Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LOUIS, RICHARD G

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3731 3734 3771

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.4%
Allow Rate
+4.4% vs TC avg
988
Total Applications
+17.3%
Interview Lift
1267
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 939 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
24.1%
§102 Novelty
49.7%
§103 Obviousness
15.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18611044 LOW PROFILE TRANSSEPTAL CATHETER AND IMPLANT SYSTEM FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE VALVE PROCEDURE Final Rejection Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
18542664 DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18522551 PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18924559 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ACCESSING ENCAPSULATED TARGETS Non-Final OA INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
18415216 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH CLAMP ARM AND PIVOT SHAFT HINGE COUPLING Non-Final OA Cilag GmbH International
19200626 METHODS FOR REMOVING CLOT MATERIAL FROM A PATIENT Non-Final OA Inquis Medical, Inc.
18917021 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PYLORIC OCCLUSION Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18656790 RAPID EXCHANGE SYSTEM FOR OTW DELIVERY Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18786882 ELONGATING WIRES FOR INHIBITING PREMATURE IMPLANT DETACHMENT Non-Final OA DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
18813093 DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY INSERTING AND MANIPULATING A MEDICAL TOOL INTO AND WITHIN A BODILY LUMEN Non-Final OA Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
18949012 SURGICAL ACCESS SYSTEM Non-Final OA LSI Solutions, Inc.
18555777 ACCOMMODATING INTRAOCULAR LENSES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Non-Final OA Shifamed Holdings, LLC
18782196 SUTURE SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS FOR CONNECTING AND CREATING SUSPENSION BETWEEN AT LEAST TWO BODIES Non-Final OA Conmed Corporation
17161368 IMPLANT DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection SHANGHAI WALLABY MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES CO., INC.
18927827 HYDRAULIC DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Non-Final OA Twelve, Inc.
18926189 FEEDBACK CONTROLLED ANASTOMOSIS DEVICES Non-Final OA Myka Labs, Inc.
18177603 GUIDEWIRE HAVING GUIDEWIRE MARKERS Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
18921958 ATHERECTOMY CATHETER WITH SHAPED DISTAL TIP Non-Final OA Avinger, Inc.
18920684 COMPLIANCE CONTROL STITCHING IN SUBSTRATE MATERIALS Non-Final OA TELA Bio, Inc.
18797348 SUTURE TIGHTENING DEVICE Non-Final OA Kenneth F. BINMOELLER
17167699 EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICE Final Rejection Emboline, Inc.
18587044 SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY CALIBRATION TUBE AND METHOD OF USING SAME Final Rejection Standard Bariatrics, Inc.
18695869 SKIN TREATMENT SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS Non-Final OA Cytrellis Biosystems, Inc.
18135961 THROMBUS ENGAGEMENT TOOL Non-Final OA Imperative Care, Inc.
18136001 THROMBUS ENGAGEMENT TOOL WITH HELICALLY THREADED TIP Non-Final OA Imperative Care, Inc.
18563050 APPARATUS FOR ENDOLUMINAL ACCESS TO GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT Non-Final OA BariaTek Medical
18196663 DUAL STENT AND DELIVERY SYSTEM, DELIVERY TOOL APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DELIVERY OF DUAL STENTS Non-Final OA TENSOR FLOW VENTURES LLC
17507570 Trocar Device and System and Method for Monitoring Navigation of the Trocar Device Non-Final OA OttoSurgical Instruments LLC
17240498 BURR HOLE COVER Final Rejection OsteoMed LLC

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