Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MCGRATH, ERIN E

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3742 3761 3771 3796

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

59.1%
Allow Rate
-10.9% vs TC avg
468
Total Applications
+31.3%
Interview Lift
1427
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 423 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
19.1%
§102 Novelty
46.0%
§103 Obviousness
31.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17653082 MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH ECHOGENICITY-ENHANCEMENT CHARACTERISTICS Final Rejection Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
18432767 OPHTHALMOSCOPIC CONTACT LENSES Non-Final OA Alcon Inc.
18458061 INTRAOCULAR LENS DELIVERY DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE Final Rejection Alcon Inc.
18379759 METHOD OF OPERATING A SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA Cilag GmbH International
17867256 GASKET WITH EXTERNAL SEALING FEATURES FOR INTRODUCER SHEATH Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
17785494 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ULTRASONIC SURGICAL SYSTEM Final Rejection Covidien LP
18839526 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING MOVEMENT DIRECTION OF INTERVENTIONAL DEVICE IN IMAGE AND CONTROL DIRECTION OF COMMANDS ENTERED BY USER Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
17596923 MULTIFUNCTIONAL BIOMESH FOR SURGICAL HERNIA REPAIR Final Rejection Baylor College of Medicine
18352282 IMAGING APPARATUS Final Rejection TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18799764 VIBRATIONAL AND ROTATIONAL CALCULUS BASKET Non-Final OA GYRUS ACMI, INC D/B/A OLYMPUS SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA
18657542 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR CLOSING AN ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT Non-Final OA TAS Medical Inc.
18828650 ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER, ULTRASONIC TREATMENT TOOL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER Non-Final OA Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
18280420 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
18850650 BALLOON CATHETER AND BALLOON CATHETER SYSTEM Non-Final OA Toray Industries, Inc.
17996509 Suture Device Non-Final OA Arthrex, Inc.
18478630 IMPLANT TOOL FOR CARDIAC LEADS Non-Final OA Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
18398456 ROBOTIC SURGICAL DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA Virtual Incision Corporation
18317491 HEAD STABILIZATION SIMULATION SYSTEM Final Rejection pro med instruments GmbH
18839774 TIP FOR NEUROSURGICAL ROBOT Non-Final OA Tamar Robotics LTD
18048508 PLUG FOR LUNG TISSUE TRACT SEALING Non-Final OA Ethicon, Inc.
18116211 ANTI-VACUUM SURGE MODULE WITH POWER AND DATA TRANSMISSION COILS Final Rejection JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
18511124 ROTATING AND OSCILLATING SURGICAL BONE REMOVAL TOOL WITH TOOL EXPOSURE MECHANISM AND LOCKING COLLET Non-Final OA Medtronic PS Medical, Inc.
18285933 COMPRESSION APPARATUS Final Rejection MAS Innovation (Private) Limited
18430556 BIOMETRIC ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA RapID Lab, Inc.
18424174 POSITIONING MARKER BALL AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME AND POSITIONING DEVICE HAVING THE SAME Non-Final OA TAIWAN MAIN ORTHOPAEDIC BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18411312 Grip with Disposable Barrier Non-Final OA FK Irons Inc.
18389510 Tattoo Machine With Lighting Non-Final OA FK Irons Inc.
18030299 WEARABLE COORDINATED AUTOMATIC TENSIONING APPARATUSES Non-Final OA Cincinnati Automation & Mechatronics, LLC
17812600 ROBOTIC NAVIGATION AND GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR IMPLANTING A NEUROMODULATION DEVICE Non-Final OA SynerFuse, Inc.
17490161 Radio-Frequency Electrical Membrane Breakdown for the Treatment of High Risk and Recurrent Prostate Cancer, Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer, Tumors of the Breast, Melanoma or Other Skin Malignancies, Sarcoma, Soft Tissue Tumors, Ductal Carcinoma, Neoplasia, and Intra and Extra Luminal Abnormal Tissue Final Rejection ImmunSYS, Inc.

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