Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: RIOS, GABRIELLA GISELLE BONO

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3774

This examiner grants 12% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

12.5%
Allow Rate
-57.5% vs TC avg
86
Total Applications
+0.0%
Interview Lift
1247
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 24 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
18.8%
§102 Novelty
59.1%
§103 Obviousness
20.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17889774 REPLACEMENT HEART VALVE IMPLANT Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
17828140 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR URETERAL STENTS Final Rejection BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
19443207 STENT FEATURES AND METHODS TO AID WITH APPOSITION AND ALIGNMENT TO NATIVE ANATOMY, MITIGATION OF PARAVALVULAR LEAK AND FUNCTIONAL EFFICIENCY OF PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE Non-Final OA 4C Medical Technologies, Inc.
17816528 Soft Tissue Graft Preparations and Methods of Use Final Rejection Stryker Corporation
18354710 ELBOW JOINT PROSTHESES Final Rejection HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
18046297 MOBILE BEARING ANATOMIC GLENOID Non-Final OA HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
17635747 REVERSE SHOULDER SYSTEMS Non-Final OA HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
18355229 CONNECTING SKIRT FOR ATTACHING A LEAFLET TO A FRAME OF A PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
17558395 HEART VALVE SEALING DEVICES AND DELIVERY DEVICES THEREFOR Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17488994 DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR A SELF-EXPANDING MEDICAL DEVICE Final Rejection Cook Medical Technologies LLC

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