Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: NGO, MEAGAN N

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3781

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

58.2%
Allow Rate
-11.8% vs TC avg
262
Total Applications
+31.4%
Interview Lift
1295
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 208 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
5.1%
§102 Novelty
88.1%
§103 Obviousness
5.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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
18216376 CONTOURED FOAM DRESSING SHAPED FOR PROVIDING NEGATIVE PRESSURE TO INCISIONS IN THE BREAST Non-Final OA Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
18018738 BIORESORBABLE DRESSING FOR NEGATIVE-PRESSURE THERAPY Final Rejection Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
17863975 DRAINAGE TUBING MANAGEMENT DEVICE Non-Final OA Medline Industries, LP
18251878 BLOOD TRANSFER SHIELD AND METHODS OF USE Final Rejection The General Hospital Corporation
18270183 AN ACCESSORY FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE TO DISINFECT A SKIN SURFACE Non-Final OA Becton, Dickinson and Company
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
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.
18560297 ABSORBENT ARTICLE Non-Final OA Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag
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
17430383 ORGAN FLUSH AND DRAINAGE UNIT Final Rejection WISMED PL

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