Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3772 3786

This examiner grants 40% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

40.4%
Allow Rate
-29.6% vs TC avg
740
Total Applications
+38.4%
Interview Lift
1773
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 676 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.8%
§101 Eligibility
21.1%
§102 Novelty
38.7%
§103 Obviousness
31.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17525430 Multilayer Face-Covering Non-Final OA Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
17920710 HYOLARYNGEAL SUSPENSION FOR TREATING SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING Final Rejection Vanderbilt University
19188622 ANATOMICAL CLOSING SYSTEM FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS Final Rejection Intake Breathing Technology, LLC
19111780 FALL-PREVENTION FUNCTIONAL LIMITATION DEVICE Non-Final OA Daniele ROMANELLO
19071492 PROTECTIVE MOUTH ASSEMBLY AND METHODS Non-Final OA Nationwide Children's Hospital
18455872 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERMANENT FEMALE CONTRACEPTION Final Rejection Meditrina, Inc.
18016369 Device for a male urinary incontinence device Non-Final OA Coloplast A/S
18872680 POST-SURGICAL THORACIC SUPPORT VEST Non-Final OA Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
18865691 ANKLE-FOOT ORTHOPAEDIC DEVICE Non-Final OA ORTHOPED LTD
18927831 DEVICE FOR FASTENING A THUMB AND METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
18823400 ORAL APPLIANCE FOR TREATING SLEEP APNEA Non-Final OA R.I.P., LLC
18099836 SOUND ATTENUATING MASK Non-Final OA RESMED PTY LTD
18725260 NASAL DILATOR WITH AN EPAP VALVE INSERT Non-Final OA Somnics, Inc.
17774792 WOUND SEALING FILM Non-Final OA KCI Manufacturing Unlimited Company
18636191 EXTERNAL ANKLE BRACE Non-Final OA TayCo Brace, Inc.
18438289 APPARATUSES AND METHODS INVOLVING A MOUTHPIECE FOR TREATING MEDICAL CONDITION(S) AND/OR SLEEP MONITORING Non-Final OA Zerene Inc.
18438314 MOUTHPIECE FOR TREATING MEDICAL CONDITION(S) AND/OR SLEEP MONITORING Non-Final OA Zerene Inc.
18395015 MECHANICALLY PROMOTING UPPER AIRWAY PATENCY Non-Final OA INSPIRE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
14714706 Therapeutic Compression Apparatus Final Rejection SUN SCIENTIFIC, INC.
18365373 CABLE BRACE SYSTEM Final Rejection MOBIUS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
18329879 MANDIBULAR REPOSITIONING DEVICE WITH LINGUAL FLANGE Final Rejection Sleep Solutions of Texas, LLC
15569724 WOUND DRESSING Non-Final OA MEDTRADE PRODUCTS LIMITED
17914804 PAD COMPRISING A PRESSURE ELEMENT Final Rejection BAUERFEIND AG
17792233 DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING AT LEAST ONE FOOT ARCH OF A USER Final Rejection NEA INTERNATIONAL B.V.
17757480 ORTHOSIS FOR PLACEMENT ON A HUMAN HAND Non-Final OA MANOMETRIC HOLDING B.V.
17286255 INTRAORAL FERRULE WITH ARCH FOR PREVENTING SNORING AND APNOEA Non-Final OA Federico Juan Carlos MANGADA MARTINEZ
17210504 Fine Cover for a Respirator Mask Final Rejection Brian Michael Coyle

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