Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BARIA, DINAH N

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3774

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.3%
Allow Rate
+3.3% vs TC avg
672
Total Applications
+29.1%
Interview Lift
1023
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 622 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
21.3%
§102 Novelty
34.9%
§103 Obviousness
30.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18531355 EXPANDABLE SHEATH FOR INTRODUCING AN ENDOVASCULAR DELIVERY DEVICE INTO A BODY Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18355367 MECHANICALLY EXPANDABLE BI-CAVAL DOCKING DEVICE Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18220730 DILATORS AND SHEATHS WITH EXPANSION FEATURES Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18099209 MULTI-PORTION REPLACEMENT HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS Final Rejection Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
19320925 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS RELATING TO THE MANUFACTURE OF INTRAVASCULARLY IMPLANTABLE PROSTHETIC VALVES Non-Final OA California Institute of Technology
18421615 BIOABSORBABLE MEDICAL DEVICES Non-Final OA W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
17203982 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR APPROXIMATING THE CROSS-SECTIONAL PROFILE OF VASCULATURE HAVING BRANCHES Non-Final OA W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
18482450 Drug Eluting Implant Final Rejection P Tech, LLC
18515578 DISTAL AORTIC STENT GRAFT ASSEMBLY Final Rejection Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
18456515 PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE TISSUE DURABILITY STRUCTURE AND METHOD Non-Final OA MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
18197830 BRANCHED STENT GRAFT HAVING SUPPORT STENT Non-Final OA Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
18153699 STENT ANTENNA AND MEDICAL DATA COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Final Rejection IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
18195535 DISTAL LIMB PERFUSION CANNULA STENT & STENT CANNULA COVER Non-Final OA ABIOMED, Inc.
18238630 ENDOPROSTHESIS AND METHODS FOR TREATING NON-THROMBOTIC ILIAC VEIN LESIONS Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
17109313 SUPER ELASTIC, BIOABSORBABLE ENDOVASCULAR DEVICES Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
18267810 STENTS FOR USE IN THE INTERVENTIONAL TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DISORDERS AND VASCULAR SURGERY Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
18508539 BALLOON EXPANDABLE STENT PROSTHESES AND BALLOON EXPANDABLE BRANCHING STENT PROSTHESES Non-Final OA Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
18549982 CATHETER DEVICE FOR DELIVERING A MEDICAL IMPLANT ALLOWING RESHEATHING OF THE IMPLANT Non-Final OA BIOTRONIK AG
18770290 TISSUE REPAIR DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Final Rejection Integrity Medical Services Inc.
16341977 DEGRADABLE BULK METALLIC MAGNESIUM/POLYMER COMPOSITE BARRIER MEMBRANES FOR DENTAL, CRANIOMAXILLOFACIAL AND ORTHOPEDIC APPLICATIONS AND MANUFACTURING METHODS Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
18392388 FASTENER AND TECHNIQUES THEREFOR Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd.
17552995 MEDICAL USE HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE Final Rejection KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
18589809 VASCULAR REPAIR PATCH Final Rejection INSTITUT QUIMIC DE SARRIA CETS FUNDACIO PRIVADA
18615479 MITRAL REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT DEVICES AND METHODS Non-Final OA Mitral Valve Technologies Sarl
18424827 DRUG ELUTING STENT AND METHOD OF USE OF THE SAME FOR ENABLING RESTORATION OF FUNCTIONAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LAYERS Non-Final OA SINO MEDICAL SCIENCES TECHNOLOGY INC.
18038165 Delivery Device Non-Final OA Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd.
18503569 AORTIC PROSTHESIS DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE Non-Final OA Bolton Medical, Inc.
18094058 COMPRESSED BONE COMPOSITION AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection LifeNet Health
18360284 A Drug-Eluting Stent Comprising a Biocompatible Thermoplastic Polymer Lining and a Drug- Containing Coating Non-Final OA SCITECH MEDICAL Inc.
17282160 SCAFFOLDING FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Establishment Labs S.A.

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