Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HOLLM, JONATHAN ADAM

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3731 3734 3771

This examiner grants 49% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

48.7%
Allow Rate
-21.3% vs TC avg
550
Total Applications
+54.9%
Interview Lift
1675
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 519 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.4%
§101 Eligibility
20.0%
§102 Novelty
46.6%
§103 Obviousness
23.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18100689 TISSUE ANCHORS FOR ENDOSCOPICALLY CLOSING GASTROINTESTINAL DEFECTS Final Rejection Covidien LP
17986974 ENDOSCOPIC SUTURING METHOD AND MEDICAL INSTRUMENT Final Rejection OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
18022733 Flow Reduction Catheter for Fluid Overload Treatment Final Rejection Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
18647714 ANASTOMOTIC COUPLER Non-Final OA Buck Surgical LLC
18291770 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND STEERING GEAR FOR SAME Non-Final OA KARL STORZ SE & CO. KG
18393260 INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS HAVING SPARK MONITORING FEEDBACK Non-Final OA Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
17125397 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING VASCULAR OCCLUSION Non-Final OA Inari Medical, Inc.
18257401 ADAPTOR FOR TORQUER Non-Final OA Corindus, Inc.
18673045 SURGICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE Non-Final OA SUNSURG LLC
18106801 MANIFOLD INTEGRATED HANDLE ASSEMBLY FOR INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE Final Rejection BOLT MEDICAL, INC.
18199848 LARGE TISSUE DEFECT RECRUITING DEVICE Final Rejection United States Endoscopy Group, Inc.
17531244 PIVOTING SURGICAL IMPLANT PLACEMENT TOOL Non-Final OA Neuralink Corp.
18169644 HEMOSTATIC FORCEPS FOR ENDOSCOPE Final Rejection FINEMEDIX CO., LTD.
18104739 DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR INJECTED NEUROSTIMULATION DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Invicta Medical, Inc.
18090093 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSERTING AND REMOVING AN EXPANDABLE DEVICE IN A BODY CAVITY Final Rejection Innoventions Ltd.
18068511 APPLICATOR FOR APPLYING MEDICAL INSTRUMENT TO HOST Final Rejection SHENZHEN SISENSING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17471017 TAPERED TRANSITION PORTION FOR SUTURE NEEDLES Non-Final OA ErgoSurgical Group Corp.
17619909 PATCH FOR SEALING AN AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE AND SYSTEM FOR PLACING AN AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE Final Rejection UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA
17788311 VIRUS REMOVAL DEVICE AND VIRUS REMOVAL SYSTEM Non-Final OA Limited Liability Company Dix

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