Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3771 3796

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.3%
Allow Rate
+3.3% vs TC avg
318
Total Applications
+41.3%
Interview Lift
1025
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 266 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
10.1%
§102 Novelty
81.8%
§103 Obviousness
6.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18322960 SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR IMPLANTING SUTURE BUTTONS Non-Final OA GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
18940504 PERICARDICAL TRANSECTION DEVICES AND METHOD Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18097365 EXPANDABLE INTRODUCER FOR DILATING THE DISTAL TIP OF AN INTRODUCER SHEATH Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17812669 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLUID CONTROL Final Rejection Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
18931673 ELECTRICALLY ENHANCED RETRIEVAL OF MATERIAL FROM VESSEL LUMENS Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18654479 System For Effecting And Controlling Oscillatory Pressure Within Balloon Catheters For Fatigue Fracture Of Calculi Non-Final OA The Regents of The University of Michigan
17731704 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR OCCLUDING AN ANATOMICAL PASSAGE Final Rejection BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18868987 TELESCOPING VASCULAR SHEATH SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Silk Road Medical, Inc.
18940268 Implant Detachment Non-Final OA MicroVention, Inc.
18439575 HIGH SPEED CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION CROSSING DEVICES Non-Final OA Avinger, Inc.
18507310 Proximal Element Actuator Fixation And Release Mechanisms Non-Final OA Evalve, Inc.
18162181 KNOTLESS INSTABILITY SUTURE ANCHOR CONSTRUCT AND SYSTEM Final Rejection Conmed Corporation
18010983 UTERINE MANIPULATOR WITH BALLOON OCCLUDER Final Rejection Conmed Corporation
18884228 Cardiac Valve Loading Devices and Systems Non-Final OA Cephea Valve Technologies, Inc.
18839965 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A CUTTING HEAD, A CUTTING HEAD, AND A PERFORATOR Non-Final OA adeor Medical AG
18483659 BALLOON CATHETER AND BALLOON DILATATION METHOD Non-Final OA Japan Lifeline Co., Ltd.
18086142 CATHETER, BALLOON EXPANSION METHOD, BALLOON COMPRESSION METHOD Final Rejection JAPAN LIFELINE CO., LTD.
18089412 IRRIGATION DAMPING IN PHACOEMULSIFICATION Non-Final OA JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
17691321 AUTOMATIC REAL-TIME CONTROL OF ACTIVATION OF PHACOEMULSIFICATION Non-Final OA JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC.
17276783 THREAD EMBEDDING THERAPY ROPE AND THREAD EMBEDDING THERAPY NEEDLE APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME Non-Final OA LABnPEOPLE CO.,LTD.
18032796 IMPLANTABLE DEVICE FOR REPAIRING AT LEAST ONE TENDON OR LIGAMENT Non-Final OA UNIVERSITEIT GENT
18681656 Surgical Instrument And Method For Goniotomy Procedure Non-Final OA Nallakrishnan Family Trust
18511054 Percutaneous Cardiac Valve Cutter Non-Final OA BONAPARTE MEDICAL, INC.
17778209 CATHETER SYSTEM FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH AN IMPLANTED MEDICAL DEVICE Final Rejection Excision Medical, Inc.
18554796 SURGICAL FIXATION TOOL Final Rejection Everads Therapy Ltd.
18448455 PERCUTANEOUS ACCESS PATHWAY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Critical Innovations LLC
18001001 JOINTED DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC SUTURE AND METHOD FOR SAME Final Rejection Health Research, Inc.
18016781 LUMEN ANASTOMOSIS SUPPORTING DILATOR Non-Final OA SPARKLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
18055307 CEREBRAL EMBOLIC PROTECTION DURING OPEN HEART SURGERY Final Rejection ENCOMPASS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
17900159 SUTURE ANCHOR WITH MULTIPLE LOAD ANGLES Non-Final OA Medos International Sari

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