Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: IGBOKO, CHIMA U

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3731 3734 3771

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.1%
Allow Rate
+8.1% vs TC avg
456
Total Applications
+40.5%
Interview Lift
1267
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 411 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
14.1%
§102 Novelty
76.2%
§103 Obviousness
6.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18957555 TISSUE EXPANSION DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Fractyl Health, Inc.
18709740 APPARATUSES FOR REMOVAL OF A VALVE CLIP Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18113242 EMPTY CLIP CARTRIDGE LOCKOUT Non-Final OA Cilag GmbH International
18415363 PUSH MECHANISM FOR INTERFACING A DRIVE MECHANISM HANDPIECE WITH AN INTROACULAR LENS CARTRIDGE Final Rejection Alcon Inc.
18183608 IOL FOLDING DEVICE Non-Final OA Alcon Inc.
18044235 INTRAOCULAR LENS INJECTOR AND ITS DESIGN METHOD Non-Final OA Hoya Corporation
18958872 HEART VALVE TREATMENT INVOLVING CHORDAE TENDINEAE CAPTURE Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18948838 SOFT TISSUE ACCESS SUPPORT DEVICES AND METHODS Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18434642 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ALIGNING A COMMISSURE OF A PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE WITH A COMMISSURE OF A NATIVE VALVE Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18784182 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING ANEURYSMS Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18793314 MEDICAL DEVICE AND TREATMENT METHOD Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18457034 METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND DEVICES FOR THE OCCLUSION OF CAVITIES AND PASSAGEWAYS Final Rejection BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
17318330 CONTROLLER FOR AN ELECTRICAL DRIVE UNIT OF AN OPHTHALMOSURGICAL HANDPIECE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME, OPHTHALMOSURGICAL APPARATUS AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
18983343 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR COUPLING FLEXIBLE FILAMENT TO SOFT TISSUE Non-Final OA CONEXTIONS, INC.
18856969 LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE FOR BREAKING UP CALCULI WITH AN AXIALLY MOVABLE ACCELERATION TUBE, AND METHOD FOR ACCELERATING A PROJECTILE OF A LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE Non-Final OA KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG
18789550 ROBOTIC ARMS Non-Final OA Verb Surgical Inc.
18087715 MEDICAL CUTTING DEVICES WITH A STATIC CASING AND A BLADE WORKING BODY OF GREATER WIDTH AND RELATED METHODS Final Rejection Innovations 4 Surgery, LLC
18739879 WOVEN WIRE INTRALUMINAL DEVICE Non-Final OA RAPID MEDICAL LTD.
17510052 CONTROLLING INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE DURING PHACOEMULSIFICATION PROCEDURES Non-Final OA JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
18531024 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CREATING A CHANNEL IN SOFT TISSUE Final Rejection SANOCULIS LTD.
18377789 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE Final Rejection Marvel Medical Technologies LLC
18095630 MICROSURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM WITH REMOTE CENTER OF MOTION Final Rejection ForSight Robotics Ltd.
17818477 CONTROL COMPONENT FOR A MICROSURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM Final Rejection ForSight Robotics Ltd.

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