Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: HU, ANN M

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3774 3783

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.8%
Allow Rate
-2.2% vs TC avg
1,004
Total Applications
+21.4%
Interview Lift
1366
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 948 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.3%
§101 Eligibility
26.8%
§102 Novelty
48.1%
§103 Obviousness
18.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18160004 CONTROLLED INGROWTH FEATURE FOR ANTIMIGRATION Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18967458 METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR PRE-OPERATIVELY PLANNED ADAPTIVE GLENOID IMPLANTS Final Rejection Stryker European Operations Limited
18568687 JOINT DEVICE Non-Final OA HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
19406609 Vessel Morphology Radiomic Phenotypes Non-Final OA Picture Health Inc.
19349704 EXPANDABLE SHEATH AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18223441 LOW PROFILE TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18157044 PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17909501 LEAFLET ATTACHMENT MECHANISM AND STRAIGHT ATTACHMENT STRUTS Final Rejection Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17901662 PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE LEAFLET ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17892654 HYBRID FRAME FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE Final Rejection Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17961489 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS TO PREVENT AUTO AND XENO GRAFT FAILURE Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18696138 STENT AND METHOD FOR SECURING AIR FLOW BY RELIEVING STENOSIS OF RESPIRATORY ORGAN Non-Final OA REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
18444401 PROSTHETIC HAND SYSTEM WITH AN INTEGRATED IMAGE RECOGNITION SUBSYSTEM Non-Final OA Purdue Research Foundation
18043519 FLARED PROSTHETIC CARDIAC VALVE DELIVERY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA SHIFAMED HOLDINGS, LLC
17729584 SURGERY DEVICE WITH PATIENT-SPECIFIC FIBULA MALLEOLUS CAP Final Rejection The University of Hong Kong

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