Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3731 3771 3774 3783

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.8%
Allow Rate
-8.2% vs TC avg
616
Total Applications
+23.5%
Interview Lift
1318
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 587 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
26.7%
§102 Novelty
45.0%
§103 Obviousness
18.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17938795 STEERABLE DELIVERY APPARATUS FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
19303343 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANTEGRADE TRANSCATHETER VALVE REPAIR OR IMPLANTATION Non-Final OA Vantis Vascular, Inc.
17689475 ENDOVASCULAR PRESSURE GRADIENT DETERMINATION METHOD Final Rejection Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
17635274 HEART VALVE REPAIR Final Rejection Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
17785592 MEDICAL TUBULAR BODY DELIVERING DEVICE Non-Final OA KANEKA CORPORATION
17351868 Prosthetic Heart Valve Having an Improved Tubular Seal Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18551349 INJECTABLE FILLER FROM AUTOLOGOUS DERMIS WITHOUT DONOR SCARRING Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
17558905 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE INCLUDING VALVE MEMBER Non-Final OA Cook Medical Technologies LLC
18521548 SURGICAL EQUIPMENT HOLDER Non-Final OA LSI Solutions, Inc.
14814383 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CARDIAC REMODELING Non-Final OA Ancora Heart, Inc.
18278135 IMPLANT DELIVERY APPARATUS AND IMPLANT DELIVERY SYSTEM Non-Final OA JIANGSU TRULIVE MEDTECH CO., LTD.
17782238 CATHETER ASSEMBLY AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA Excision Medical, Inc.
17797289 SUPPORT-GUIDED STEERING OF A CATHETER Non-Final OA CARDIOVALVE LTD.
18025623 STENT-DEPLOYMENT ASSEMBLIES WITH LOCKING MECHANISMS AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA ENDO GI MEDICAL LTD.
18144817 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR OCCLUDING OR PROMOTING FLUID FLOW Final Rejection Vasorum Ltd.
17929260 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING BRANCHING BLOOD VESSELS Non-Final OA Restore Endosystems, LLC
17802825 ENDOVASCULAR PROSTHESIS DELIVERY SYSTEM Non-Final OA EVASC NEUROVASCULAR ENTERPRISED ULC

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