Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3771
This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases
Brigid K. Byrd is an examiner in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 3771. She has 329 resolved cases. Her allowance rate is 71.4 percent. This 71.4 percent rate indicates the likelihood of a grant for applications assigned to her docket in Art Unit 3771.
The interview lift for this examiner is 46.4 percent. This 46.4 percent lift is a key metric, suggesting that direct communication is a powerful tool for advancing prosecution. Practitioners should prioritize interviews to leverage this increase in the probability of success for the 329 resolved cases. The data indicates that oral advocacy is highly effective in this context.
The median days to allowance is 1023. This 1023 day figure represents the typical duration of the prosecution process from filing to grant. The 1023 day median provides a benchmark for pendency in Tech Center 3700. Applicants can use the 71.4 percent allowance rate and the 46.4 percent interview lift to plan their prosecution strategy effectively.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18856325 | COMPRESSION ANASTOMOSIS RINGS WITH ADJUSTABLE COMPRESSION PROFILE | Final Rejection | Covidien LP |
| 19029207 | ENDOSCOPIC SUTURING SYSTEM HAVING EXTERNAL INSTRUMENT CHANNEL | Final Rejection | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. |
| 18829096 | OCCLUSIVE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH SEALING MEMBER | Final Rejection | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. |
| 18894212 | ADVANCED SHEATH PATTERNS | Final Rejection | EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION |
| 19105668 | MULTI-MODALITY BALLOON CATHETER INCLUDING LITHOTRIPSY BALLOON | Non-Final OA | Medtronic, Inc. |
| 17609085 | CONTINUOUS TETHERED TISSUE ANCHOR AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Non-Final OA | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. |
| 18930468 | HIP ACCESS PORTAL SAVER | Final Rejection | Conmed Corporation |
| 18811025 | SOFT-THREAD CANNULA AND CANNULA SEAL ASSEMBLY | Final Rejection | Conmed Corporation |
| 18776691 | HEMOSTATIC DEVICE | Final Rejection | TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 19025239 | LESION CROSSING SHOCK WAVE CATHETER | Non-Final OA | Shockwave Medical, Inc. |
| 18967289 | CATHETER SYSTEM WITH INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLABLE BUBBLE AND ARC GENERATION | Non-Final OA | Shockwave Medical, Inc. |
| 18847594 | THROMBUS REMOVAL SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | Non-Final OA | Shifamed Holdings, LLC |
| 18389013 | TOOL POSTURE CONTROL DEVICE AND TOOL POSTURE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | Non-Final OA | INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE |
| 18573528 | INTRAVASCULAR CROSSING AND ATHERECTOMY APPARATUSES AND METHODS OF USE | Final Rejection | Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. |
| 18314951 | SURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE | Non-Final OA | Monash University |
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