Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: GHERBI, SUZETTE JAIME J

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3738 3774

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.9%
Allow Rate
+14.9% vs TC avg
1,403
Total Applications
+8.8%
Interview Lift
889
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1373 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
13.4%
§102 Novelty
49.5%
§103 Obviousness
4.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19251390 DEVICES FOR PROVIDING TISSUE SUPPORT DURING BREAST RECONSTRUCTION, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA Melodi Health, Inc.
18468983 PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE FRAME STRUCTURE AND METHOD Non-Final OA Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
18222923 PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE HAVING MULTI-LEVEL SEALING MEMBER Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18308498 PROTECTED PRESSURE-SAFE BALLOONS Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18124688 PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE LEAFLET ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18114881 PROSTHETIC VALVES AND METHODS OF MAKING Non-Final OA Regents of the University of Minnesota
18382310 METHOD FOR TREATING PATULOUS EUSTACHIAN TUBE Non-Final OA Acclarent, Inc.
17202217 PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE DEVICES, PROSTHETIC MITRAL VALVES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Twelve, Inc.
17830051 GENERATING ENDOTHELIAL CELL-SEEDED VASCULAR GRAFTS Final Rejection WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
18119753 BIOLOGIC BREAST IMPLANT Final Rejection LifeCell Corporation
18237334 HEART VALVE HAVING AN INNER SKIRT WITH LEAFLET SUPPORTS Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences CardiAQ LLC
18355061 IMPLANTS AND METHODS FOR MASTOPEXY Non-Final OA Tepha, Inc.
18248220 TRANSCATHETERAL DEPLOYMENT OF A MEDICAL DEVICE WITHOUT USE OF A NOSE CONE Non-Final OA Tel Hashomer Med. Res., Infra. & Serv. LTD.
18006339 IMPLANTS AND METHOD FOR FORMING AN IMPLANT Non-Final OA Bellaseno GMBH
17930691 Prosthetic Atrio-Ventricular Valve Systems and Devices Non-Final OA Laguna Tech USA, Inc.

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