Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3771

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.2%
Allow Rate
+3.2% vs TC avg
314
Total Applications
+42.2%
Interview Lift
1034
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 257 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
23.5%
§102 Novelty
41.0%
§103 Obviousness
27.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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
18742049 STENT GRAFT DELIVERY METHOD Non-Final OA Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
18519330 KNEE-JOINT ENDOPROSTHESIS Non-Final OA Aesculap AG
18507310 Proximal Element Actuator Fixation And Release Mechanisms Non-Final OA Evalve, Inc.
18930183 DELIVERY DEVICE FOR OCCLUSIVE IMPLANTS Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
17883974 Left Atrial Appendage Implant with Distal Engagement Element Final Rejection BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
17731704 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR OCCLUDING AN ANATOMICAL PASSAGE Final Rejection BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18322960 SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR IMPLANTING SUTURE BUTTONS Non-Final OA GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
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
18655945 ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEM FOR RAPID CANNULATION OF FENESTRATED ENDOVASCULAR GRAFTS Non-Final OA University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
18868987 TELESCOPING VASCULAR SHEATH SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Silk Road Medical, Inc.
18940268 Implant Detachment Non-Final OA MicroVention, Inc.
18932103 DIRECT PRESSURE DEVICE Non-Final OA Altitude Technologies, Inc. dba Chinook Medical Gear, Inc.
18162181 KNOTLESS INSTABILITY SUTURE ANCHOR CONSTRUCT AND SYSTEM Final Rejection Conmed Corporation
18010983 UTERINE MANIPULATOR WITH BALLOON OCCLUDER Final Rejection Conmed Corporation
18439575 HIGH SPEED CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION CROSSING DEVICES Non-Final OA Avinger, Inc.
18682163 Ultrasonic Hypotube Devices for Treatment of CTOs and Stenotic Lesions Non-Final OA Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
18716923 HAND-HELD UNIT FOR FEEDING AND RELEASING AN IMPLANT Non-Final OA OPTIMED MEDIZINISCHE INSTRUMENTE GMBH
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
18441668 Balloon For Catheter Final Rejection GOODMAN CO., LTD.
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.
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.

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