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| 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 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 75% over 324 cases |
|---|---|
| Difficulty: | Medium |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 54th
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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).
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.
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 |
Examiner Carter has granted 175 of 243 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 72%.
Examiner Carter has granted 67 of 81 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 83%.
With Examiner Carter, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 15%.
| 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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