INTRASPINOUS PROSTHESISMay 2024January 2026Abandon2010NoNo
18675339ACCESS PORT TO INSUFFLATE THE ABDOMEN FOR LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERYMay 2024November 2025Allow1811YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 3773.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
216
Examiner Affirmed
127
(58.8%)
Examiner Reversed
89
(41.2%)
Reversal Percentile
83.3%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 41.2% 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.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
926
Allowed After Appeal Filing
240
(25.9%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
686
(74.1%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
19.0%
Lower than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

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, 25.9% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

Strategic Recommendations

✓ 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.

Art Unit 3773 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 3773 is part of Group 3770 in Technology Center 3700. This art unit has examined 10,295 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 70.8%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 36 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 3773's allowance rate of 70.8% places it in the 33% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a below-average allowance rate compared to other art units.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 3773 receive an average of 2.39 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 83% percentile). The median prosecution time is 36 months (in the 28% percentile).

Strategic Considerations

When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:

  • The art unit's allowance rate suggests a more challenging examination environment compared to the USPTO average.
  • With more office actions than average, plan for multiple rounds of prosecution.
  • The median prosecution time is longer than average and should be factored into your continuation and client communication strategies.
  • Review individual examiner statistics within this art unit to identify examiners with particularly favorable or challenging prosecution patterns.

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

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