Examiner Carter Tara Rose E

3773-CARTER-TARA-ROSE-E

Employment Information

Art Unit:3773 — Surgery
Group:3770 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies
Classes: 606 — Surgery
600 — Surgery
623 — Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or aids and accessories therefor
359 — Optical: systems and elements
Phone:(571) 272-3402
Email:tara.carter@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr(Biomedical Engrg)
Service:20 years
Grade:GS-13

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

54
3-Year Grant rate: 75% over 324 cases
Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty Percentile: 54th

With Examiner Carter, you have a 75% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Carter is a medium examiner and in the 54th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Carter, where the timeline is relative to the date of the first office action. The three-year grant rate is the percentage of applications granted at three years after the first office action.

Comparison with Art Unit 3773

Examiner Carter's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 3773 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Carter 1.6
Art Unit 3773 1.7

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Carter has granted 175 of 243 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 72%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Carter has granted 67 of 81 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 83%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Carter, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 15%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18337971 Cooperative Access Hybrid Procedures Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18569849 Clamping Tool Mounted Registration Marker For Orthopedic Surgical Procedures Patented View
18107291 Devices, Systems, And Methods For Tissue Traction Patented View
18406163 Retraction System For Maxillofacial Surgery Abandoned View
18127548 Mouthpiece Patented View
18532566 Implant Design Optimization For Geometric Uncertainty Patented View
18487951 Surgical Space Maker Device Patented View
19234810 Anchor Device For Bone Implantation During Surgical Procedures Patented View
18617035 Medical Implant For Fixation And Integration With Hard Tissue Abandoned View
18265383 Modular Piezoelectric Intermedullary Nail Patented View
18675339 Access Port To Insufflate The Abdomen For Laparoscopic Surgery Patented View
19234723 Anchor Device For Bone Implantation During Surgical Procedures Patented View
18662400 Devices, Methods And Systems For Remedying Or Preventing Fractures Patented View
18193106 Intracorporeal Retracting Suture Patented View
17818490 Retractor Patented View
18840992 Phalanx Fracture Reduction Patented View
18649200 Scope Patented View
18444925 Tissue-Spreader Assembly Patented View
17845775 Variable/self-Securing Ear Speculum Abandoned View
18107222 Tissue Traction Devices, Systems, And Methods, And Devices, Systems, And Methods For Delivery Thereof Patented View
18082103 Retractor Introducer Systems Patented View
18608287 Sleeve For Speculum And Use Thereof Patented View
18655627 Retrograde Femoral Intramedullary Nail, And Related Systems And Methods Patented View
18650493 Remote Medical Examination Patented View
18669966 Remote Medical Examination Patented View
17395631 Cardiac Retractor Patented View
18380543 Devices And Methods For Vertebral Bone Realignment Abandoned View
18530003 Device For Atraumatic Passageway Of Instruments With Or Without Dilation Patented View
18047038 Device For Inspecting A Cavity Of A Patient Patented View
18047035 Device For Inspecting A Cavity Of A Patient Patented View
19332914 Apparatus For Orthognathic Surgical Planning Abandoned View
18643397 Endoluminal Device With Retractor System Patented View
17439834 System For Tightening An Orthopedic Set Screw At Two Different Torque Levels Patented View
18239206 Method And Apparatus For Spinal Facet Fusion Patented View
18343799 Multiple Track System For Positioning Of Bone Segments Patented View
17918473 Screwless Interbody Device For Spinal Surgery Abandoned View
18639386 Spinal Implant Patented View
18462813 Wound Retractor And Diffuser Patented View
18209162 Tissue Manipulation Device Patented View
18278727 Surgical Retractor Device Patented View
18242633 Dynamic And Non-Dynamic Interspinous Fusion Implant And Bone Growth Stimulation System Patented View
17664309 Narrow-Orifice Foreign Body Extraction Device Patented View
18526766 Transnasal Odontoid Retractor Patented View
18371773 Systems And Methods For Internal Bone Fixation Patented View
18387280 Set Screw For Femoral Nail Patented View
17659241 Hydraulic System For Surgical Applications Patented View
18910337 Anchor Device For Bone Implantation During Surgical Procedures Patented View
18509963 Sensor Enabled Retractor For Robotic Surgery Patented View
18503455 Unilateral Implant Holders And Related Methods Patented View
17228185 Clamping Device For Use With An Anatomic External Fixation Device Patented View

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