Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 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
258
Total Applications
+33.1%
Interview Lift
1339
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 202 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.1%
§101 Eligibility
19.4%
§102 Novelty
55.5%
§103 Obviousness
20.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18111149 WOUND DRESSING AND METHOD OF TREATMENT Final Rejection Smith & Nephew PLC
18179941 MULTI-ARTICULATED CATHETERS WITH SAFETY METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMAGE-GUIDED COLLABORATIVE INTRAVASCULAR DEPLOYMENT Final Rejection Vanderbilt University
18215973 TISSUE RESECTION SYSTEMS INCLUDING FLUID OUTFLOW MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18537804 LOW PROFILE DISTRIBUTION COMPONENTS FOR WOUND THERAPY Non-Final OA Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
18235453 MULTI-LAYER ABDOMINAL CLOSURE DRESSING WITH INSTILLATION CAPABILITIES Final Rejection Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
18216376 CONTOURED FOAM DRESSING SHAPED FOR PROVIDING NEGATIVE PRESSURE TO INCISIONS IN THE BREAST Non-Final OA Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
18197621 COMPOSITE DRESSINGS FOR IMPROVED GRANULATION AND REDUCED MACERATION WITH NEGATIVE-PRESSURE TREATMENT Final Rejection Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
18110242 PEEL AND PLACE DRESSING FOR NEGATIVE-PRESSURE THERAPY Final Rejection Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
18018738 BIORESORBABLE DRESSING FOR NEGATIVE-PRESSURE THERAPY Final Rejection Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
16757793 Wound Dressings and Systems with Low-Flow Therapeutic Gas Sources for Topical Wound Therapy and Related Methods Final Rejection Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
18270183 AN ACCESSORY FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE TO DISINFECT A SKIN SURFACE Non-Final OA Becton, Dickinson and Company
18251878 BLOOD TRANSFER SHIELD AND METHODS OF USE Final Rejection The General Hospital Corporation
18035048 APPARATUS FOR EXTRACORPOREAL TREATMENT OF BLOOD AND PROCESS OF CALCULATING SET FLOW RATES IN A MEDICAL APPARATUS FOR EXTRACORPOREAL TREATMENT OF BLOOD Non-Final OA GAMBRO LUNDIA AB
18684008 ABSORBENT ARTICLE Non-Final OA Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag
18560297 ABSORBENT ARTICLE Non-Final OA Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag
18230014 RIGHT/LEFT EYE DETECTION WITH PROXIMITY SENSOR FOR HORIZONTAL NON-GRAVITATIONAL OPHTHALMIC APPLICATOR Non-Final OA Verily Life Sciences LLC
18056766 RECTUM EXPANDING BALLOON CATHETER Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
18682006 URINE COLLECTION CONTAINER LINER ASSEMBLY AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA PUREWICK CORPORATION
18289412 CONFORMABLE NEGATIVE-PRESSURE THERAPY DEVICE Non-Final OA KCI Manufacturing Unlimited Company
18204776 OXYGENATOR WITH IMPROVED BLOOD MIXING Non-Final OA CardiacAssist, Inc.
18020240 TEMPERATURE MONITORING AND CONTROL FOR NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY SYSTEMS Non-Final OA T.J.Smith and Nephew,Limited
18394659 OSTOMY WAFER CONSTRUCTION Non-Final OA Furine ApS
18526854 DUAL USE DRAINAGE TUBE ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA BioDerm, Inc.
18013673 SPECIMEN COLLECTION DEVICE Final Rejection Safe Health Systems, Inc.
18010472 A DEVICE FOR USE IN THE DELIVERY OF AN ACTIVE AGENT Final Rejection UNIV COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATL UNIV OF IRELAND, DUBLIN
17626529 UTERINE HEMORRHAGE CONTROLLING SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection ALYDIA HEALTH, INC.
17620177 URETHRAL CATHETER CAPABLE OF SMOOTHLY PASSING THROUGH URETHRAL STENOSIS SECTION Final Rejection WUHAN XUNSHU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17430383 ORGAN FLUSH AND DRAINAGE UNIT Final Rejection WISMED PL

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