Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 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
689
Total Applications
+28.9%
Interview Lift
1004
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 645 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.8%
§101 Eligibility
16.6%
§102 Novelty
38.9%
§103 Obviousness
33.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18421461 STENT WITH SELECTIVE MEMBRANE COATING Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18267810 STENTS FOR USE IN THE INTERVENTIONAL TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DISORDERS AND VASCULAR SURGERY Final Rejection Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
18626714 Self-Closing Outer Cuff Using Valve Foreshortening Non-Final OA St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
18327469 Balloon Expandable Valve Securement Aids Non-Final OA St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
18737756 PROSTHETIC VALVE WITH DUAL FRAMES RETAINED BY FABRIC Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18731039 MULTI-PORTION REPLACEMENT HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18656238 CONNECTING SKIRT FOR ATTACHING A LEAFLET TO A FRAME OF A PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18596062 MULTI-PORTION REPLACEMENT HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
19320925 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS RELATING TO THE MANUFACTURE OF INTRAVASCULARLY IMPLANTABLE PROSTHETIC VALVES Final Rejection California Institute of Technology
18195535 DISTAL LIMB PERFUSION CANNULA STENT & STENT CANNULA COVER Final Rejection ABIOMED, Inc.
18656886 HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS Non-Final OA Medtronic, Inc.
18458120 MULTILAYERED VASCULARIZED CONSTRUCT Non-Final OA University of Washington
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 Final Rejection W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
17973331 ABSORBABLE INTRAVASCULAR DEVICES FOR THE TREATMENT OF VENOUS OCCLUSIVE DISEASE Non-Final OA EFEMORAL MEDICAL, INC.

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