Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3732 3772 3783

This examiner grants 20% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

20.0%
Allow Rate
-50.0% vs TC avg
217
Total Applications
+9.8%
Interview Lift
1207
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 185 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
11.3%
§102 Novelty
80.4%
§103 Obviousness
3.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18310980 CLOSED LOOP CONTROL AND SIGNAL ATTENUATION DETECTION Non-Final OA Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
18017300 OZONE GENERATION APPARATUSES AND METHODS OF TREATING WOUNDS Final Rejection Purdue Research Foundation
18142227 INTRODUCER SHEATH WITH PEEL AWAY PERFUSION APERTURE Non-Final OA ABIOMED, Inc.
17506145 BODY CONFORMING WEARABLE DEVICE FOR PROVIDING OUTPUT AND INPUT FOR A DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Insulet Corporation
17914897 Injector Device Non-Final OA Sanofi
18028158 Brake Tower with Biasing Components and Medical Injection Device Including the Same Non-Final OA Becton, Dickinson and Company
18027698 Medical Injection Device with a Retained Biasing Component Non-Final OA Becton, Dickinson and Company
17901041 Instrument Delivery Device with Nested Housing Final Rejection Becton, Dickinson and Company
18350292 NEEDLE-FREE INJECTOR BASED ON UNDERWATER DISCHARGE USING SHOCK WAVE Non-Final OA JEISYS MEDICAL INC.
18313788 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE METERED DISPENSING OF A LIQUID Final Rejection Heraeus Medical GmbH
18158630 BALLOON CATHETER Non-Final OA ASAHI INTECC CO., LTD.
18347713 MEDICAL NEEDLE UNIT WITH AIR FILTER PART FOR PREVENTING AIR INJECTION Non-Final OA THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF KOREA INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
17936907 ELUTING PERFUSION CATHETERS AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA Teleflex Life Sciences LLC
18312184 Introducer Tool for an Aspiration Catheter Non-Final OA Neuravi Limited
17855349 Side-Port Injection Devices For Use With Electroporation, and Related Systems and Methods Non-Final OA Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17934438 IRRIGATION CATHETER WITH OPTIONAL ENTERAL FEEDING FUNCTIONALITY OR STOMACH-IN FLUID ASPIRATION FUNCTIONALITY Final Rejection ENDOVISION FOUNDATION
18038737 FILTER NEEDLE Non-Final OA Terumo Europe N.V.
18156777 PARTITIONING ELEMENT FOR PARTITIONING A LUMEN, AND A METHOD FOR SEALABLY ISOLATING A FIRST PORTION OF A LUMEN FROM A SECOND PORTION THEREOF AND FOR INSUFFLATING THE FIRST PORTION OF THE LUMEN Non-Final OA PALLIARE LIMITED
18218427 IMPLANTABLE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS, ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS Non-Final OA Theracle, Inc.
18213848 Silicon Microneedle Structure and Production Method Non-Final OA NanoPass Technologies Ltd.
18316425 Device for Treating Uterine Bleeding and Method of Use Non-Final OA Avana Health, Inc.
18181226 NEEDLE-FREE INJECTOR, ASSOCIATED RELOADABLE AND DISPOSABLE NOZZLES, AND METHODS OF INJECTION Non-Final OA The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
17890006 COMPACT HIGH MECHANICAL ENERGY STORAGE AND LOW TRIGGER FORCE ACTUATOR FOR THE DELIVERY OF MICROPROJECTION ARRAY PATCHES (MAP) Non-Final OA Vaxxas Pty Limited

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