Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LONG, SARAH A

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3731 3771 3774

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.3%
Allow Rate
-9.7% vs TC avg
820
Total Applications
+42.0%
Interview Lift
1633
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 769 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
24.5%
§102 Novelty
50.6%
§103 Obviousness
19.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18366020 SURGICAL TOOL END EFFECTORS WITH REPLACEABLE BLADES Non-Final OA Cilag GmbH International
17468757 AUTOMATIC REMOTE CENTER OF MOTION ADJUSTMENT FOR ROBOTICALLY CONTROLLED UTERINE MANIPULATOR Final Rejection Cilag GmbH International
18923012 MULTI-LUMEN CATHETER Non-Final OA ABIOMED, Inc.
18236744 Cannulation Devices For Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18919963 ARTICULATED TOOL POSITIONER FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18884340 HEMOSTATIC DEVICE Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18824245 COMPRESSION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETACHING COMPRESSION DEVICE Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18816086 HEMOSTATIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
18482385 End Effector Of A Surgical Robotic Manipulator And Method Of Operating The End Effector Non-Final OA Stryker Corporation
18884863 TREATMENT TOOL Non-Final OA OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
18796175 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HAIR TRANSPLANT Non-Final OA THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
18650852 MAGNETIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MAGNETICALLY CLAMPING A PORTION OF A HOLLOW ORGAN OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT Final Rejection GT METABOLIC SOLUTIONS, INC.
17214521 CONTROLLABLY TRANSLATABLE TISSUE CUTTING DEVICES Final Rejection Highridge Medical, LLC
18929812 MEDICAL INSTRUMENT WITH DUAL-OUTPUT, SINGLE-INPUT DRIVE ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Acclarent, Inc.
18861976 CHEST BOLT AND THORACOSTOMY BOLT Non-Final OA SPINTHYR TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
18920601 HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERY OF HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS WITH INTRODUCER SHEATH Non-Final OA JenaValve Technology, Inc.
18857915 PERFUSION DILATATION CATHETER Non-Final OA Mavericks Foundation LLC
18918647 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PLAQUE DISRUPTION Non-Final OA Elixir Medical Corporation
18855915 A NEEDLE LOCK DEVICE AND A NEEDLE GUIDE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Biobot Surgical Pte. Ltd.
18899509 HELICAL ULTRA LOW FORESHORTENING STENT Non-Final OA CORDIS US CORP
18882736 USER-ATTACHABLE/DETACHABLE IMAGING CATHETER Non-Final OA IVUSLIDE,Inc.
18842983 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PULMONARY EMBOLI REMOVAL Non-Final OA SCIENTIA VASCULAR, INC.
18836989 MEDICAL APPARATUS WITH WIRE ANCHORS AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Canon U.S.A., Inc.
17655846 PLIANT MEMBERS FOR RECEIVING AND AIDING IN THE DEPLOYMENT OF VASCULAR PROSTHESES Final Rejection Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
18776892 COMPRESSION AND KINK RESISTANT IMPLANTS Non-Final OA Collagen Matrix, Inc.
18679427 ROTARY INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS FOR INTRAUTERINE TISSUE RESECTION Non-Final OA Caldera Medical, Inc.
18555700 ULTRASONIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND PROCESSING AND ASSEMBLING METHOD Final Rejection EZISURG MEDICAL CO., LTD.
18448839 Anatomy Independent Deflector Non-Final OA Keystone Heart Ltd.
18366125 RECTO-ANAL SEQUENCED EXPANDER Non-Final OA Backside Products LLC
18304811 IMPLANTATION DEVICE WITH DIRECT-TO-NEEDLE ASPIRATION OF HAIR GRAFT Non-Final OA Boudjema-Rassman Partnership

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