Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SCHWIKER, KATHERINE H

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3731 3734 3771 3774

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

66.4%
Allow Rate
-3.6% vs TC avg
453
Total Applications
+35.5%
Interview Lift
1306
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 408 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.4%
§101 Eligibility
17.2%
§102 Novelty
42.9%
§103 Obviousness
31.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17769686 Bio-Zipper Surgical Closure Device Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18357435 OPHTHALMIC SURGICAL PROBE Non-Final OA Alcon Inc.
18563645 MEDICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING A SPRING UNIT OPTIMISED FOR CLEANING Non-Final OA Aesculap AG
18530530 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ENDOSCOPIC PLURALITY STRIP DELIVERY Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18224343 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH PRIMARY COVERING AND SECONDARY COVERING Final Rejection BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
19081854 LIGATION CLIP AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SICHUAN GUONA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18017739 COMPOSITE MEDICAL BALLOON WITH HYBRID OUTER LAYER AND RELATED PRODUCTION METHOD Final Rejection C.R. BARD, INC.
17862328 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING LIQUID IMMERSION OF AN END EFFECTOR OF AN ULTRASONIC INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA Verb Surgical Inc.
18479347 CARTRIDGE SYSTEM, CARTRIDGE AND METHOD FOR LOADING CLIP UNIT Final Rejection OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
18834296 GUIDEWIRE AND SNARE APPARATUS Non-Final OA Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
17904064 SOOTHER Final Rejection Mayborn (UK) Limited
17796962 EMBOLISATION SYSTEM FOR PROMOTING CLOT FORMATION Final Rejection CLEARSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
18827606 SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF TREATING ANEURYSMS Non-Final OA Galaxy Therapeutics, Inc.
18801022 ASPIRATION THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR THROMBUS REMOVAL WITH ASPIRATION CATHETER Non-Final OA RapidPulse, Inc.
18648192 Systems, Methods, and Apparatuses for Removing Materials and Plaque in Arteries and Blood Vessels Non-Final OA Opus Medtech LLC
18634059 BIO-DISSOLVABLE SUTURING NEEDLE Final Rejection Pratibha Vemulapalli
18570510 SURGICAL CUTTING INSTRUMENT, ROTATIONAL JOINT AND METHOD, PARTICULARLY FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY AND/OR MICRO-SURGERY Non-Final OA MEDICAL MICROINSTRUMENTS, INC.
18137653 CATHETER INFLATION TUBE FOR USE IN INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY Non-Final OA Bolt Medical, Inc.
18413909 LIGATING CLIP FOR CONTINUOUS FIRING Final Rejection HangZhou Sunstone Technology Co.,Ltd.
18560472 Medical Suture And Medical Suture Device Final Rejection Genesis Medtech Surgical Device (Wuxi) Co., Ltd
18557254 SUTURE APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD Non-Final OA A&E ADVANCED CLOSURE SYSTEMS, LLC
18555318 NERVE CONDUIT Non-Final OA Tissium S.A.
17725514 MILLING DEVICE FOR SURGERY Final Rejection HPF S.R.L.
18266473 Cutting Assembly With Irrigation And Aspiration Final Rejection STRYKER EUROPEAN OPERATONS LIMITED
18082615 ATHERECTOMY DEVICE Final Rejection Rex Medical, L.P.
16365856 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CO-REGISTERING A STEREOTACTIC FRAME AND A FIDUCIAL Final Rejection Alpha Omega Engineering Ltd.

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