Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BLASS, PARIS MARIE

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3774

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

59.1%
Allow Rate
-10.9% vs TC avg
70
Total Applications
+47.4%
Interview Lift
1366
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 22 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
30.8%
§102 Novelty
48.4%
§103 Obviousness
15.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18328608 MULTI-ANCHOR DELIVERY SYSTEMS Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
17696353 LOW-STRESS COMPRESSIBLE IMPLANTS Final Rejection Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17681660 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRICUSPID VALVE TREATMENT Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17393624 REINFORCED REGENERATIVE HEART VALVES Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17680636 DEVICE FOR TRANSCATHETER GRABBING AND SECURING A NATIVE MITRAL VALVE LEAFLET TO A PROSTHESIS Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
17602222 PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS STENT Non-Final OA Vanderbilt University
17927531 ARTIFICIAL JOINT STEM Non-Final OA KYOCERA CORPORATION
17963797 ADJUSTABLE LENGTH STENT Final Rejection BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18057399 Delivery Catheter System With Micro and Macro Movement Control Final Rejection Medtronic, Inc.
18311458 Automated Balloon Inflation Device for Transcatheter Heart Valve Implantation Non-Final OA St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
17711782 Ear Stent And Methods Of Using Same Non-Final OA United States Government as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
17851706 CATHETER ULTRASOUND DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING TARGETED TISSUE Final Rejection Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd.
18006154 COATING OF A STRUCTURED IMPLANT SURFACE Final Rejection WALDEMAR LINK GmbH & Co. KG
17765776 Patient-Specific Breast Implant for Breast Reconstruction after Breast-Conserving Mastectomy Non-Final OA OSONG MEDICAL INNOVATION FOUNDATION
18554371 VASCULAR PROSTHESIS Non-Final OA Bypass Solutions
17712290 Frame Features for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement Device Non-Final OA Cephea Valve Technologies, Inc.
18340142 DMEK ENDOTHELIUM-IN DELIVERY DEVICE Non-Final OA Lions World Vision Institute, Inc.
18256889 PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE Non-Final OA SHANGHAI MICROPORT CARDIOFLOW MEDTECH CO., LTD.
17910438 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING AND IMPLANTATION OF MEDICAL IMPLANTS Non-Final OA Little Engine, LLC
17854061 ACL REPAIR METHOD USING FEMORAL ATTACHMENT Non-Final OA Miach Orthopaedics, Inc.
18321240 SYSTEMS AND METHODS PREVENTING PARAVALVULAR LEAK (PVL) ASSOCIATED WITH A REPLACEMENT STRUCTURAL CARDIAC VALVE Non-Final OA VALCARE MEDICAL, INC.
18088673 BIOENGINEERED CORNEAL GRAFTS Non-Final OA PRECISE BIO 3D LTD
17766670 BIOENGINEERED CORNEAL GRAFTS Non-Final OA PRECISE BIO 3D LTD
17793404 An External Breast Prosthesis Non-Final OA Christiaan Mathias Hubertus Gerard Reutelingsperger
17779856 A DBM SCAFFOLD PRODUCT AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Final Rejection VETERINARY TISSUE BANK LIMITED

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