Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BELK, SHANNEL NICOLE

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3732 3772

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

58.9%
Allow Rate
-11.1% vs TC avg
380
Total Applications
+37.5%
Interview Lift
1130
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 333 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.8%
§101 Eligibility
19.5%
§102 Novelty
44.9%
§103 Obviousness
29.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18461307 TREATMENT OF TEMPEROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION WITH ALIGNER THERAPY Final Rejection Align Technology, Inc.
18146329 CUSTOMIZED FABRICATION OF ORTHODONTIC RETAINERS BASED ON PATIENT ANATOMY Non-Final OA Align Technology, Inc.
18701491 MECHANISM FOR ASSEMBLING AND DISASSEMBLING THE HANDLES AND THE INSTRUMENT HOLDER OF A MEDICAL ELEMENT Non-Final OA DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
18576575 MICROCAPSULE FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF TOOTH MISALIGNMENT BY MEANS OF PLASTIC SPLINTS OR ALIGNERS Final Rejection DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
17556701 SALIVA EJECTOR HAVING A DESIGN ELEMENT Final Rejection Stoma Ventures, LLC
19031156 TEMPORARY ABUTMENT WITH COMBINATION OF SCANNING FEATURES AND PROVISIONALIZATION FEATURES Non-Final OA BIOMET 3I, LLC
18966454 DENTAL IMPLANT AND DENTAL IMPLANT SYSTEM Non-Final OA Woodwelding AG
17392715 DENTAL IMPLANT AND DENTAL IMPLANT SYSTEM Final Rejection Woodwelding AG
18865637 DENTAL IMPLANTS Non-Final OA DENTSPLY IM-PLANTS MANUFACTURING GMBH
18727360 DENTAL IMPLANT Non-Final OA Nobel Biocare Services AG
18512383 DENTAL IMPLANT AND SUPERSTRUCTURE FOR DENTAL PROSTHESIS Non-Final OA TRI Dental Implants Int. AG
18307401 Oral Cavity Treatment Device Non-Final OA Colgate-Palmolive Company
18304725 Oral Treatment Device, System and Method Non-Final OA Colgate-Palmolive Company
18725775 MATRICES INCLUDING VENEERS AND CROWNS FOR DENTAL RESTORATION Non-Final OA Iveneer LTD
18323074 INDIRECT BONDING TRAY FOR ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE Final Rejection LightForce Orthodontics, Inc.
18656502 Robotic Dental System and Method of Preparing for a Robotic Dental Procedure Non-Final OA Perceptive Technologies, Inc.
18089372 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LASER BASED WHITENING TREATMENT OF HARD TISSUE Non-Final OA Convergent Dental, Inc.
18294073 CROWN APPEARANCE COLOR CONFIRMING METHOD, INSTRUMENT KIT, AND DEMONSTRATION INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA Tokuyama Dental Corporation
18109737 SHELL-SHAPED DENTAL APPLIANCE AND ITS SHELL-SHAPED BODY Final Rejection WUXI EA MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
18375436 Self-Supporting Delivery System for Extra-Oral Aerosol Reduction Device Final Rejection Biothink Solutions LLC
18552198 BOREHOLE SHIELD FOR PERFORMING AN ENDODONTIC SURGERY AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA TYW IP HOLDING LLC
17309459 ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE COMPLIANCE MONITORING SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS Final Rejection Biolux Group SA
17996651 Abutment for Implant Connector Non-Final OA KHOURY DENT LTD.
15499757 TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection PIPSTEK, LLC

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