Listed by the USPTO as HIGHLAND, RACHEL S
Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1742 3731 3771 3774
This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases
HIGHLAND, RACHEL S has resolved 363 cases in tech center 3700 and art unit 1742. The allowance rate is 67.2%, and the interview lift is 35.6%. The median time to allowance is 1377 days. The figures indicate a long prosecution timeline and a meaningful role for interviews in matters seeking to move toward allowance.
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Arthrex Inc., and W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. are the leading companies. Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, Cozen O'Connor - SEA Patent, and Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP - W.L. Gore are the listed firms. The company record is concentrated in medical-device technologies.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18190025 | VALVE LEAFLET CINCHING | Non-Final OA | EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION |
| 17656840 | VALVE REPAIR USING TISSUE ANCHORS | Non-Final OA | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation |
| 17610566 | FELT MATERIAL FOR USE IN A METHOD OF REPAIRING OR AUGMENTING HUMAN OR ANIMAL SOFT TISSUES | Final Rejection | ZURIMED TECHNOLOGIES AG |
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Build Your Strategy67.2% of resolved applications examined by Rachel S Highland were allowed (363 resolved cases), compared with 58.3% across Art Unit 1742 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +35.6 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Rachel S Highland took 1,377 days on average from filing to allowance.
Rachel S Highland examines applications in Art Unit 1742 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).
