Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: SMALE, AVERY E

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3781 3783 3795

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.5%
Allow Rate
+4.5% vs TC avg
259
Total Applications
+21.8%
Interview Lift
1245
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 204 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
26.8%
§102 Novelty
47.1%
§103 Obviousness
24.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18541313 ENDOSCOPE VALVE DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18470225 MANIFOLD DEVICES, ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS FOR ENDOSCOPE SYSTEMS Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18470587 ADMINISTRATION REGIMENS FOR MICRONEEDLE PATCH DEVICES FOR DELIVERY OF IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Georgia Tech Research Corporation
18068210 ERGONOMIC CATHETER HANDLE Final Rejection CANON U.S.A., INC.
18598733 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GUIDED RELAY DELIVERY OF MEDICATION Non-Final OA CAREFUSION 303, INC.
18014616 A Hybrid Bioscaffold-Intravascular Catheter for Cellular Therapies Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18559219 MEDICAL SYRINGE Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18037363 Drug Delivery Device with Container Holder Final Rejection Becton, Dickinson and Company
18390450 CONTAINMENT, ACTIVATION, DEPLOYMENT, AND INTEGRATED FUNCTIONS OF FLEXIBLE, SLENDER ELEMENTS Final Rejection INSULET CORPORATION
17412666 SIMPLIFIED WEARABLE DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE Final Rejection Insulet Corporation

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