Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: DAKKAK, JIHAD

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1627 3781

This examiner grants 48% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

48.5%
Allow Rate
-21.5% vs TC avg
104
Total Applications
+50.7%
Interview Lift
1075
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 66 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.9%
§101 Eligibility
22.7%
§102 Novelty
54.4%
§103 Obviousness
17.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18215076 REDUCED PRESSURE THERAPY APPARATUSES AND METHODS OF USING SAME Non-Final OA Smith & Nephew PLC
17569318 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS Final Rejection Fenwal, Inc.
17335187 ABSORBENT ARTICLE COMPRISING A LOWER ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND A WETNESS INDICATOR Final Rejection The Procter & Gamble Company
17050254 DIAPER FOR SENSING URINE AND FECES, URINE- AND FECES-SENSING SHEET FOR DIAPER, AND URINE- AND FECES-SENSING DEVICE Non-Final OA KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
17265668 RETINAL IMPLANTATION DEVICE Final Rejection THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
18427336 DRESSING INTERFACE WITH MICRO-NEEDLES FOR NEGATIVE-PRESSURE TREATMENT Final Rejection Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
18424279 MICRO-POROUS CONDUIT Non-Final OA Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
17770488 BIDIRECTIONAL PERFUSION CANNULA Final Rejection MEDTRONIC, INC.
18016371 A male urinary incontinence device Final Rejection Coloplast A/S
18035052 APPARATUS FOR EXTRACORPOREAL TREATMENT OF BLOOD AND PROCESS OF CALCULATING SET FLOW RATES IN A MEDICAL APPARATUS FOR EXTRACORPOREAL TREATMENT OF BLOOD Non-Final OA GAMBRO LUNDIA AB
18266965 Bypass Line, Medical Treatment Apparatus, and Method Non-Final OA Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
18159507 ASPIRATION CATHETERS HAVING GROOVED INNER SURFACES, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection Inari Medical, Inc.
18482727 FACIAL MASK EXHIBITING HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY Non-Final OA BIC Violex Single Member S.A.
18757964 APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING DISCHARGED URINE Non-Final OA PUREWICK CORPORATION
17655464 FLUID COLLECTION SYSTEM INCLUDING A COMPRESSIBLE SUCTION DEVICE AND RELATED METHODS Final Rejection PureWick Corporation
17628411 FLUID COLLECTION ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING ONE OR MORE FLUID FLOW FEATURES Final Rejection PureWick Corporation
17747343 SUCTION HEAD FOR GENTLY SUCTIONING THIXOTROPIC LIQUIDS Non-Final OA Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Stiftung Öffentlichen Rechts, Universitätsmedizin
18691395 NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY SYSTEM Non-Final OA KCI Manufacturing Unlimited Company
18688718 NEGATIVE PRESSURE DRESSING WITH DIFFERENTIAL COLLAPSING FORCE FOR WOUND CLOSURE Non-Final OA KCI Manufacturing Unlimited Company
18116919 BLOOD COMPONENT COLLECTION BLADDER Final Rejection Terumo BCT, Inc.
17792269 CONNECTING ARRANGEMENT, CONNECTING SYSTEM, CONTAINER AND CONTAINER SYSTEM Non-Final OA BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA GMBH
17675319 SEMI-AUTOMATIC SAFETY CHECKS IN HLMS Final Rejection LivaNova Deutschland GmbH
18547557 APPLICATOR HEAD WITH DOSING AID Non-Final OA HALEON CH SARL
16613508 ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH CHANNELS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF Non-Final OA Drylock Technologies NV
17422723 APPLIANCE FOR THE SUPPORT OF BIOMEDICAL DEVICES DURING EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION Final Rejection EUROSETS S.R.L.
17560058 Inline Pressure and Temperature Sensor for Cerebral Shunts Non-Final OA Cognos Therapeutics Inc.
17436574 Femoral venous and femoral arterial cannulas and a method for mitigating the risk of limb ischemia Final Rejection TOTAL FLOW MEDICAL LTD

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