Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: DANG, ANH TIEU

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3731 3771

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.4%
Allow Rate
-4.6% vs TC avg
683
Total Applications
+35.2%
Interview Lift
1218
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 639 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
13.9%
§102 Novelty
75.3%
§103 Obviousness
3.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19259768 INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY Non-Final OA FastWave Medical Inc.
18898967 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS HAVING REDUCED ADHERENCE TO VITREOUS Non-Final OA Alcon Inc.
18299775 ULTRASONIC TREATMENT TOOL AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
17462402 GUIDE HOLE STRUCTURES Non-Final OA University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
18195405 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING LIMB ISCHEMIA Final Rejection ABIOMED, Inc.
16612035 DEVICE TO FACILITATE PERFORMING DESCEMET'S MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY (DMEK) Non-Final OA THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
18883306 HEMOSTATIC DEVICE Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18177634 MEDICAL SYSTEM Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17935470 PROSTATE INNER LUMEN EXPANSION Final Rejection GYRUS ACMI, INC. D/B/A OLYMPUS SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA
18232037 SEGMENTED MEDICAL BALLOON Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18036808 System and Method for Securing a Needle or Group of Needles Within a Skin Grafting System Non-Final OA Medline Industries, LP
18249813 ARRANGEMENT FOR A BLADED SURGICAL INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA CMR Surgical Limited
17608276 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A BALLOON CATHETER SUPPORT SLEEVE Final Rejection Sunnybrook Research Institute
18787522 ABRASIVE ELEMENTS FOR ROTATIONAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
18467500 RECANALIZATION DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Inari Medical, Inc.
18822557 WORKING CHANNEL DEVICE Non-Final OA T.A.G. Medical Products Corporation Ltd.
18823379 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING AND SEALING BODILY VESSELS AND CAVITIES Non-Final OA CrossBay Medical, Inc.
18812953 ENDOLUMINAL PROSTHESIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Endololgix LLC
18616839 MITRAL VALVE IMPLANTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF VALVULAR REGURGITATION Non-Final OA Polares Medical Inc.
18427167 Controlled Tissue Dissection Systems and Methods Non-Final OA BioProtect Ltd.
18465258 UNIVERSAL FACIAL REJUVENATION TREATMENT SYSTEM (U-FRTS) Non-Final OA Skin Aesthetics Inc.
18462183 PIXEL ARRAY MEDICAL SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS Final Rejection SRGI HOLDINGS, LLC
18364659 PIXEL ARRAY MEDICAL SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS Final Rejection SRGI HOLDINGS, LLC
18361015 PIXEL ARRAY MEDICAL SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS Non-Final OA SRGI HOLDINGS, LLC
18358580 PIXEL ARRAY MEDICAL SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS Final Rejection SRGI HOLDINGS, LLC
18235335 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMODELING AN EAR Non-Final OA EarGear, LLC
17791015 HEMOSTATIC CLIP AND TISSUE CLIPPING DEVICE Non-Final OA Jiangsu Vedkang Medical Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
18356105 METHODS AND APPARATUSES TO INCREASE INTRAOCULAR LENSES POSITIONAL STABILITY Final Rejection AMO GRONINGEN B.V.
17242665 Cannula Insertion System And Methods Of Using The Same Non-Final OA The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
17879613 Skin Mesher Non-Final OA Exsurco Medical, Inc.

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