Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SHARMA, YASHITA

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 3738 3774 4100 4143 4178

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

82.1%
Allow Rate
+22.1% vs TC avg
672
Total Applications
+26.3%
Interview Lift
1162
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 637 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.2%
§101 Eligibility
26.9%
§102 Novelty
45.3%
§103 Obviousness
20.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18467692 VALVED CONDUIT IN A CONDUIT PROSTHESES Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18247673 Foldable Prosthetic Heart Valve Final Rejection The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
18251984 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OSTEOARTHRITIS TREATMENT Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
18187275 INTRAOCULAR LENSES WITH NANOSTRUCTURES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA Alcon Inc.
18246166 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE FOR BONE REPAIR Non-Final OA UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES
17911679 EXPANDABLE STENT WITH COLLAPSE INHIBITING FEATURES Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18289301 AMPLITUDE MODULATED HIGH-FREQUENCY STIMULATION TO ELICIT STOCHASTIC NEURAL SPIKING ACTIVITY Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of Michigan
18141724 MEDICAL IMPLANT DELIVERY SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
19040712 ZIP-TIE SYSTEMS FOR LIGAMENT AND TENDON REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT Non-Final OA TAS Medical, Inc.
18117272 SELF-DEPLOYING TISSUE AUGMENTATION PATCHES FOR USE IN SOFT TISSUE REPAIR Non-Final OA MEDOS INTERNATIONAL SÀRL
18319723 HELICAL HOLLOW STRAND URETERAL STENT Non-Final OA Cook Medical Technologies LLC
18355390 IMPLANTED PIEZOELECTRIC BONE MATERIAL Non-Final OA NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
18252055 PROSTHETIC KNEE JOINT Non-Final OA OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA
17906438 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING A FISTULA Final Rejection Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18267742 Stent Graft and Method of Making a Stent Graft Non-Final OA Angiomed GmbH & Co. Medizintechnik KG
18258381 Femoral Stem Design Method Non-Final OA Corentec Co. Ltd.
18251769 Modular Augment Non-Final OA Corentec Co., Ltd.
18123177 SYSTEM FOR BALANCING A HIP DURING A HIP ARTHROPLASTY Non-Final OA Arthrology Consulting, LLC
18228229 PROSTHETIC VALVE WITH CONCENTRIC FRAMES Non-Final OA CARDIOVALVE LTD.
18261133 Magnesium-Based Porous Coating for Orthopedic Implant Non-Final OA Bone Solutions, Inc.
18270448 ROBOTIC PROSTHETIC FOOT HAVING ELASTIC BODY Non-Final OA HUGO DYNAMICS
18257584 INTEGRALLY DETACHABLE VALVE CLAMP AND DELIVERY SYSTEM THEREOF Non-Final OA JENSCARE SCIENTIFIC CO., LTD
18317600 DELIVERY DEVICE, DELIVERY SYSTEM, STENT GRAFT AND A SUPPORT STRUCTURE Non-Final OA KARDIOZIS SAS
18252175 IMPLANTABLE DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR AN IMPLANTABLE BREAST DEVICE Non-Final OA LATTICE MEDICAL
18030337 IMPLANT FOR PELVIC AND HIP PLASTY Non-Final OA Tae Jin LEE
18025138 DEVICE FOR INTERFACING FILAMENTOUS OR FIBROUS STRUCTURES WITH A REAL OR SIMULATED BIOLOGICAL TISSUE Non-Final OA Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
18151601 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CERCLAGE OF LUMENAL SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Transmural Systems LLC
17534856 NESTED HARD TISSUE REPLACEMENT IMPLANTS Final Rejection Zimmer Biomet CMF and Thoracic, LLC

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