Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: ORKIN, ALEXANDER J

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3731 3771 3773

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.4%
Allow Rate
-4.6% vs TC avg
1,025
Total Applications
+27.0%
Interview Lift
1367
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 988 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
9.3%
§102 Novelty
72.5%
§103 Obviousness
1.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18100182 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENDOSCOPICALLY CLOSING GASTROINTESTINAL DEFECTS Final Rejection Covidien LP
18613431 MEDICAL DEVICE Final Rejection TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18808355 PUNCTURE DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING TISSUE Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18656048 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CLOSURE OF OPENINGS IN TISSUE Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18828308 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR OCCLUSION OF VASCULAR SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES Non-Final OA St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
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.
18790876 System And Method For Implant Delivery Non-Final OA Terumo Corporation
18808716 FULLY-THREADED BIOABSORBABLE SUTURE ANCHOR Non-Final OA Arthrex, Inc.
18686222 TRANSFER OF A PRETERM BABY FROM A NATURAL WOMB Non-Final OA TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN
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.
18757709 FISTULA BLOCKING STENT, STENT DELIVERING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF DELIVERING FISTULA BLOCKING STENT Non-Final OA MICRO-TECH (NANJING) CO., LTD.
18795072 MULTI-WINDOW GUIDE TUNNEL Non-Final OA Ancora Heart, Inc.
18193265 SUTURE-ANCHOR INSERTION DEVICE Non-Final OA OSSIO LTD
18678069 Suture Locking Device Non-Final OA Stitchlock, Inc.
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.
16580894 SYNDESMOSIS TREATMENT CONSTRUCT Non-Final OA In2Bones USA, LLC

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