Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 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
714
Total Applications
+14.4%
Interview Lift
1435
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 659 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.0%
§101 Eligibility
23.3%
§102 Novelty
50.4%
§103 Obviousness
16.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18907065 CRIMPING ACCESSORY DEVICE FOR A PROSTHETIC VALVE Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
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
18315480 ENDOSCOPE TREATMENT TOOL, ENDOSCOPE DEVICE, AND TREATMENT METHOD Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
19257084 LAPAROSCOPIC INCISION WIDENER Final Rejection Human Art Devices LLC
18238642 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CONNECTING ENDS OF ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18888812 EMBOLIC DEVICES FOR OCCLUDING BODY LUMENS Non-Final OA STRYKER EUROPEAN OPERATIONS LIMITED
18867469 Suture Constructs and Methods of Tissue Fixation Non-Final OA Arthrex, Inc.
18424326 LOADING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR EXPANDABLE INTRALUMINAL MEDICAL DEVICES Non-Final OA Cook Medical Technologies LLC
18424364 LOADING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR EXPANDABLE INTRALUMINAL MEDICAL DEVICES Non-Final OA Cook Medical Technologies LLC
18805990 FILAMENTARY DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEFECTS Non-Final OA MICROVENTION, INC.
18932520 EXPANDING SUTURE ANCHOR HAVING AN ACTUATOR PIN Non-Final OA Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
18883698 REUSABLE HANDLES FOR MEDICAL SYSTEMS AND DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
17177854 ANCHOR DELIVERY SYSTEM Final Rejection Teleflex Life Sciences LLC
18910573 DEVICE FOR SUTURE ATTACHMENT FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE HEART VALVE REPAIR Non-Final OA NeoChord, Inc.
18555413 EMBOLISATION SYSTEM FOR PROMOTING CLOT FORMATION Final Rejection CLEARSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
17903768 BYPASS SYRINGE Non-Final OA Biolife Delaware, L.L.C.
18005102 VESTIBULAR ELECTRODE ARRAY Non-Final OA Cochlear Limited
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
18291947 EMBOLIZATION DEVICE Non-Final OA MAI, JEFFREY C.
18236663 Neurovascular Flow Diverter and Delivery Systems Non-Final OA eLum Technologies, 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.
18388154 Left Atrial Appendage Occluder Final Rejection Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
18315405 Vascular Medical Device, System And Method Final Rejection Swiss Capital -- Engineering AG

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