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  6. Examiner Matthews

Examiner Matthews Tessa M

3773-MATTHEWS-TESSA-M

Employment Information

Art Unit:3773 — Surgery
Group:3770 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies
Classes: 606 — Surgery
623 — Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or aids and accessories therefor
600 — Surgery
703 — Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation
206 — Special receptacle or package
Phone:(571) 272-8817
Email:tessa.matthews@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:13 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

32
3-Year Grant rate: 85% over 240 cases
Difficulty: Easier
Difficulty Percentile: 32nd

With Examiner Matthews, you have a 85% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Matthews is an easier examiner and in the 32nd percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Matthews, 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 Matthews's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3773 and higher than that of the USPTO.

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

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Matthews has granted 127 of 158 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 80%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Matthews has granted 77 of 82 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 94%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Matthews, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 18%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18467989 Surgical Instrument Ports Configured For Use With Wound Retractors, And Related Devices And Methods Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18300471 Trackable Retractor Systems, Apparatuses, Devices, And Methods Patented View
17617697 Posterolateral Instrumentation Treatment System And Methods Patented View
18301136 Coupling Device For Coupling A Rod To A Bone Anchor Patented View
18255484 Multi-View Video Laryngoscope, And Spatula Blade Configured With Multiple Image Capturing Apparatuses Patented View
18276550 Spinal Alignment System With Thermally Actuated Component Abandoned View
17342156 Medical Devices With Integrated Sensors And Method Of Production Abandoned View
18160048 Video Laryngoscope With Window For Infrared Pairing Patented View
18040120 System And Method For Pairing Medical Devices Patented View
18600645 Bone Anchors And Surgical Instruments With Integrated Guide Tips Patented View
18296200 Insufflation Stabilization System Patented View
18337218 Adjustable, Modular Instrument And Method For Spinal Manipulation Patented View
18393600 Bone Fusion System Patented View
17863229 Medical Illumination Systems And Methods Of Using The Same Patented View
18180937 Illuminated Dual-Blade Retractor Patented View
18582819 Surgical Ear Speculums Patented View
18142762 Adjustable Implant Patented View
18390593 Orthopedic Nail System Patented View
18116519 Orthopedic Nail System Patented View
18261754 Screw Element And Method For Additive Manufacture Patented View
17750153 Operational Optimization Of Closure Thread Form Load And Stab Flank Slope Angles Patented View
16703524 Vertebral Plate Patented View
18413591 Spine-Anchored Targeting Systems And Methods For Posterior Spinal Surgery Patented View
18744906 Pencil-Grip Wire Driver Operated With Distally Located Actuator Patented View
18614027 Locking Fixation Device Abandoned View
18643619 Polyaxial Bone Anchoring Device Patented View
17421236 Gastric Calibration Hose Patented View
18212135 Interbody Spacer And Bone Plate Assembly Patented View
17729132 Stabilizing Vertebrae With Articulating Implants Patented View
18654633 Bone Anchoring Device Patented View
18425691 Sacroiliac Fusion Implant Patented View
18050133 Systems And Methods For Surgical Procedures Using Band Clamp Implants And Tensioning Instruments Patented View
18597710 Polyaxial Bone Anchoring Device And System Including An Instrument And A Polyaxial Bone Anchoring Device Patented View
17659921 Methods And Apparatus For Guiding A K-Wire Patented View
18372778 Expandable Fusion Device For Positioning Between Adjacent Vertebral Bodies Patented View
18490125 Post-Operatively Adjustable Spinal Fixation Devices Patented View
18141983 Self-Retaining Surgical Retractor Patented View
18174012 Device, Kit And Method For Correction Of Spinal Deformity Patented View
18449781 Spinous Process Fixation System And Methods Thereof Patented View
18221348 Pivotal Bone Anchor Assembly And Method For Use Thereof Patented View
18130074 Belt Driven Expandable Interbody Fusion Device Patented View
18300437 Smart And Autonomous Growing Rod For Treating Spinal Deformities Patented View
18302906 Spinous Process Fixation System And Methods Thereof Patented View
18447382 Surgical Retention Feature Patented View
18776707 Pivotal Bone Anchor Assembly With Resiliently Axially Compressible Shank Head And Rod Engaging Insert Patented View
18057317 Tensioning Instruments Patented View
17883212 Interspinous Implants Patented View
19017237 Elastic Intramedullary Fixation Device Patented View
17877920 Bone Fixation Devices, Systems, Methods, And Instruments Patented View
18321174 Spinous Process Fixation System And Methods Thereof Patented View

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