Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BARIA, DINAH N

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3774

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.0%
Allow Rate
+3.0% vs TC avg
678
Total Applications
+29.5%
Interview Lift
1000
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 630 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
4.8%
§102 Novelty
68.9%
§103 Obviousness
7.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19320925 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS RELATING TO THE MANUFACTURE OF INTRAVASCULARLY IMPLANTABLE PROSTHETIC VALVES Non-Final OA California Institute of Technology
17203982 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR APPROXIMATING THE CROSS-SECTIONAL PROFILE OF VASCULATURE HAVING BRANCHES Non-Final OA W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
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.
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
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
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.
18508539 BALLOON EXPANDABLE STENT PROSTHESES AND BALLOON EXPANDABLE BRANCHING STENT PROSTHESES Non-Final OA Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
17552995 MEDICAL USE HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE Final Rejection KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
18549982 CATHETER DEVICE FOR DELIVERING A MEDICAL IMPLANT ALLOWING RESHEATHING OF THE IMPLANT Non-Final OA BIOTRONIK AG
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.
18503569 AORTIC PROSTHESIS DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE Non-Final OA Bolton Medical, Inc.
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.
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.
18266510 LEAFLET RESTRAINTS Non-Final OA SV SWISSVORTEX AG
18197649 HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS AND STENT THEREOF, AND HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS REPLACEMENT SYSTEM Final Rejection HANGZHOU VALGEN MEDTECH CO., LTD.
17613072 A Medical Arrangement for Introducing an Object into an Anatomical Target Position Final Rejection Medtentia International Ltd. Oy
17973331 ABSORBABLE INTRAVASCULAR DEVICES FOR THE TREATMENT OF VENOUS OCCLUSIVE DISEASE Final Rejection EFEMORAL MEDICAL, INC.
18021368 POROUS MULTILAYER TUBULAR STRUCTURE HAVING PHYSIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES CONTAINED IN PORES Final Rejection Dae Joong KIM
17925919 IMPLANT FOR IMPROVING COAPTATION OF AN ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE Non-Final OA AVVIE GMBH
17279000 STENT GRAFT SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH CUFF AND LIMB Non-Final OA Endologix LLC

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