Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HAN, SETH

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3781 3783

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

58.8%
Allow Rate
-11.2% vs TC avg
216
Total Applications
+24.7%
Interview Lift
1071
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 160 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
15.6%
§102 Novelty
53.3%
§103 Obviousness
20.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17763677 SYSTEMS AND APPROACHES FOR DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE RECONSTITUTION Non-Final OA AMGEN INC.
18457870 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING DONOR REACTIONS DURING BLOOD DONATION Final Rejection Fenwal, Inc.
19306642 ELECTRONIC WIRELESS ORAL SUCTION DEVICE Non-Final OA Anew Oral Ltd
18437800 ABSORBENT ARTICLES INCLUDING IMPROVED ELASTIC PANELS Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
18198307 ABSORBENT ARTICLE Final Rejection The Procter & Gamble Company
18317974 ABSORBENT ARTICLE Final Rejection The Procter & Gamble Company
17826202 ABSORBENT ARTICLE COMPRISING A LOWER ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION LAYER Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
17511922 ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH HYBRID NONWOVEN WEB Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
18348992 HYBRID WATER RESERVOIR FOR AN ENDOSCOPE Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18569470 Urinary Catheter Container Non-Final OA C. R. Bard, Inc.
16762003 Post-Operative Hybrid Dressing To Optimize Skin-Grafting Procedures In Reconstructive Surgery Final Rejection University of Massachusetts
18063828 PLEURAL DRAINAGE CATHETER Non-Final OA Cook Medical Technologies LLC
18565022 AN APPARATUS FOR EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT Non-Final OA GAMBRO LUNDIA AB
18238432 NOZZLE FOR A FLUID DELIVERY DEVICE Final Rejection Verily Life Sciences LLC
18658381 FILTERING SYSTEMS AND FILTERING MANIFOLDS FOR USE WITH FILTERING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA PHARAOH NEURO, INC.
18030543 ADHESIVE FASTENER AND DIAPER HAVING SUCH AN ADHESIVE FASTENER Final Rejection Gottlieb Binder GmbH & Co. KG
18116527 FLUID CONTROL AND BYPASS FEATURES FOR AN APHERESIS SYSTEM Non-Final OA Terumo BCT, Inc.
18690227 VENTRICULAR CATHETERS AND OTHER EMBODIMENTS Non-Final OA Wayne State University
18598575 ABSORBENT SHEET FOR ANIMALS AND ANIMAL TOILET Non-Final OA UNICHARM CORPORATION
17991113 Methods for Treating Eyetear Film Deficiency Final Rejection Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited
17776477 Device for the Extraction of Body Fluid by Suction Final Rejection MEDELA HOLDING AG
18074165 EXTRACORPOREAL LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM Non-Final OA LivaNova Deutschland GmbH
17254821 DRESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK
18286338 Wound Treatment System and Wound Treatment Kit Non-Final OA MEDICAL HOLDING AG
18553048 MULTILAYERED PATCH Non-Final OA KØBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET
18217493 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM A PATIENT Final Rejection Penumbra, Inc.
18038353 A SYSTEM FOR TREATING A WOUND Non-Final OA AROA BIOSURGERY LIMITED
18134988 SMART IMPLANTABLE MICRO DEVICE FOR THERAPEUTIC ACTIVE FLOW CONTROL AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE Non-Final OA Injectsense, Inc.
18249180 A DERMATOLOGIC TREATMENT APPARATUS Non-Final OA IP - SMART LTD
17437793 NEGATIVE PRESSURE TREATMENT ARRANGEMENT Final Rejection Lohmann & Rauscher GmbH

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