Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: FLICK, JASON E

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3763 3783

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.3%
Allow Rate
+10.3% vs TC avg
961
Total Applications
+13.5%
Interview Lift
1097
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 923 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
14.7%
§102 Novelty
60.1%
§103 Obviousness
7.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18226414 DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE WITH STERILE FLUID FLOWPATH AND RELATED METHOD OF ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA AMGEN INC.
17986185 PATCH-SIZED FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA DEKA Products Limited Partnership
18354740 CONNECTION OF A STOPPER AND PISTON IN A FLUID DELIVERY DEVICE Non-Final OA Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
17758119 MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING A HOUSING WITH A DOOR THAT TRANSMITS OPTICAL SIGNALS Final Rejection Fresenius Vial SAS
18368805 MEDICAL DEVICE FOR ULTRASOUND-ASSISTED DRUG DELIVERY Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18492682 DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL ANTISEPTIC CAPS Non-Final OA ICU Medical, Inc.
18369554 MEDICAL TUBE AND CATHETER Non-Final OA ASAHI INTECC CO., LTD.
18238753 INFUSION PUMP DOOR SEAL FOR VERTICAL INTRAVENOUS TUBES Non-Final OA BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA
18486255 METHOD AND MEANS FOR POSTPRANDIAL BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL PREDICTION Non-Final OA Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
18160514 ENHANCED FLEXIBILITY NEUROVASCULAR CATHETER Non-Final OA Imperative Care, Inc.
18381535 EMERGENCY MEDICAL INTERVENTION DEVICE Non-Final OA CORVICTUS, LLC
18376698 Surgical Irrigation Sleeve Formed of Polyether Block Amide Resin Non-Final OA Bausch & Lomb Ireland Limtied
18283649 RECEPTACLE FOR SINGLE-HANDEDLY UNCAPPING, RECAPPING AND DISPOSING A SYRINGE'S CAP AND NEEDLE Non-Final OA DECAP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATED
18447259 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF MICROVASCULAR DYSFUNCTION Non-Final OA CorFlow Therapeutics AG
18357393 Intelligent Bioelectric Module for Use with Drug Delivery System Non-Final OA Bioelectric Devices, Inc.
18269642 MICRONEEDLES COMPRISING HORMONE-CONTAINING SURFACE-MODIFIED MICROSPHERES AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME Non-Final OA SMALL'LAB CO., LTD.
17707464 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMBINED VESSEL OCCLUSION AND GAS ENRICHMENT THERAPY Non-Final OA Zoll Circulation, Inc.

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