Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: PATEL, AREN

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3774

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

79.0%
Allow Rate
+9.0% vs TC avg
259
Total Applications
+16.8%
Interview Lift
1136
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 210 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
19.6%
§102 Novelty
60.1%
§103 Obviousness
17.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18055656 ACHROMATIC IOL WITH MULTIPLE LAYERS OF DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS Non-Final OA Alcon Inc.
18510434 HEART VALVE PROSTHESES INCLUDING TORQUE ANCHORING MECHANISMS AND DELIVERY DEVICES FOR THE HEART VALVE PROSTHESES Non-Final OA Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
18330483 POWERED PROSTHESIS WITH TORQUE DENSE, LOW RATIO ACTUATION Non-Final OA Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18091124 DENTAL SUPPORT SCREW Non-Final OA BIOMET 3i, LLC
18307730 PREPACKAGED SACROILIAC JOINT IMPLANT WITH PREPACKED BONE GROWTH FACTOR Non-Final OA PTL Opco, LLC
18350701 KNEE ARTHROPLASTY LOAD BALANCING UTILIZING AN INTRAOPERATIVE SENSOR SYSTEM Non-Final OA DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company
17638001 MEDICAL CALCIUM CARBONATE COMPOSITION, RELATED MEDICAL COMPOSITIONS, AND PRODUCTION METHODS THEREFOR Non-Final OA GC Corporation
18767630 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MICROPATTERNING OBJECTS Non-Final OA Cornell University
18472162 TISSUE-CONTRACTING IMPLANTS Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd.
18249631 PROSTHESIS FOR LIMBS OF THE HUMAN BODY AND ELECTROHYRAULIC ACTUATOR FOR SUCH PROSTHESIS Non-Final OA POLITECNICO DI TORINO
18514313 MULTIFOCAL INTRAOCULAR LENS Non-Final OA Hanita Lenses Ltd.
18479324 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING NEUROVASCULAR VENOUS OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION Final Rejection Incept, LLC
18234457 A Bioenergy (Biophoton) Generator and its Use Non-Final OA Tesla BioHealing, Inc.
18274344 Coated Medical Devices Non-Final OA phenox GmbH
18063961 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CORRECTING POWER OF AN INTRAOCULAR LENS USING REFRACTIVE INDEX WRITING Non-Final OA AMO Groningen B.V.
17306235 ANCHORING SYSTEM FOR A CATHETER DELIVERED DEVICE Final Rejection ENDOTRONIX, INC.
18167051 Braided Surgical Implants Non-Final OA Embody, Inc.
17990406 MEDICAL DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SENSORS Non-Final OA Sensome SAS
18086227 CONFIGURABLE STIFFNESS SPRING FOR PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES Final Rejection Little Room Innovations
17994499 NOVEL REFRACTIVE EDOF INTRAOCULAR LENS FOR CONTINUOUS VISION Final Rejection Biotech Vision Care Pvt. Ltd.
17913019 Dental Implant Apparatus and Methods Non-Final OA QUEVENTIVE, LLC
17886849 TORIC SMALL APERTURE INTRAOCULAR LENS WITH EXTENDED DEPTH OF FOCUS Final Rejection AcuFocus, Inc.
17690211 INTRAOCULAR LENS PROVIDING EXTENDED DEPTH OF FOCUS Non-Final OA Tatvum LLC
17587754 VALVE PROSTHESIS ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A DOUBLE-LAYER VASCULAR GRAFT Non-Final OA ACCO Health, Inc.
17582777 HEART VALVE USING VASCULAR GRAFT Non-Final OA ACCO Health, Inc.
17185754 FLUIDIC ACTUATOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE ROBOTS Final Rejection Roam Robotics Inc.

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