Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: IGBOKO, CHIMA U

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3731 3734 3771

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.2%
Allow Rate
+8.2% vs TC avg
452
Total Applications
+40.8%
Interview Lift
1304
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 408 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
29.5%
§102 Novelty
42.6%
§103 Obviousness
21.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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
18883071 DEVICE FOR THE ENDOSCOPIC REMOVAL OF STONES OR CONCREMENTS FROM THE BILE AND PANCREATIC DUCT AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING A DEVICE ARRANGED IN A WORKING CHANNEL OF A MEDICAL ENDOSCOPE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM CORPORATION
18183608 IOL FOLDING DEVICE Non-Final OA Alcon Inc.
17959683 METHOD OF HUB COMMUNICATION WITH SURGICAL INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS Final Rejection Cilag GmbH International
18457034 METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND DEVICES FOR THE OCCLUSION OF CAVITIES AND PASSAGEWAYS Final Rejection BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
18709740 APPARATUSES FOR REMOVAL OF A VALVE CLIP Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18793314 MEDICAL DEVICE AND TREATMENT METHOD Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18789550 ROBOTIC ARMS Non-Final OA Verb Surgical Inc.
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.
18957555 TISSUE EXPANSION DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Fractyl Health, Inc.
17825551 DELIVERY AND RETRIEVAL DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SIDE-DELIVERABLE TRANSCATHETER PROSTHETIC VALVES Non-Final OA VDyne, 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
17498612 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING ANEURYSMS Final Rejection Galaxy Therapeutics, Inc.
18783075 MEDICAL TOOLS FOR CORNEAL TISSUE DELIVERY Non-Final OA CorneaGen
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.
18410989 INTRAVASCULAR GUIDEWIRE FILTER SYSTEM FOR PULMONARY EMBOLISM PROTECTION AND EMBOLISM REMOVAL OR MACERATION Non-Final OA Surmodics MD, LLC
18297443 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TREATMENT OF ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE Final Rejection Route 92 Medical, Inc.
18377789 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE Final Rejection Marvel Medical Technologies LLC
17851335 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REMOVING SOFT TISSUE AND CREATING A CHANNEL IN THE SOFT TISSUE Final Rejection SANOCULIS LTD.

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