Topic

Spinal Steady

5,986 applications whose title mentions it. Its share of new filings over the last two years is -8% below the four years before.

Allowance rate

75%

level with the USPTO 5,529 decided

Months to first action

19.0 mo

+0.4 vs the USPTO

Applications

5,986.0

in the record

Allowed

4,163.0

1,366 abandoned

Filings by year

How often the topic was filed

The most recent years are still filling in.

Where it is examined

Domains and art units

CPC subclasses

A61B2,982 apps

A61F1,561 apps

A61N586 apps

A61K244 apps

A61H87 apps

C12N54 apps

Art units

37331,491 apps

37751,151 apps

37731,144 apps

3792230 apps

OPAP131 apps

3766121 apps

Examiners

Who examines it, and how it fares with each

David C Comstock272 apps

93%

Ellen Christina Hammond270 apps

80%

Julianna Nancy Harvey221 apps

80%

Christina Negrellirodriguez204 apps

88%

Pedro Philogene190 apps

86%

Michelle Christine Green169 apps

80%

Nicholas J Plionis156 apps

72%

Tara Rose E Carter151 apps

77%

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Who files it

Companies and institutions

WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.576 apps

77%

GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.269 apps

91%

DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.204 apps

89%

NuVasive, Inc.182 apps

86%

K2M, Inc.131 apps

88%

Nevro Corp.126 apps

80%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents

GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.388 apps

94%

Medtronic, Inc. (Spinal - InHouse)305 apps

69%

DAVID A. LANE, JR.226 apps

95%

Medtronic, Inc. (Spinal - SLS)169 apps

90%

Globus Medical, Inc. - Nuvasive160 apps

78%

K2M, Inc.129 apps

96%

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Applications

Recent applications on this topic

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19625474	SPINAL CONNECTOR IMPLANT FOR RECEIVING A SPINAL ROD AND A PEDICLE SCREW ASSEMBLY	2026-09-18	Pending	0	0	n/a
19619079	ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED PLANNING AID FOR SPINAL SURGERY	2026-08-27	Pending	0	0	n/a
19619056	REGULATORY ELEMENTS FOR TARGETED EXPRESSION OF CARGO GENES IN SPINAL CORD CELLS	2026-08-27	Pending	0	0	n/a
15257603	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15989704	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15225656	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15887004	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15705738	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15443840	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15437257	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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