Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3771

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

55.9%
Allow Rate
-14.1% vs TC avg
143
Total Applications
+50.4%
Interview Lift
1192
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 93 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
29.7%
§102 Novelty
46.7%
§103 Obviousness
19.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18093183 TRANSORAL SURGICAL DEVICES AND METHODS Non-Final OA Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
17802275 MEDIASTINUM ACCESS DEVICES AND METHODS Final Rejection Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
17279222 CONSTRAINING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Final Rejection W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
18130994 APPLICATION SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL CLIPS Final Rejection Aesculap AG
18113766 MEDICAL CLIP AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MEDICAL CLIP Non-Final OA Aesculap AG
17629436 Intra-Aneurysm Device Final Rejection Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
18558768 AUXILIARY DEVICES FOR STAPLING APPARATUS Final Rejection Covidien LP
19174635 Externally Magnetically Operated Suture Anchor Non-Final OA Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
17524455 Medical Systems and Methods Thereof for Ultrasonic Decomposition of Intraluminal Clots Non-Final OA Bard Access Systems, Inc.
17280222 BALLOON ENCAPSULATION AND ISOVOLUMETRIC SUCTION THROMBECTOMY CATHETER AND METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA Washington University
18296360 SELF-ROLLING APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM A BODY LUMEN Final Rejection Stryker Corporation
17978289 KNOTLESS ANCHOR DRIVE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
18529741 KNOTLESS ANCHOR INSERTION Non-Final OA Medos International Sarl
17664787 MEDICAL LEAD SYSTEM Final Rejection Medtronic, Inc.
17538224 MEDICAL DEVICE FOR CLOSURE OF A VASCULAR ABNORMALITY Non-Final OA St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
17265490 TRANSITION TO TRANSLUCENT SUTURES Non-Final OA University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
18187733 Elastic Sutures and Methods of Making and Use Non-Final OA ARTHREX, INC.
18030799 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR APPLYING A HEMOSTATIC CLIP ASSEMBLY Final Rejection Conmed Corporation
18749586 IMPLANT DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE Non-Final OA SHANGHAI WALLABY MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES CO., INC.
17420298 NEEDLE GUIDE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Final Rejection Biobot Surgical Pte Ltd
17258075 MEDICAL GRIPPING DEVICE Non-Final OA KEIO UNIVERSITY
18768296 VASCULAR OBSTRUCTION RETRIEVAL DEVICE HAVING SLIDING CAGES PINCH MECHANISM Non-Final OA Neuravi Limited
18552389 ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT TOOL Final Rejection ZEON CORPORATION
18255617 EMBOLISATION SYSTEM FOR PROMOTING CLOT FORMATION Final Rejection Clearstream Technologies Limited
18786552 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY OF EXPANDABLE PROSTHESES Non-Final OA The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Srvcs.
18250344 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRODE IMPLANTATION Non-Final OA Cochlear Limited
18267686 Methods for Inserting and Affixing an Implant in an Abdominal Wall Cavity by Using Laparoscopy Final Rejection Galvani Bioelectronics Limited
17208378 WIRE-EQUIPPED STENT, CATHETER, AND CATHETER-STENT SYSTEM Final Rejection Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd.
18323751 Mechanical Detachment System for Transcatheter Devices Non-Final OA SHAPE MEMORY MEDICAL, INC.
17193700 ENDOSCOPIC SNARE DEVICE Non-Final OA United States Endoscopy Group, Inc.

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