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| 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 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 94% over 511 cases |
|---|---|
| Difficulty: | Extremely Easy |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 8th
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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).
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.
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 |
Examiner Gibson has granted 446 of 477 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 94%.
Examiner Gibson has granted 34 of 34 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 100%.
With Examiner Gibson, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 6%.
| 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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