Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19088694 | STERNOTOMY RETRACTOR SYSTEM | March 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19086553 | Sinus-Engaging Valve Fixation Member | March 2025 | April 2025 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19074731 | CHALAZION CLAMP | March 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19109738 | WIGGLEGRAM CAMERA SYSTEM FOR USE WITH RETRACTORS | March 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19064641 | LAPAROSCOPIC ANASTOMOSIS DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | February 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19058548 | COMPRESSION GARMENT FOR WINDING AND APPLYING ON LEG, ARM OR UPPER LIMB | February 2025 | April 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19041586 | Device for Fixating Orthopedic Injury | January 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19041510 | Device for Fixating Orthopedic Injury | January 2025 | April 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19037351 | IMPLANTS FOR TISSUE FIXATION AND FUSION | January 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19035284 | WIRELESS MEASUREMENT OF SUTURE TENSION | January 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19028645 | Partially Porous Tibial Component | January 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19023889 | Resorptive Intramedullary Implant Between Two Bones or Two Bone Fragments | January 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19023819 | Resorptive Intramedullary Implant Between Two Bones or Two Bone Fragments | January 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 5 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19025950 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR JOINT REPLACEMENT | January 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18994905 | DISTAL PROTECTION DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | January 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19021911 | PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE HAVING IDENTIFIERS FOR AIDING IN RADIOGRAPHIC POSITIONING | January 2025 | March 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19021559 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY OSTEOTOMY FRAGMENT SHIFTER, STABILIZER, AND TARGETER | January 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 19021690 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY OSTEOTOMY FRAGMENT SHIFTER, STABILIZER, AND TARGETER | January 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 19020361 | NEUROVASCULAR CLOT RETRIEVING SYSTEM | January 2025 | April 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19019993 | IMPLANT WITH INTRAMEDULLARY PORTION AND OFFSET EXTRAMEDULLARY PORTION | January 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19017237 | ELASTIC INTRAMEDULLARY FIXATION DEVICE | January 2025 | March 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19011575 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANTEGRADE TRANSCATHETER VALVE REPAIR OR IMPLANTATION | January 2025 | March 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19003275 | MODULAR LENGTH ADJUSTABLE TUBULAR RETRACTOR AND A TUBE BREAKER | December 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18878081 | Styptic harness tourniquet | December 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18991840 | DYNAMIC COMPRESSION IMPLANT | December 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18987270 | SPINAL INTERBODY FUSION DEVICE | December 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18984693 | TRANSCATHETER GROWTH DEVICES AND METHODS FOR NORWOOD, GLENN AND FONTAN THERAPY | December 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | 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 |
| 18967753 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGING A BODY PART DURING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE | December 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18965484 | SUTURE RETENTION DEVICE | December 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18959941 | PACIFIER WITH COUPLING MECHANISM | November 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18954512 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | November 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18950521 | HORIZONTAL TRANSALVEOLAR IMPLANT SYSTEM | November 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18949280 | SYSTEM, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REMOVING OBSTRUCTIONS IN BODY LUMENS | November 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18949255 | SYSTEM, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REMOVING OBSTRUCTIONS IN BODY LUMENS | November 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18946857 | Multiple Pass Self-Cinching Suture Construct | November 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18946766 | ASPIRATION THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR THROMBUS REMOVAL WITH ASPIRATION CATHETER | November 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18946722 | ASPIRATION THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR THROMBUS REMOVAL WITH ASPIRATION CATHETER | November 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18945271 | SURGICAL STAPLE | November 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18940115 | SURGICAL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLED ANCHORING IN THE INTESTINE | November 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18940583 | READY-TO-USE EYELASH EXTENSIONS | November 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18934919 | INSTRUMENT FOR SURGERY | November 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18933954 | METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A PIVOTAL BONE ANCHOR ASSEMBLY WITH A DOWNWARDLY DISPLACEABLE COLLET INSERT | October 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18933970 | HIP REPLACEMENT NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | October 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18933463 | KNEE ARTHROPLASTY METHOD | October 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18928481 | SPINAL INTERBODY FUSION DEVICE | October 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18925063 | HAIR WEFT AND PREPARATION PROCESS THEREOF | October 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18859162 | ASPIRATION APPARATUSES FOR CLOT REMOVAL | October 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18922547 | INTERBODY FUSION DEVICE COMPRISING TEXTURED SURFACES | October 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18916404 | INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY | October 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18916474 | INTERVENTIONAL SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES AND METHODS | October 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18915788 | BIOCOMPOSITE DENTAL CROWN AND METHOD OF MAKING | October 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18914008 | EFFICIENT BACTERIOSTATIC MINIMALLY INVASIVE COLLECTION DEVICES FOR GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN | October 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18914014 | GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN COLLECTION DEVICES USING DOUBLE CANNULA KNIFE | October 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18913909 | HYBRID STYLE DENTURE SYSTEM FOR PARTIAL OR COMPLETE DENTURES | October 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18855495 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE KNOTTER | October 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18910337 | ANCHOR DEVICE FOR BONE IMPLANTATION DURING SURGICAL PROCEDURES | October 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18855297 | STEP CUTTING THROMBECTOMY DEVICE AND THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM | October 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18905831 | ADJUSTABLE TRIAL SPACER SYSTEM | October 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18904963 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTRODUCING A CONSTRUCT EITHER ON OR AROUND THE SURFACE OF THE HEART | October 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 7 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18853671 | LEFT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT STENT AND DELIVERY SYSTEM | October 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18904709 | OXYGEN DISPENSING LARYNGOSCOPE SLEEVE | October 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18904292 | OXYGEN DISPENSING LARYNGOSCOPE | October 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18903840 | DENTAL SYSTEM FOR SYMMETRY OF JAW, PALATE, AND TEETH | October 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18852558 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING A LOCKING MECHANISM | September 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18898460 | OCULAR DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS | September 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18898320 | UNIFIED CONTROLLER FOR A POWERED KNEE PROSTHESIS | September 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18898303 | VOLITIONAL EMG CONTROLLER FOR A POWERED KNEE PROSTHESIS | September 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18896724 | METHOD OF AUGMENTING TISSUE | September 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18895561 | CROWN REMOVER | September 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18895152 | BALLOON SEALING AND FILL VALVE | September 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18894964 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC ENDOLUMINAL SUTURING INSTRUMENT | September 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18891936 | FISH HOOK REMOVER | September 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18889589 | ORTHOPEDIC IMPACTOR TOOL | September 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18888965 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | September 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18888058 | DENTAL HANDPIECE WITH TEMPERATURE SENSOR | September 2024 | February 2025 | Abandon | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18886843 | DEVICES FOR PROVIDING TISSUE SUPPORT DURING BREAST RECONSTRUCTION, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF | September 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18886718 | NEXT GENERATION TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEART | September 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18885528 | Prophy Angle with Splatter Guard | September 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18885436 | IMPLANT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL REPAIR | September 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18830860 | Instrument for Manual Insertion of a Button | September 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18829490 | SCREW-ATTACHED PICK-UP DENTAL COPING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | September 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18830465 | GRAFT SECURING SYSTEM, APPLICATOR AND METHOD | September 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18828844 | Percutaneous Catheter Directed Intravascular Occlusion Devices | September 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18829121 | METHOD OF IMPLANTING A PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE ASSEMBLY | September 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18828756 | DEPTH CONTROLLABLE AND MEASURABLE MEDICAL DRIVER DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE | September 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18828790 | DEPTH CONTROLLABLE AND MEASURABLE MEDICAL DRIVER DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE | September 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 7 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18825307 | COUPLING ASSEMBLY FOR COUPLING A ROD TO A BONE ANCHORING ELEMENT AND BONE ANCHORING DEVICE WITH SUCH A COUPLING ASSEMBLY | September 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18826063 | Joint Implants With Bone Interface Connectors | September 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18825442 | INTEGRATED INSTRUMENT ASSEMBLY | September 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18825477 | INTEGRATED INSTRUMENT ASSEMBLY | September 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18823885 | INTRAORAL DEVICE | September 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18824859 | EARLY DENTAL CARIES DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | September 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18820328 | FRAME-TYPE SURGICAL ROBOT FOR FRACTURE REDUCTION | August 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18816314 | Atherectomy Devices and Methods | August 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18815897 | TREATMENT OF GERD | August 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18815791 | HAIR WEFT AND PREPARATION PROCESS THEREOF | August 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18841605 | Minimally invasive fracture reduction and fixation system | August 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18813861 | MAXILLA HOLDER AND INSTALLATION THEREOF | August 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18812512 | Adjustable External Fixator and Fixator Kit for Angle Correction of a Bone | August 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for group 3770.
With a 41.9% 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, 30.4% 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.
Group 3770 is part of Technology Center 3700. This group has examined 81,621 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 72.2%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.
Applications in Group 3770 receive an average of 2.05 office actions before reaching final disposition. The median prosecution time is 33 months.
This group-level data aggregates statistics across multiple art units. For more targeted prosecution strategies, review the individual art unit and examiner statistics within this group.
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