Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3783

This examiner grants 46% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

45.7%
Allow Rate
-24.3% vs TC avg
88
Total Applications
+66.7%
Interview Lift
1536
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 35 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
26.7%
§102 Novelty
48.8%
§103 Obviousness
21.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17582677 Automatic monitoring of fluid injection procedures using a sensing catheter Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17590573 DRIVE DEVICE AND MEDICAL INFUSION PUMP Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17613524 HOLDING DEVICE AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED STOPCOCK ACTUATION Non-Final OA Merck Patent GmbH
18020385 CATHETER FOR FORMING AN INTERVASCULAR BRIDGE TO RELIEVE VESSEL COMPRESSION Non-Final OA C.R. BARD, INC.
17431928 SEALANT DELIVERY APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, FOR USE IN A LUNG PROCEDURE Final Rejection C.R. Bard, Inc.
17587468 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED INSULIN DELIVERY FOR DIABETES THERAPY Non-Final OA Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
17395289 METHODS OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IN AN INFUSION PUMP SYSTEM Non-Final OA Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
17614034 PROTECTOR-ATTACHED PUNCTURE NEEDLE Final Rejection NIPRO CORPORATION
17980054 ULTRASONICALLY POWERED SENSING DEVICE Final Rejection Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
17437572 MINIATURIZED DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
17918107 INJECTION DEVICE HAVING A SUSPENDED PARENTERAL INTERFACE Final Rejection West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
18353838 SYRINGE PUMP Non-Final OA B. Braun Melsungen AG
17434009 DRUG INFUSION DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE INFUSION MODES Non-Final OA MEDTRUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
17432095 MINIATURE PATCH-TYPE INTELLIGENT CONTROL INFUSION DEVICE Non-Final OA MEDTRUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
17931134 CANNULA FIXATION DEVICE Final Rejection Inspira-Technologies OXY B.H.N. LTD.
17423509 Applicator Non-Final OA LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG
17616989 NEEDLELESS SYRINGE Non-Final OA BAZ BIOMEDIC Co., Ltd.
18121106 NEEDLE ASSEMBLY, AND LIQUID MEDICINE INJECTION APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME Non-Final OA EOFLOW CO., LTD.
17922713 AUTO-INJECTOR ASSEMBLY Final Rejection BIOCON BIOLOGICS LIMITED
18265693 MEDICAL SYRINGE Non-Final OA TRENTA2 S.R.L.
18078699 Intraluminal Disinfecting Needleless Connector Final Rejection Halkey-Roberts Corporation
17481019 MICROPROJECTION ARRAY APPLICATOR AND METHOD Final Rejection Vaxxas Pty Limited
17665293 CONNECTED INFUSION PUMP DEVICE Final Rejection Micrel Medical Devices S.A.
17615339 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING EDEMA Non-Final OA White Swell Medical Ltd
17609055 IONTOPHORESIS ADMINISTRATION DEVICE Non-Final OA Shanghai Futai Technology Co., Ltd.
17463659 FLUID MANAGEMENT CONNECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES Final Rejection XERIDIEM MEDICAL DEVICES, INC.
17287788 INJECTION SYSTEM, SYRINGE, AND GASKET Final Rejection Circulus Inc.

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