Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MATHEW, SEEMA

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3738 3774

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.3%
Allow Rate
+1.3% vs TC avg
721
Total Applications
+26.6%
Interview Lift
1196
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 693 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
10.7%
§102 Novelty
88.1%
§103 Obviousness
0.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19329873 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS ASSEMBLED INSIDE HEART CHAMBERS OR BLOOD VESSELS Non-Final OA Laplace Interventional Inc.
18452794 PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE WITH NON-ABRASIVE OUTFLOW REGION Non-Final OA Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
18108259 PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE AND METHODS FOR ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
17805019 FRAME WITH VARIED STRUT WIDTHS FOR PROSTHETIC IMPLANT Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17829769 DELIVERY APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR IMPLANTING PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17840838 MEDICAL DEVICE LOADING TOOL Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18305897 ARTIFICIAL VALVED CONDUITS FOR CARDIAC RECONSTRUCTIVE PROCEDURES AND METHODS FOR THEIR PRODUCTION Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
18263162 THEORY-MOTIVATED DOMAIN CONTROL FOR OPHTHALMOLOGICAL MACHINE-LEARNING-BASED PREDICTION METHOD Non-Final OA Technische Universität München
18014886 EXPANDABLE FRAME FOR IMPROVED HEMODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF TRANSCATHETER REPLACEMENT HEART VALVE Non-Final OA Anteris Technologies Corporation
18459038 Arthrodesis Dowel Implant and Methods for Treating Mid-Foot Orthopedic Disorders Non-Final OA Apex Orthopedics, LLC
18489524 PROSTHETIC DIGIT Non-Final OA General Articulating Point, LLC
18371351 Replacement Heart Valve Non-Final OA Medical Equipment Design Innovation, Inc.
18369867 Controllable operation-free take-out ureteral stent with degradable coating Non-Final OA Jiahao JIN
18459201 TRANSPORT DEVICE FOR MEDICAL DEVICES Non-Final OA PTMC Institute
17584887 SELF-EXPANDING DEVICES AND RELATED PROCESSES Final Rejection Sonorous NV
18257168 KNEE IMPLANT Non-Final OA INVIBIO KNEES LIMITED
18332403 SPLIT-FRAME CARDIAC VALVES Non-Final OA Open Stent Solution SAS
18445110 Articles, compositions, and methods for sutureless implants Non-Final OA THE SECANT GROUP, LLC
18167874 ARTIFICIAL VALVE AND VALVE DELIVERY SYSTEM Non-Final OA PERMED BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
17760087 STENT Non-Final OA CENTRO CARDIOVASCULAR COLOMBIANO CLÍNICA SANTA MARÍA

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