Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ORKIN, ALEXANDER J

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3731 3771 3773

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.2%
Allow Rate
-4.8% vs TC avg
1021
Total Applications
+27.5%
Interview Lift
1410
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 978 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
31.2%
§102 Novelty
41.6%
§103 Obviousness
15.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18647256 TISSUE PUNCTURE SEALING DEVICES AND METHODS Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18785167 ULTRASONIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH ARTICULATION JOINT HAVING PLURALITY OF LOCKING POSITIONS Non-Final OA Cilag GmbH International
17904091 OBTURATOR FOR CANNULA WITH INTERNAL FEATURES Non-Final OA FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE LIMITED
18790650 HEMOSTASIS CLIP SHORT SYSTEM Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18656048 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CLOSURE OF OPENINGS IN TISSUE Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18100182 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENDOSCOPICALLY CLOSING GASTROINTESTINAL DEFECTS Final Rejection Covidien LP
18613431 MEDICAL DEVICE Final Rejection TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18394024 Soft Tissue Securement Device And Associated Methods Final Rejection Stryker Corporation
18148265 DEFECT CLOSURE SYSTEM AND METHODS OF OPERATION THEREOF Final Rejection St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
17165738 OCCLUDER LOCKING MECHANISMS Final Rejection St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
18808716 FULLY-THREADED BIOABSORBABLE SUTURE ANCHOR Non-Final OA Arthrex, Inc.
18790876 System And Method For Implant Delivery Non-Final OA Terumo Corporation
18686222 TRANSFER OF A PRETERM BABY FROM A NATURAL WOMB Non-Final OA TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN
18710139 IMPLANTABLE CLOSURE DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA SHIFAMED HOLDINGS, LLC
16580894 SYNDESMOSIS TREATMENT CONSTRUCT Non-Final OA In2Bones USA, LLC
18828807 AORTIC CLOSURE SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA Teleflex Life Sciences LLC
16745074 TRANSCATHETER METHODS FOR HEART VALVE REPAIR Non-Final OA NeoChord, Inc.
18795072 MULTI-WINDOW GUIDE TUNNEL Non-Final OA Ancora Heart, Inc.
18757709 FISTULA BLOCKING STENT, STENT DELIVERING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF DELIVERING FISTULA BLOCKING STENT Non-Final OA MICRO-TECH (NANJING) CO., LTD.
18678069 Suture Locking Device Non-Final OA Stitchlock, Inc.
18499080 INSTRUMENTED WOUND CLOSURE DEVICE Final Rejection ZIPLINE MEDICAL, INC.
18378824 Anchor Holder, Kit For Attaching At Least One Suture Thread And Assembly Method Final Rejection S.B.M.
18372631 METHOD OF FORMING TISSUE FIXATION WITH A PATCH Non-Final OA RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLC
18237890 ANASTOMOSIS PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection SAFEGUARD SURGICAL, INC.
18353180 CONNECTIVE TISSUE REPAIR SUTURE ANCHOR DEVICE Final Rejection Tendonplus Medical Pte. Ltd.
18193265 SUTURE-ANCHOR INSERTION DEVICE Non-Final OA OSSIO LTD
17676204 DEVICE FOR HEART REPAIR Non-Final OA CARDIOMECH AS

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