Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: MEDWAY, SCOTT J

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3763 3783

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.0%
Allow Rate
-3.0% vs TC avg
938
Total Applications
+23.2%
Interview Lift
1354
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 886 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
23.4%
§102 Novelty
54.0%
§103 Obviousness
18.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18647377 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR COMBINING AND/OR DELIVERING INJECTABLE MATERIALS Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18336148 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRUG DELIVERY TO OCULAR TISSUE Final Rejection Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18089407 STABILIZING INTRA-OCULAR PRESSURE AT ONSET OF ASPIRATION Non-Final OA JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
17318710 LOCKING MECHANISM FOR DISPOSABLE PUMP CARTRIDGE Non-Final OA JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
17124454 CASSETTE DESIGN AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.
17124441 IRRIGATION/ASPIRATION PUMP HEAD AND BLADDER DESIGN AND METHODS Non-Final OA Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.
17124431 ROTARY VALVE CONFIGURATION FOR A SURGICAL CASSETTE Non-Final OA Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.
17125853 PERCUTANEOUSLY ADMINISTERED THERAPEUTIC SUBSTANCE FOR TREATMENT OF TARGET TISSUE Non-Final OA GYRUS ACMI, INC. D/B/A OLYMPUS SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA
18110019 Disinfecting Cap for Male and Female Needleless Connectors with Clamping Arms Non-Final OA Becton, Dickinson and Company
17268549 MASS TRANSPORT INSIDE MAMMALS Non-Final OA Cochlear Limited
18463757 MEDICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18313767 INSTRUMENT FOR A MEDICAMENT DELIVERY DEVICE THAT ACTS AS NEEDLE AND CANNULA Final Rejection Insulet Corporation
18757999 Medicament Delivery Device and Actuation Mechanism for a Drug Delivery Device Non-Final OA Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
18758133 Medicament Delivery Device and Actuation Mechanism for a Drug Delivery Device Final Rejection Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
18757830 Medicament Delivery Device and Actuation Mechanism for a Drug Delivery Device Final Rejection Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
17637145 MEDICAL MICRODEVICE ANCHORING APPARATUS, INSTALLATION AND RETRIEVAL TOOLS, AND METHODS OF USING SAME Non-Final OA THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC.

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