Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BLASS, PARIS MARIE

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3774

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

51.9%
Allow Rate
-18.1% vs TC avg
71
Total Applications
+54.2%
Interview Lift
1306
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 27 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
12.7%
§102 Novelty
86.0%
§103 Obviousness
0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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
18048580 SURGICAL IMPLANT DELIVERY WITH DAMPING Non-Final OA Alcon Inc.
17696353 LOW-STRESS COMPRESSIBLE IMPLANTS Final Rejection Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17393624 REINFORCED REGENERATIVE HEART VALVES Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17786419 PROSTHESIS SOCKET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA OTTOBOCK SE & CO, KGAA
17927531 ARTIFICIAL JOINT STEM Non-Final OA KYOCERA CORPORATION
17963797 ADJUSTABLE LENGTH STENT Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18057399 Delivery Catheter System With Micro and Macro Movement Control Non-Final OA Medtronic, Inc.
18311458 Automated Balloon Inflation Device for Transcatheter Heart Valve Implantation Non-Final OA St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
17913253 INTRAOCULAR LENS REPOSITIONING DEVICE Non-Final OA University of South Florida
18303291 AUGMENTATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING AN AUGMENTATION DEVICE Final Rejection Heraeus Medical GmbH
17712290 Frame Features for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement Device Non-Final OA Cephea Valve Technologies, 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.
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
18340142 DMEK ENDOTHELIUM-IN DELIVERY DEVICE Non-Final OA Lions World Vision Institute, Inc.
17793404 An External Breast Prosthesis Non-Final OA Christiaan Mathias Hubertus Gerard Reutelingsperger
17854061 ACL REPAIR METHOD USING FEMORAL ATTACHMENT Non-Final OA Miach Orthopaedics, Inc.
17766670 BIOENGINEERED CORNEAL GRAFTS Non-Final OA PRECISE BIO 3D LTD
17753498 IMPLANT FOR ATTACHING A TENDON OR A LIGAMENT TO A HARD TISSUE Non-Final OA ALPS HOLDING LLC

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