Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Examiner: MENDEZ, KATHERINE H

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3731 3734 3771 3774

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.4%
Allow Rate
-2.6% vs TC avg
461
Total Applications
+33.8%
Interview Lift
1231
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 423 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
9.1%
§102 Novelty
63.4%
§103 Obviousness
18.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17769686 Bio-Zipper Surgical Closure Device Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18630600 VESSEL CLOSURE DEVICE WITH IMPROVED SAFETY AND TRACT HEMOSTASIS Non-Final OA Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
19093738 MULTI-PIECE LIGATION CLIP Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18871175 HELICAL DEBULKING TOOL WITH CUTTER Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18535676 GRASPING STRUCTURE FOR OPHTHALMIC SURGERY Non-Final OA Alcon Inc.
18295441 VIBRATION TRANSMISSION MEMBER AND TREATMENT TOOL Final Rejection Olympus Corporation
18479347 CARTRIDGE SYSTEM, CARTRIDGE AND METHOD FOR LOADING CLIP UNIT Final Rejection OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
18530530 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ENDOSCOPIC PLURALITY STRIP DELIVERY Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18224343 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH PRIMARY COVERING AND SECONDARY COVERING Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18589712 VARIABLE NAVIGATED EXPANDABLE SCALPEL DEVICE Final Rejection GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
18898837 METHOD FOR POSITIONING MEDICAL DEVICE AND MEDICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18170798 HEMOSTATIC DEVICE Final Rejection TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18288786 ERGONOMIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Non-Final OA University of Massachusetts
18871907 ENDOVASCULAR AORTIC SEPTOTOMY DEVICE FOR TYPE B AORTIC DISSECTION Non-Final OA The Regents of The University of Michigan
19073501 SUTURE DELIVERY DEVICE Non-Final OA Silk Road Medical, Inc.
18360897 ENDOSCOPIC PATCH DELIVERY Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
18570510 SURGICAL CUTTING INSTRUMENT, ROTATIONAL JOINT AND METHOD, PARTICULARLY FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY AND/OR MICRO-SURGERY Non-Final OA MEDICAL MICROINSTRUMENTS, INC.
17796962 EMBOLISATION SYSTEM FOR PROMOTING CLOT FORMATION Final Rejection CLEARSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
18805278 TAMPONADE DEVICE Final Rejection Myodynamics, LLC
18717012 VIBRATING SURGICAL INSTRUMENT Final Rejection Jon Gordon Disher
17904064 SOOTHER Final Rejection Mayborn (UK) Limited
18634059 BIO-DISSOLVABLE SUTURING NEEDLE Non-Final OA Pratibha Vemulapalli
18560472 Medical Suture And Medical Suture Device Non-Final OA Genesis Medtech Surgical Device (Wuxi) Co., Ltd
18082615 ATHERECTOMY DEVICE Non-Final OA Rex Medical, L.P.
16365856 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CO-REGISTERING A STEREOTACTIC FRAME AND A FIDUCIAL Final Rejection Alpha Omega Engineering Ltd.

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