Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3781

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.6%
Allow Rate
-16.4% vs TC avg
148
Total Applications
+56.7%
Interview Lift
1263
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 84 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
1.5%
§102 Novelty
97.0%
§103 Obviousness
0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18354346 DYNAMIC ANCHORING OF SMALL INTESTINAL LINERS Final Rejection MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
17269404 SURGICAL SMOKE AND GASES VENTING CANNULA ATTACHMENT Final Rejection Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
17999231 A NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY (NPWT) SYSTEM Final Rejection Mölnlycke Health Care AB
18690225 SOLID STATE SHUNT VALVE WITH ACTIVE OUTFLOW REGULATOR, VENTRICULAR CATHETERS, AND OTHER EMBODIMENTS Non-Final OA Wayne State University
17335693 Ostomy Pouch Non-Final OA ConvaTec Limited
18303004 ABSORBENT SANITARY ARTICLE WITH SIDE PANELS Final Rejection Fameccanica.Data S.p.A.
18690392 FLUID COLLECTION CONTAINER LINER ASSEMBLY, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA PUREWICK CORPORATION
18017302 DESIGN OF 3D-PRINTED NASOPHARYNGEAL SWABS Final Rejection BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
17271448 APHERESIS DEVICE CONTROLLER Final Rejection Haemonetics Corporation
18562187 BLOOD PURIFICATION APPARATUS AND BLOOD PURIFICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA Nikkiso Co., Ltd.
18257354 PRESSURE MEASURING DEVICE AND MEDICAL DEVICE Final Rejection NIKKISO CO., LTD.
18571520 LIQUID INGRESS PROTECTION AND DESIGN OF ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY FOR NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY SYSTEMS Non-Final OA T.J.Smith and Nephew,Limited
18689989 DEVICE FOR PREPARING LIPOSUCTION FAT FOR AUTOLOGOUS FAT TRANSFER Non-Final OA LABORATOIRE BENEWMEDICAL
18392690 ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH ABSORBENT WAIST BARRIER Non-Final OA Irving Consumer Products Limited
18563215 A URINARY CATHETER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELF-CATHETERIZATION AND URINE EXTRACTION Non-Final OA ASIC MEDICAL BUHA LTD
17634452 CONTROL DEVICES AND METHODS Final Rejection CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED
18475584 ONE-WAY VALVE FOR URINARY CATHETERS AND THE LIKE Final Rejection Mihna Medical Technologies
18367825 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR APPLICATION OF FOAMED EYE DROPS Non-Final OA SANTEN HOLDINGS U.S. INC.
18446731 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REMOTE OPTICAL MONITORING OF INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE Non-Final OA Smartlens, Inc.
18269948 Sampling Device Final Rejection Typenex Medical, LLC
18115216 HAEMOCONCENTRATION DEVICE Final Rejection Brightwake Limited
17888991 FLUID COLLECTION DEVICE Final Rejection Acosta Medical Group
17762004 PERCUTANEOUS TRANSABDOMINAL PORT FOR HOLLOW VISCERA Non-Final OA SIMOVATIONS INC.
17578816 DOME CATHETER SYSTEM FOR TRANSCUTANEOUS VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE OF PERIANAL OR ENTEROCUTANEOUS ABCESSES AND FISTULA TRACTS AND METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Semiflex Dome System Sp. Z.o.o.

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