Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: LAUER, CHRISTINA C

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3731 3771 3773

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.4%
Allow Rate
-1.6% vs TC avg
718
Total Applications
+14.8%
Interview Lift
1387
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 667 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
6.9%
§102 Novelty
86.4%
§103 Obviousness
1.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18962504 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION Final Rejection Ohio State Innovation Foundation
18688553 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION Final Rejection Ohio State Innovation Foundation
19257084 LAPAROSCOPIC INCISION WIDENER Final Rejection Human Art Devices LLC
18907065 CRIMPING ACCESSORY DEVICE FOR A PROSTHETIC VALVE Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18679202 SIZER FOR LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE Final Rejection EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18393126 IMPLANT AND CONTRAST DELIVERY WITH STAGNATION DEVICE Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18238642 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CONNECTING ENDS OF ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18867469 Suture Constructs and Methods of Tissue Fixation Non-Final OA Arthrex, Inc.
18805990 FILAMENTARY DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEFECTS Non-Final OA MICROVENTION, INC.
18405558 SELF-ASSEMBLING MAGNETIC ANASTOMOSIS DEVICE HAVING AN EXOSKELETON Non-Final OA G.I. Windows, Inc.
18384022 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESERVING AND MANIPULATING OF ACUTE OTOMIES Non-Final OA G.I. Windows, Inc.
18137645 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING AND POSITIONING MAGNETIC ANASTOMOSIS COMPRESSION DEVICES FOR SUBSEQUENT FORMATION OF ANASTOMOSES Final Rejection G.I. Windows, Inc.
18910573 DEVICE FOR SUTURE ATTACHMENT FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE HEART VALVE REPAIR Non-Final OA NeoChord, Inc.
18772813 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT OF THROMBOSIS Non-Final OA INCUVATE, LLC
18664100 SURGICAL LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY Non-Final OA Conformal Medical, Inc.
18656575 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING LOWER EXTREMITY VASCULATURE Non-Final OA LimFlow GmbH
18618018 SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER VESSEL OCCLUSION DEVICE Non-Final OA SHAPE MEMORY MEDICAL, INC.
18616545 VASCULAR ANASTOMOTIC COUPLING DEVICE Non-Final OA BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
18009806 INTRAOPERATIVE OPHTHALMIC TISSUE MONITORING DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA A.Y.Y.T - TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS AND DATA UPDATE LTD
18236663 Neurovascular Flow Diverter and Delivery Systems Non-Final OA eLum Technologies, Inc.
18388154 Left Atrial Appendage Occluder Final Rejection Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
17190483 Catheter System for Delivery of a Filling Body to an Aneurysmal Sac in a Body Lumen Non-Final OA Life Seal Vascular, Inc.

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