Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BYRD, BRIGID K

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3771

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.3%
Allow Rate
At TC average
349
Total Applications
+50.5%
Interview Lift
1085
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 306 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
26.1%
§102 Novelty
37.8%
§103 Obviousness
28.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17493526 SURGICAL SYSTEMS WITH DEVICES FOR BOTH INTRALUMINAL AND EXTRALUMINAL ACCESS Final Rejection Cilag GmbH International
18416658 JAW CLOSURE TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS Non-Final OA LivsMed, Inc.
18829096 OCCLUSIVE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH SEALING MEMBER Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18514506 Balloon Surface Photoacoustic Pressure Wave Generation to Disrupt Vascular Lesions Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18856325 COMPRESSION ANASTOMOSIS RINGS WITH ADJUSTABLE COMPRESSION PROFILE Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18904941 INSTRUMENT SEAL FOR SURGICAL ACCESS ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18809999 HEMOSTATIC DEVICE Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18598809 ATTACHMENT DEVICE AND ATTACHMENT METHOD Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18207349 AIRWAY DILATION BALLOON WITH HOLLOW CORE Final Rejection Acclarent, Inc.
18930468 HIP ACCESS PORTAL SAVER Non-Final OA Conmed Corporation
18811025 SOFT-THREAD CANNULA AND CANNULA SEAL ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Conmed Corporation
18573528 INTRAVASCULAR CROSSING AND ATHERECTOMY APPARATUSES AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
18910218 DELIVERY CATHETERS WITH ANTI-REFLUX OCCLUDER AND ANTI-STRETCH FEATURES Non-Final OA Neuravi Limited
17838626 EXPANDABLE POLYMERIC FLARE TIP CATHETER AND METHODS OF FABRICATING SAME Final Rejection Neuravi Limited
18387487 ASSEMBLY OF A VITRECTOR NEEDLE Non-Final OA JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
18561980 Access Kit for Creating a Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) Final Rejection Angiomed GmbH & Co. Medizintechnik KG
18393429 Balloon for Catheter Final Rejection GOODMAN CO., LTD.
18571011 MEDICAL DEVICE WHICH INCLUDES A BALLOON MODULE Final Rejection HOOP MEDICAL LIMITED
18520704 System and Method for Acoustic Treatment Using Targeted Placement of Low Dissolved Gas Liquids Final Rejection Applaud Medical, Inc.
18518198 PROTECTIVE DEVICE FOR USE DURING SURGERY Non-Final OA SEABAS ENTERPRISES PTY LTD
18314951 SURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE Final Rejection Monash University
18287916 Puncture Device And Sheath Tube Final Rejection Surgaid Medical (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
17280085 SURGICAL LINE FIXATION DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
18035599 NEEDLE SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND NEEDLE GUIDE BRACKET Final Rejection SUZHOU LEAPMED HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
18038950 A Trephine Blade For Preparation Of Corneal Tissue For Endothelial Keratoplasty Final Rejection CORZA MEDICAL, INC.
18175644 PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE Non-Final OA inQB8 Medical Technologies, LLC
17927588 AN ATTACHMENT FOR A TROCAR Final Rejection Palliare Limited
18091797 SYSTEM FOR USE IN THE APPLICATION AND REMOVAL OF TATTOOS AND OTHER SKIN TREATMENTS Final Rejection Rejuvatek Medical Inc.
17945812 SUTURE NEEDLES WITH FLEXIBLE AND NON-FLEXIBLE COMPONENTS Final Rejection Ergosurgical Group Corp.

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