Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: BLASS, PARIS MARIE

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2844 3774

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

56.3%
Allow Rate
-13.7% vs TC avg
76
Total Applications
+53.8%
Interview Lift
1314
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 32 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
30.9%
§102 Novelty
52.2%
§103 Obviousness
15.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17963797 ADJUSTABLE LENGTH STENT Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18311458 Automated Balloon Inflation Device for Transcatheter Heart Valve Implantation Final Rejection St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
17688152 Expandable Stent For A Transcatheter Prosthetic Heart Valve Final Rejection St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
18828165 COLLAPSIBLE COIL ANTENNA Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18589031 LEAFLET SUPPORT DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
17696353 LOW-STRESS COMPRESSIBLE IMPLANTS Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17681660 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRICUSPID VALVE TREATMENT Final Rejection Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17393624 REINFORCED REGENERATIVE HEART VALVES Final Rejection Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17602222 PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS STENT Final Rejection Vanderbilt University
18233067 STENT DEVICE FOR SPINAL FUSION Non-Final OA MiRus LLC
18057399 Delivery Catheter System With Micro and Macro Movement Control Non-Final OA Medtronic, Inc.
17917293 DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH DEVICE DEPLOYMENT FEATURES, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Non-Final OA W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
17913253 INTRAOCULAR LENS REPOSITIONING DEVICE Final Rejection University of South Florida
17634320 LEARNING ELECTRONIC BALLOON CATHETER SYSTEM FOR OPTIMAL STENT EMBEDDING Non-Final OA BIOTRONIK AG

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