Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KU, SI MING

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3771 3775

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.2%
Allow Rate
+2.2% vs TC avg
804
Total Applications
+33.8%
Interview Lift
1160
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 752 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.1%
§101 Eligibility
26.3%
§102 Novelty
39.2%
§103 Obviousness
24.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17764896 SINGLE PORT INSTRUMENT ACCESS DEVICE Final Rejection Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
17718874 DISSIMILAR STAPLE CARTRIDGES WITH DIFFERENT BIOABSORBABLE COMPONENTS Non-Final OA Cilag GmbH International
18965012 MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING A ROTATABLE WORKING CHANNEL AND RELATED METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18788437 CERVICAL DISC INTRUMENTS Non-Final OA GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
18780661 Standalone Interbody Implants Non-Final OA GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
18607837 HUMERUS AND ULNA STABILIZATION SYSTEMS Final Rejection GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
18357700 TPLO Plate Dual Vector Compression System and Method Non-Final OA DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
18232511 Bone Plate With Tamp Window For Tibia Plateau Fracture Final Rejection Stryker European Operations Limited
17863796 Bone plate and method for fixing a bone fragment to a bone Final Rejection Stryker European Operations Limited
18339600 RETRACTOR Non-Final OA Spinal Elements, Inc.
18229985 BONE PLATE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Medline Industries, LP
18467509 MINIMALLY INVASIVE METATARSAL REALIGNMENT Non-Final OA Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.
18895716 Indicating, Auto-Resetting Head Inserter Non-Final OA K2M, Inc.
18958733 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SPINE SURGERY Non-Final OA NuVasive, INC.
18950105 HYDRAULIC GROWING ROD Non-Final OA University of Utah Research Foundation
18860872 BONE SCREW Non-Final OA Field Orthopaedics Pty Ltd
18874909 ACETABULAR CUP REMOVAL DEVICE FOR ARTIFICIAL HIP JOINTS Non-Final OA IMEDICOM CO., LTD.
18219766 BLADE ALIGNMENT DEVICE Final Rejection MiRus LLC
18153794 CERVICAL PLATE Final Rejection MiRus LLC
18966410 KYPHOPLASTY SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA Osteon Medical LLC
18965528 KIT FOR PRODUCING AND EXTRUDING BONE CEMENT, AND METHOD Non-Final OA Heraeus Medical GmbH
18236678 SURGICAL OSTEOTOMY FIXATION DEVICES Final Rejection The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
18955230 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR BALANCING A PATIENT'S KNEE JOINT DURING AN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE Non-Final OA DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company
18646987 DRILL GUIDE FOR IMPLANTABLE HEARING DEVICES Non-Final OA University of Rochester
18787264 Patient Specific Instrumentation For Surgical Implantation Of A Femoral Component Final Rejection United States Governments As Represented By The Department Of Veterans Affairs
18245499 DEVICES COMPRISING COMPOSITE MATERIALS Final Rejection INVIBIO DEVICE COMPONENT MANUFACTURING LIMITED
17426462 POSITION SENSING SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL DEVICES, ORTHOPEDIC DRILL OR DRIVER, AND METHOD OF PERFORMING SURGERY Final Rejection Surgical Targeted Solutions Inc.
18417975 CONTINUOUS-MOTION, LOW RADIODENSITY SURGICAL RETRACTOR FOR FACILITATING IMPROVED VISUALIZATION AND PRECISE RETRACTION OF A TISSUE OF A BODY Final Rejection Alumina Medical LLC
18240903 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING SENSORS IN GAP RESECTIONING Final Rejection Rasmussen Instruments, LLC
18277819 BALLOON CATHETER RETRACTOR Final Rejection SHANGHAI KECI MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

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