Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: LONG, SARAH A

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3731 3771 3774

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.5%
Allow Rate
-9.5% vs TC avg
827
Total Applications
+42.5%
Interview Lift
1545
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 785 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.1%
§101 Eligibility
20.4%
§102 Novelty
54.3%
§103 Obviousness
20.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18236744 Cannulation Devices For Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18482385 End Effector Of A Surgical Robotic Manipulator And Method Of Operating The End Effector Final Rejection Stryker Corporation
18821639 EXPANDABLE ACCESS SHEATHS Final Rejection EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
17932654 MODIFICATION OF EXISTING VALVULAR STRUCTURES FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE IMPLANTATION Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
18405331 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A VAGINAL MOLD AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
18558632 BLADE OPTIMIZATION FOR ROBOTIC ASSISTED SEALING INSTRUMENT Final Rejection Covidien LP
17468757 AUTOMATIC REMOTE CENTER OF MOTION ADJUSTMENT FOR ROBOTICALLY CONTROLLED UTERINE MANIPULATOR Final Rejection Cilag GmbH International
18272378 SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES FOR VALVE RESECTION AND RESHAPING VIA CATHETER AND CUTTING SHEATH-BASED VALVE LEAFLET REMOVAL Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18796175 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HAIR TRANSPLANT Non-Final OA THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
18816086 HEMOSTATIC DEVICE Final Rejection Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
18776892 COMPRESSION AND KINK RESISTANT IMPLANTS Final Rejection Collagen Matrix, Inc.

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