Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HU, ANN M

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3774

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.7%
Allow Rate
-2.3% vs TC avg
987
Total Applications
+20.9%
Interview Lift
1406
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 932 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.3%
§101 Eligibility
30.5%
§102 Novelty
43.8%
§103 Obviousness
17.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19349704 EXPANDABLE SHEATH AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
17978849 DELIVERY APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR IMPLANTING PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17909591 TISSUE CUTTING ELEMENTS AND RETENTION FEATURES FOR IMPLANTS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
17909501 LEAFLET ATTACHMENT MECHANISM AND STRAIGHT ATTACHMENT STRUTS Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17901662 PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE LEAFLET ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17892654 HYBRID FRAME FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
18099018 ENDOVASCULAR STENT GRAFT HAVING GATE AND IMPLANT JOINING LINER Non-Final OA Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
18160004 CONTROLLED INGROWTH FEATURE FOR ANTIMIGRATION Final Rejection BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18074702 REPLACEMENT HEART VALVE IMPLANT WITH INFLOW STITCHING Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18967458 METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR PRE-OPERATIVELY PLANNED ADAPTIVE GLENOID IMPLANTS Non-Final OA Stryker European Operations Limited
18001678 A MACHINE LEARNING ENABLED MODEL TO OPTIMIZE DESIGN OF OSSEOINTEGRATION-FRIENDLY PATIENT SPECIFIC 3D PRINTED ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS Non-Final OA William Marsh Rice University
18064711 IMPLANTS AND METHODS OF USE, ASSEMBLY AND FABRICATION Final Rejection Paragon 28, Inc.
18043519 FLARED PROSTHETIC CARDIAC VALVE DELIVERY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA SHIFAMED HOLDINGS, LLC
18043542 ANCHOR FOR PROSTHETIC CARDIAC VALVE DEVICES Non-Final OA SHIFAMED HOLDINGS, LLC
17907321 INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD PUMPS Final Rejection SHIFAMED HOLDINGS, LLC
17524142 TENODESIS ANCHOR Non-Final OA Conmed Corporation
18089902 ENGINEERED STERILE CARTILAGE IMPLANT PLUG(S) WITH STERILE, SPECIFIC INSTRUMENT KIT(S) Non-Final OA In2Bones USA, LLC
17064483 OSTEOCHONDRAL/SUBCHONDRAL TREATMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA In2Bones USA, LLC
16718047 OSTEOCHONDRAL/SUBCHONDRAL TREATMENT SYSTEM Final Rejection In2Bones USA, LLC
18166764 GRAFT FOR BIOLOGICAL TUBE AND SYSTEM THEREOF Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
18014888 EXTERIORLY MOUNTED TISSUE ON EXPANDABLE FRAME FOR IMPROVED HEMODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE Non-Final OA Anteris Technologies Corporation
18022726 Method of Making a Highly Flexible Stent Graft and Stent Graft Non-Final OA Angiomed GmbH & Co. Medizintechnik KG
18256500 Augment Implant to which Different Types of Porous Structures are Applied Non-Final OA Corentec Co., LTD.
18363238 STENT Non-Final OA Japan Lifeline Co., Ltd.
18289560 MEDICAL IMPLANT FOR OSTEOSYNTHESIS Non-Final OA Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, abgekürzt RWTH
18386207 PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE DEVICE Non-Final OA Laguna Tech LLC
17322226 OFFSET REAMERS Non-Final OA CATALYST ORTHOSCIENCE INC.
18549201 VARIABLE LIFTING THREAD FOR PAIN REDUCTION Non-Final OA NEO DR. INC.
18009817 Insertion System for Implants for Treatment of Bifurcation Aneurysms Final Rejection phenox GmbH
18270640 COMPOSITION FOR PREPARING ORGANIC-INORGANIC COMPLEX HYDROGEL AND KIT FOR PREPARING ORGANIC-INORGANIC COMPLEX HYDROGEL COMPRISING SAME Non-Final OA KOREA INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

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