Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: DUBOSE, LAUREN

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3771

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

59.8%
Allow Rate
-10.2% vs TC avg
188
Total Applications
+44.9%
Interview Lift
1129
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 132 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
23.5%
§102 Novelty
50.2%
§103 Obviousness
22.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17816955 DILATION DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR IMPLANTS Final Rejection Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17260597 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH REDUCED CAPACITANCE, RELATED DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS Final Rejection INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
17968185 THROMBECTOMY METHODS Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
17966598 LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE WITH ANTI-THROMBOGENIC COVERING Final Rejection BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
17279268 SOFT TISSUE ANCHOR Non-Final OA DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
17265650 REVERSIBLE LACRIMAL CANALICULAR OCCLUSION DEVICE Final Rejection THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
17798592 ABDOMINAL HEMORRHAGE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
17632114 GASTROESOPHAGEAL AORTIC OCCLUSION DEVICE AND METHOD Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
18587161 MEDICAL MEMBER Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17820953 FORCEPS JAW FLANGES Non-Final OA GYRUS ACMI, INC. D/B/A OLYMPUS SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA
16097632 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR RESPIRATORY AIRWAYS BLEEDING MANAGEMENT AND TEMPORARY OCCLUSION OF AIRWAYS Final Rejection MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER
18375913 INVERTING THROMBECTOMY APPARATUSES AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Stryker Corporation
17614901 ADAPTER FOR A SURGICAL ACCESS DEVICE Non-Final OA Stryker Corporation
18168185 TREATMENT TOOL Final Rejection Olympus Corporation
18294074 VASCULAR PLUG Final Rejection ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
17499711 Pulmonary Embolism Removal System Final Rejection Terumo Corporation
17758857 ARTICULATING SHAFT OF A SURGICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG
17705675 DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR IMPLANTS Non-Final OA Clearstream Technologies Limited
18438988 OCCLUSION CATHETER SYSTEM FOR PARTIAL OCCLUSION OR FULL OCCLUSION Final Rejection Prytime Medical Devices, Inc.
17581134 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOW PROFILE OCCLUSION BALLOON CATHETER Final Rejection Prytime Medical Devices, Inc.
17641669 CATHETER FOR AORTIC VALVULOPLASTY Final Rejection OSAKA UNIVERSITY
18013995 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TEMPORARY OCCLUSION OF BLOOD VESSELS Final Rejection Amsel Medical Corporation
17659623 MULTI-STAGE BALLOON CATHETER SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
18774276 WIRE FOR AN ENDOVASCULAR APPARATUS Non-Final OA Versono Medical Limited
18722959 NEURORRHAPHY SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS Non-Final OA RENERVA, LLC
17449236 ERGONOMIC PHACOEMULSIFICATION HANDPIECE WITH ROTATING NEEDLE Non-Final OA Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.
18336907 TREATMENT TEMPLATES Non-Final OA Pulse Biosciences, Inc.
18620376 INSERTION FORCEPS Non-Final OA EyeMacular Regeneration, Inc.
18560784 SKIN TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Cytrellis Biosystems, Inc.
18432674 LAPAROSCOPIC HEPATIC PORTAL OCCLUSION DEVICE Non-Final OA Jining Medical University

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