Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: PRICE, NATHAN R

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3763 3783

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

52.4%
Allow Rate
-17.6% vs TC avg
548
Total Applications
+39.3%
Interview Lift
1609
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 498 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
31.4%
§102 Novelty
39.6%
§103 Obviousness
20.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18531307 EXPANDABLE SHEATH FOR INTRODUCING AN ENDOVASCULAR DELIVERY DEVICE INTO A BODY Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18339978 CATHETERS FOR EMERGENCY ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Non-Final OA University of Washington
17960892 SURGICAL GRASPER WITH SURGICAL SMOKE EVACUATION AND VARIABLE FILTRATION Non-Final OA Covidien LP
17931730 IMPLANTABLE URINARY CONTINENCE DEVICE WITH HELICAL ANCHOR Final Rejection Uromedica, Inc.
18175162 MEDICAL ELONGATED BODY Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17843566 PRIMING INSTRUMENT FOR MEDICAL DEVICE, MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PRIMING MEDICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17991399 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMAGE-BASED SUPPORT OF A USER Non-Final OA Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH
18152468 ARTHROSCOPIC PUMP SALINE MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Medos International Sarl
17937245 LOW FLOW SWITCH FOR MEDICAL ASPIRATION Final Rejection Medtronic, Inc.
18301719 ONE-TIME PRIMING IV INFUSION EXTENSION SET Non-Final OA CareFusion 303, Inc.
17841583 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A FAULTY OCCLUDER VALVE Non-Final OA CareFusion 303, Inc.
17407167 TUBING JUNCTION ASSEMBLY Final Rejection CareFusion 303, Inc.
18196206 Dressing with Integrated Securement System for Catheter Non-Final OA Becton, Dickinson and Company
18132575 Blood Culture Sample Collection Device with Optimized Distal Fluid Path and Pre-Positioned and Sterilized Discard Sample Vacuum Tube Final Rejection Becton, Dickinson and Company
17838938 APPARATUS FOR RETAINING AND SEALING SEPTUM IN INSERTION MECHANISM FOR FLUID DELIVERY DEVICE Final Rejection Becton, Dickinson and Company
17961720 Methods and Systems for Monitoring and Delivering Therapy to a Patient including a Detachable Manifold for a Monitor Module Non-Final OA Physio-Control, Inc.
18030427 INTRATUMORAL AND SYSTEMIC IMMUNIZATION USING FRACTIONAL DAMAGE-CREATING DEVICE WITH CHECKPOINT MOLECULES FOR CANCER THERAPY Non-Final OA THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
18256109 INFUSION PUMP WITH OCCLUSION DETECTION Non-Final OA ICU Medical, Inc.
17967831 COMPOSITION FOR PROMOTING ANGIOGENESIS USING LIQUID TYPE PLASMA AND METHOD FOR PROMOTING ANGIOGENESIS USING SAME Final Rejection AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
18187371 ELONGATED CATHETER ASSEMBLY HAVING GUIDEWIRE DEFLECTOR Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
17923293 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF NEUROPATHY Non-Final OA University of Maine System Board of Trustees
17808494 CHEMICAL NEUROMODULATION AGENT DELIVERY Non-Final OA Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company
17784733 REVERSIBLE ENDOLUMINAL OCCLUSION DEVICE FOR HEALING OF COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
18043663 PLUNGER AND FINGER GRIP FOR A SYRINGE ASSEMBLY, METHOD FOR MAKING THEM, SYRINGE ASSEMBLY, KIT AND USE OF THE SAME Non-Final OA MERZ PHARMA GMBH & CO. KGAA
18034066 PATCH-TYPE DRUG INFUSION DEVICE Non-Final OA MEDTRUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
18290085 Y-TYPE CONNECTOR Non-Final OA TOKAI MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
18552976 CARTRIDGE RETAINING TRAY Non-Final OA SEPTODONT HOLDING
18546315 CAP FOR A SYRINGE WITH LUER-LOCK CONNECTOR Non-Final OA PLATINUM PHARMA SERVICE S.R.L.S.
18056532 Single Piece Stamped Flexure Final Rejection GREENE GROUP INDUSTRIES, LLC
17923115 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVING BIOMATERIAL IMPLANTS Non-Final OA Contraline, Inc.

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