Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CERMAK, ADAM JASON

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3774 3783

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.1%
Allow Rate
+2.1% vs TC avg
158
Total Applications
+1.8%
Interview Lift
1180
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 122 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
23.5%
§102 Novelty
42.9%
§103 Obviousness
25.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18240423 METHOD FOR DETECTING OCCLUSIONS IN A FLUID PATH USING BLOOD GLUCOSE READINGS Non-Final OA INSULET CORPORATION
17859477 RADIALLY CLOCKED STEERABLE CATHETER Final Rejection BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18309260 DISTAL NEEDLE AND STYLET TIPS Final Rejection Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America
18095968 Introducer Needles, Catheter Insertion Assemblies, and Methods Thereof Non-Final OA Bard Access Systems, Inc.
17742098 Systems, Medical Devices, and Methods for Steering the Medical Devices Final Rejection Bard Access Systems, Inc.
17774010 CATHETER TUBE FOR A STEERABLE CATHETER, AND METHOD FOR IMPLANTING AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE BY MEANS OF A STEERABLE CATHETER Non-Final OA BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
18064716 CATHETER WITH ACTIVE RETURN CURVE Final Rejection Medtronic, Inc.
18315186 MEDICAL CONNECTORS HAVING INTEGRATED ADHESIVE BACKING Final Rejection CareFusion 303, Inc.
18492654 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CATHETER INSERTION AND BLOOD FLASHBACK Non-Final OA Becton, Dickinson and Company
18275339 SYRINGE CARRIERS Non-Final OA SHL MEDICAL AG
17567620 IMPLANTATION NEEDLE FOR INSERTING A SUBCUTANEOUSLY INSERTABLE ELEMENT INTO A BODY TISSUE Final Rejection Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
17529064 CATHETERS HAVING STEERABLE DISTAL PORTIONS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection Inari Medical, Inc.
17245291 DEFLECTABLE CATHETER SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE Final Rejection Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
18035939 SKIN PATCH DRUG INFUSION SYSTEM Non-Final OA MEDTRUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
18454673 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUSLY CONTROLLING A BALLOON CATHETER Non-Final OA Wake Forest University Health Sciences
17423408 Applicator Non-Final OA LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG
18433218 Self-Administered Injection Device And Method Final Rejection DJ Medical, LLC
18496164 GRASPABLE SURGICAL DEVICE Final Rejection Vascular Technology, Incorporated
18303198 Advanced 3-Way Steering Non-Final OA Cephea Valve Technologies, Inc.
18220969 Contrast Injection System and Method for Pre-Stressing Tubing Non-Final OA ACIST Medical Systems, Inc.
18130308 INTRAVENOUS CATHETER Non-Final OA INTUIT MEDICAL SOLUTIONS, LLC
18171234 CATHETER DEVICE Non-Final OA ProMedica Health System, Inc.
17782006 ANCHORING ELEMENTS FOR A STEERABLE DEVICE Non-Final OA BASECAMP VASCULAR
17735934 STEERABLE SHEATH Final Rejection Vizaramed, Inc.

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