Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: NEMER, OSAMA MOHAMMAD

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3771

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

62.5%
Allow Rate
-7.5% vs TC avg
114
Total Applications
+56.3%
Interview Lift
1127
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 72 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.1%
§101 Eligibility
26.0%
§102 Novelty
42.7%
§103 Obviousness
23.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17602727 Biomimetic Scaffold for Peripheral Nerve Injuries Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18664794 MEDICAL CLIP, FORMING TOOL, FORMING MACHINE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MEDICAL CLIP Final Rejection Aesculap AG
18787524 INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD FILTER Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18214054 MEDICAL DEVICE RELEASE SYSTEM Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
17963359 SURGICAL CONSTRICTING DEVICES AND SURGICAL METHODS UTILIZING SAME Final Rejection Covidien LP
18639064 BRAIDED ANEURYSM TREATMENT DEVICE WITH FLEXIBLE INVERSION REGION Non-Final OA DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
17784710 VIBRATIONAL WIRE GUIDE FOR CORING AND ASPIRATING A VENOUS OBSTRUCTION Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18616407 OPERATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING MEDICAL CARE SYSTEM Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18338819 EMBOLIC COIL DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS Non-Final OA Cook Medical Technologies LLC
18483683 MEDICAL SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
18700398 ENDOVASCULAR THROMBUS SCRAPER AND RELATED METHODS Final Rejection BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
18919018 TOURNIQUET Non-Final OA MAS MED GLOBAL LTD
17824992 FUNNEL ASPIRATION CATHETER Final Rejection Neuravi Limited
18506429 CONTROL OF IVL SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
17149958 CLIP APPLIER AND CARTRIDGE Final Rejection TELEFLEX MEDICAL INCORPORATED
18311468 DILATOR FOR VASCULAR ACCESS SYSTEMS, AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES AND METHODS Non-Final OA Inari Medical, Inc.
18271141 Surgical Staple For Clamping Biological Tissue Final Rejection Peters Surgical
18042012 Surgical Tissue Orientation Clip, Delivery Device, System and Method for Using the Same Non-Final OA Vector Surgical, LLC
17470967 CURVED SUTURE NEEDLES HAVING A NON-SMOOTH PROFILE Non-Final OA ErgoSurgical Group Corp.
17490268 METHOD FOR OPERATING HEALTH-CARE DEVICE Non-Final OA Tao Mining Co., Ltd.
17311054 VITRECTOMY PROBE INCLUDING TISSUE MANIPULATION FEATURES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A VITRECTOMY PROBE Non-Final OA Medical Instrument Development Laboratories, Inc.

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