Examiner Gibson Eric S

3775-GIBSON-ERIC-S

Employment Information

Art Unit:3775 — 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
604 — Surgery
439 — Electrical connectors
433 — Dentistry
Phone:(571) 270-5274
Email:eric.gibson@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Biomedical Engrg
Service:14 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

8
3-Year Grant rate: 94% over 511 cases
Difficulty: Extremely Easy
Difficulty Percentile: 8th

With Examiner Gibson, you have a 94% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Gibson is an extremely easy examiner and in the 8th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Gibson, 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 3775

Examiner Gibson's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3775 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Gibson 0.8
Art Unit 3775 1.2

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Gibson has granted 446 of 477 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 94%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Gibson has granted 34 of 34 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 100%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Gibson, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 6%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18511288 Oscillating Surgical Bone Removal Tool With Fluted Cutting Head Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18364284 Method And Apparatus For Orthopedic Procedure State Indication Abandoned View
18215825 Spinal Interbody Spacer Patented View
17690212 Dynamic Implant Fixation Plate Patented View
18253678 Perforator Patented View
18622512 Universal Adapter For Handheld Surgical Systems Patented View
18729849 Robotic Hand-Held Surgical System Patented View
17906558 Guided Milling Device For Prosthetic Surgery Patented View
18181144 Surgical Impactor Patented View
18019665 Traction Pin Assemblies, Components, Systems, And Methods Patented View
18932245 Drill Bit Having Roughness Areas Patented View
18221913 Method For Confirming Registration Of Tracked Bones Patented View
18816504 Method And Apparatus To Reduce Vibration Patented View
18141070 Surgical Attachments For A Surgical Handpiece System Patented View
18355663 Scoring Blade And Method For Bone Cement Removal From Intramedullary Canal Patented View
18253559 Surgical Systems And Methods For Determining Breakthrough Depth Of Cutting Tools Patented View
18070546 Detection Method For Surgical Drilling And End Effector Used Therein Abandoned View
18770111 Composite Porous Interbodies And Methods Of Manufacture Patented View
18741898 Systems And Methods For Expandable Corpectomy Spacer Implantation Patented View
17799144 A Joint Tensioning Device And Methods Of Use Thereof Patented View
18641944 Clavicle Segmental Plate System Patented View
18678591 Spinal Implant For Motion Preservation Or Fusion Patented View
18438135 Interbody Implants And Instrumentation Patented View
18579472 Automatic Rfid Tool Coupling Abandoned View
19201510 Orthopedic Rotary Tool Patented View
18778169 Syndesmosis Construct Patented View
18457589 Systems And Methods For Tissue Removal Patented View
17991902 Surgical Instrument Patented View
18282535 Silk Fibroin/hydroxyapatite Composite Material, And Preparation Method Therefor And Application Thereof Patented View
17935853 Universal Adapter For Handheld Surgical Systems Patented View
18759961 Medical Cutting Devices Having Static Components, Working Blade Bodies, Rails, Struts, Channels For Fluid And Gas Flow, And Hand-Piece And Robotic Arm Attachment Capabilities Patented View
19186213 Saw Blade For Use In Performing A Medical Procedure Patented View
17810914 Cutting Elements Patented View
17974038 Protective Resection Guide For Robotically Assisted Arthroplasty Patented View
17905561 High-Strength Absorbable Composite Active Internal Fixation Device And Preparation Method Therefor Abandoned View
18444302 Devices, Systems, And Methods For Reducing And Fixing Fractured Bones Patented View
19210212 Coupling Assembly For Coupling A Rod To A Bone Anchoring Element, And Polyaxial Bone Anchoring Device Patented View
18681266 Fully Steerable Flexible Curved-Drilling Robot Device, System And Method Patented View
18112185 Systems And Methods For Monitoring The Cure Of Pmma Bone Cement During Surgery Patented View
18466514 Modular Instrument System For Use In A Knee Joint Replacement Operation Patented View
18257019 Surgical Cutting Tool Having A Plurality Of Protuberances And Method Of Manufacturing The Same Abandoned View
18762164 Fusion Device Patented View
18041556 Preferential Removal Of Cartilage Patented View
18084221 Drilling Depth And Control Apparatus And Methods For Using The Same Patented View
17927258 A Surgical Method Abandoned View
18642601 Spinal Cage With Modular Anchoring Elements Patented View
17921849 Surgical Handpiece Having Magazine-Type Electronic Component Module Patented View
18087749 Medical Cutting Devices Having A Blade Working Body That Defines An Opening For Emitting Coolant Therefrom And Related Methods Abandoned View
18191383 Spine Cage Holder Patented View
18545720 Surgical Instrument Having A Self-Centered Quick Connect Interface Patented View

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