Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: NGO, MEAGAN N

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3781

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

57.9%
Allow Rate
-12.1% vs TC avg
267
Total Applications
+32.6%
Interview Lift
1298
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 214 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.4%
§101 Eligibility
18.5%
§102 Novelty
55.6%
§103 Obviousness
22.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18618770 ANTI-MIGRATION DOUBLE WALLED FLANGE STENT Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18960162 ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH EAR PORTION Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
18903310 GARMENT-LIKE NONWOVEN LAMINATES Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
18214548 ABSORBENT ARTICLES WITH FRANGIBLE PATHWAYS WITH OPENING FACILITATION FEATURES Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
18215973 TISSUE RESECTION SYSTEMS INCLUDING FLUID OUTFLOW MANAGEMENT Final Rejection Covidien LP
18537804 LOW PROFILE DISTRIBUTION COMPONENTS FOR WOUND THERAPY Final Rejection Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
18235453 MULTI-LAYER ABDOMINAL CLOSURE DRESSING WITH INSTILLATION CAPABILITIES Non-Final OA Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
18216376 CONTOURED FOAM DRESSING SHAPED FOR PROVIDING NEGATIVE PRESSURE TO INCISIONS IN THE BREAST Final Rejection Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
18197621 COMPOSITE DRESSINGS FOR IMPROVED GRANULATION AND REDUCED MACERATION WITH NEGATIVE-PRESSURE TREATMENT Non-Final OA Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
18110242 PEEL AND PLACE DRESSING FOR NEGATIVE-PRESSURE THERAPY Non-Final OA Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
18018738 BIORESORBABLE DRESSING FOR NEGATIVE-PRESSURE THERAPY Non-Final OA Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
17610682 SMART WIRELESSLY DRIVEN CONTACT LENS FOR MEASURING INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE OF AND TREATING GLAUCOMA PATIENTS Final Rejection POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
18179941 MULTI-ARTICULATED CATHETERS WITH SAFETY METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMAGE-GUIDED COLLABORATIVE INTRAVASCULAR DEPLOYMENT Final Rejection Vanderbilt University
18270183 AN ACCESSORY FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE TO DISINFECT A SKIN SURFACE Final Rejection Becton, Dickinson and Company
18836204 FLUID COLLECTION SYSTEMS INCLUDING AN ON-DEMAND PUMP, AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA PUREWICK CORPORATION
18682006 URINE COLLECTION CONTAINER LINER ASSEMBLY AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection PUREWICK CORPORATION
18251878 BLOOD TRANSFER SHIELD AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
18013673 SPECIMEN COLLECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA Safe Health Systems, Inc.
18289412 CONFORMABLE NEGATIVE-PRESSURE THERAPY DEVICE Final Rejection KCI Manufacturing Unlimited Company
18010472 A DEVICE FOR USE IN THE DELIVERY OF AN ACTIVE AGENT Non-Final OA UNIV COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATL UNIV OF IRELAND, DUBLIN

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