Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: HELM, CARALYNNE E

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1615

This examiner grants 29% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

28.8%
Allow Rate
-31.2% vs TC avg
866
Total Applications
+49.4%
Interview Lift
1496
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 793 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.5%
§101 Eligibility
8.5%
§102 Novelty
44.1%
§103 Obviousness
29.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18105990 SURFACE TREATMENT OF POLY(ARYL ETHER KETONE)S Non-Final OA FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG e. V.
18591127 Methods, Systems and Devices for Post-Fabrication Drug Loading Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
18029619 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF IMPLANT ASSOCIATED COMPLICATIONS Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18718158 Compositions for Virulence Suppression Non-Final OA Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
17556093 DUAL AGENT NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITION FOR COATING MEDICAL DEVICES Final Rejection THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
18423951 SURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE Final Rejection Medtronic, Inc.
18140510 ANTIMICROBIAL CATHETER COATINGS WITH PASSIVE ANTIFUNGAL PROPERTIES Non-Final OA Becton, Dickinson and Company
17675334 MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Final Rejection TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18877255 STABILIZATION OF THIOPYRIDINONE COMPOUND AND COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME Non-Final OA L'OREAL
18543756 COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING BIS-ETHYLHEXYLOXYPHENOL METHOXYPHENYL TRIAZINE AND AVOBENZONE Final Rejection L'OREAL
18254312 RAPIDLY RESORBABLE INTRAVASCULAR IMPLANT Non-Final OA BIOTRONIK AG
17629639 WATER BASED COMPOSITION Final Rejection Shiseido Company, Ltd.
18122661 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MICELLES FOR DRUG DELIVERY Final Rejection Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

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