Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: RIOS, GABRIELLA GISELLE BONO

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3774

This examiner grants 9% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

9.1%
Allow Rate
-60.9% vs TC avg
81
Total Applications
-9.1%
Interview Lift
1219
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 22 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
21.4%
§102 Novelty
54.9%
§103 Obviousness
21.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18352860 HEART VALVE SEALING DEVICES AND DELIVERY DEVICES THEREFOR Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
17556739 PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE AND DELIVERY APPARATUS THEREFOR Final Rejection Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17908623 CEREBRAL DURAL VENOUS SINUS STENT Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18468255 ARTIFICIAL LENS SAC FOR FIXING ARTIFICIAL LENS FOR CATARACT SURGERY Non-Final OA Korea University Research and Business Foundation
17989005 VARIABLE STIFFNESS CANNULA Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed Inc.
17828140 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR URETERAL STENTS Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
17670898 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSERTING A CONDYLAR IMPLANT ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
18354710 ELBOW JOINT PROSTHESES Non-Final OA HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
17592185 TRANSCATHETER VALVE REPLACEMENT DELIVERY DEVICE WITH ENGAGEABLE CAPSULE PORTIONS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Medtronic, Inc.
18449187 Prosthetic Tricuspid Heart Valve Non-Final OA St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
18252249 OPHTHALMOLOGICAL IMPLANT WITH DIGITAL PRODUCT IDENTIFIER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Non-Final OA CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG
17857584 ACETABULAR ORTHOPAEDIC PROSTHESIS AND METHOD Non-Final OA DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company
17660325 ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT SYSTEM WITH AUGMENTATION DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company
17651040 ANCHOR FOR PROSTHETIC CARDIAC VALVE DELIVERY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS Final Rejection Shifamed Holdings, LLC
18354872 FASTENERS FOR PERCUTANEOUS DEVICES Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd.
18352924 INTERCOMMISSURAL LEAFLET SUPPORT Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd.
17757281 REPLACEMENT MEMBER FOR A JOINT REPLACEMENT Non-Final OA WALDEMAR LINK GMBH & CO. KG
18553894 MEDICAL STENT Non-Final OA SHANGHAI INTERVASCULAR MEDTECH CO., LTD.
18282678 CATHETER FOR RAPID STENTING AT CORONARY ARTERY OSTIUM Non-Final OA IUCF-HYU ( INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY )
18468946 Feature to Improve Fatigue Life and Manage Thrombus in Prosthetic Heart Valves Non-Final OA Cephea Valve Technologies, Inc.
17930400 LENSES HAVING DIFFRACTIVE PROFILES WITH ELEVATED SURFACE ROUGHNESS Final Rejection AMO Groningen B.V.
17660245 NON-REPEATING ECHELETTES AND RELATED INTRAOCULAR LENSES FOR PRESBYOPIA TREATMENT Final Rejection AMO Groningen B.V.
18010150 A BODY OF THE DEVICE TO POSITION A CORONARY STENT IN CORONARY ARTERIES OR PULL A CATHETER TRANSDUCER FOR INTRA VASCULAR ULTRASOUND Non-Final OA SEVEN SONS LTD
17908257 LENS PROVIDING BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE DIFFRACTION Non-Final OA Prakhyat ROOP
17877917 ADJUSTABLE ARTHROPLASTY DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Non-Final OA Optimotion Implants LLC
17877916 ADJUSTABLE ARTHROPLASTY DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Non-Final OA Optimotion Implants LLC
17759167 ACETABULAR CUP PROSTHESIS AND LOCKING STRUCTURE THEREOF Final Rejection Bricon GmbH
17770509 Animal Femoral Implant Final Rejection VETRUST MEDITECH CO., LTD.

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