Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ALLEN, ROBERT F

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3783

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.0%
Allow Rate
+3.0% vs TC avg
199
Total Applications
+59.9%
Interview Lift
1183
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 152 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
20.0%
§102 Novelty
42.3%
§103 Obviousness
28.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19237843 CATHETER HANGING SYSTEM Final Rejection PAR Excellence Systems, Inc.
18132261 Catheter-Disinfecting System and Methods Thereof Non-Final OA Bard Access Systems, Inc.
17794790 VARIABLE STIFFNESS CATHETER AND METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA Washington University
17853815 TUBING ANCHOR Non-Final OA CAREFUSION 303, INC.
18103329 CATHETER SYSTEM HAVING A SWAB FOR SITE DISINFECTION Final Rejection Becton, Dickinson and Company
18094763 CATHETER SYSTEM HAVING A BLOOD SHIELD Final Rejection Becton, Dickinson and Company
16341892 Housing Element for a Medicament Delivery Device, an Auxiliary Unit for Attachment to the Housing Element, and a Medicament Delivery Device Comprising the Housing Element Non-Final OA SHL MEDICAL AG
17419150 RADIAL ARTERY ADAPTOR Non-Final OA Cornell University
17918052 SHEATH/CATHETER SECURING DEVICE Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
17299491 CATHETER DEVICES WITH BLOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA B. Braun Melsungen AG
18269958 SKIN PATCH DRUG INFUSION DEVICE AND DRUG FILLING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA MEDTRUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
18269959 INTEGRATED SKIN PATCH ARTIFICAL PANCREAS Non-Final OA MEDTRUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
18408188 BREASTPUMP Non-Final OA MEDELA HOLDING AG
16982152 NON-INVASIVE CORNEA AND SCLERA STRENGTHENING DEVICE AND METHOD Final Rejection TSUBOTA LABORATORY, INC.
18508709 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR VASCULAR ACCESS Non-Final OA I-V Access Technology, Inc.
18478051 SYSTEM FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE STORAGE OF A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, LIQUID COMPOSITION, METHOD AND USES Non-Final OA SCHOTT North America, Inc.
18455671 CONNECTED DEVICE TO MEASURE INJECTED INSULIN Non-Final OA CeQur SA
18233967 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING DRUGS TO THE SPINE OF A PATIENT, AND/OR FOR DELIVERING OTHER MATERIALS AND/OR DEVICES TO THE SPINE OF A PATIENT Final Rejection Pain Away Solutions, LLC
18362622 RETRACTABLE NEEDLE CATHETER DELIVERY APPARATUS Non-Final OA SkyDance Vascular, Inc.
18014918 SUBCUTANEOUS PORT FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE IMPLANTATION Non-Final OA Portal Access, Inc.
17146253 MINIMALLY INVASIVE PORT IMPLANTATION Non-Final OA Portal Access, Inc.
18027031 LOCKABLE SYRINGE FOR SAFELY DISPENSING A DRUG Non-Final OA LABORATOIRE AGUETTANT
18148590 DISTRIBUTED FLOW PATH INSUFFLATION Non-Final OA Lexion Medical, LLC
17746311 CANNULA AND INFUSION DEVICES Final Rejection UnoMedical A/S
17770926 DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE WITH A SYSTEM FOR MEASURING A SET DOSE OR A DELIVERED DOSE Non-Final OA NEMERA SZCZECIN SP. Z O.O.
17767212 SECURING DEVICE AND ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A RETAINING ELEMENT AND A SECURING DEVICE Non-Final OA EBNET MEDICAL GMBH
17656483 Apparatus with Double Balloon for Treating Trigeminal Neuralgia Non-Final OA DIXI Neurolab, Inc.
17642197 DEVICE FOR SECURING A PERIPHERAL VENOUS CATHETER Final Rejection STABLE U MEDICAL DEVICES, S.L.
16748541 HYPOTUBE CATHETERS Non-Final OA Transit Scientific, LLC

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