Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SMALE, AVERY E

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3783 3795

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.9%
Allow Rate
+2.9% vs TC avg
252
Total Applications
+22.2%
Interview Lift
1222
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 192 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
8.8%
§102 Novelty
85.7%
§103 Obviousness
3.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18628338 FLUID GUIDE SYSTEM USABLE FOR DRUG HANDLING, E.G. FOR RECONSTITUTION, CORRESPONDING MEDICAL DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER RELATED ITEMS Final Rejection GENZYME CORPORATION
18470587 ADMINISTRATION REGIMENS FOR MICRONEEDLE PATCH DEVICES FOR DELIVERY OF IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Georgia Tech Research Corporation
18014616 A Hybrid Bioscaffold-Intravascular Catheter for Cellular Therapies Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18279118 DIAPHRAGM FOR A BREAST PUMP AND A BREAST PUMP HAVING THE DIAPHRAGM Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18210124 RAPID EXCHANGE EYELET FOR CATHETER Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18001756 OPEN SURGERY PATIENT INTERFACE Final Rejection Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
18161477 FLUID-INFUSING ASPIRATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18541313 ENDOSCOPE VALVE DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
17731155 Steerable Devices for Fiber Enabled Medical Systems Final Rejection Bard Access Systems, Inc.
17933711 FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA Meditrina, Inc.
18011246 Drug Delivery Device Recognition Non-Final OA Sanofi
18099638 ALARM FOR IMPLANTABLE DEVICE STOPPED TOO LONG FOR A PROGRAMMING UPDATE Final Rejection Medtronic, Inc.
18322648 Bolus Feed Delivery System Final Rejection Avent, Inc.
18322656 Enteral Feeding System Final Rejection Avent, Inc.
17124369 NON-CONTACTING, HIGH ACCURACY PRESSURE SENSING FOR MEDICAL CASSETTE ASSEMBLIES Final Rejection Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.
18668490 Vaginal Therapeutic Delivery Device Final Rejection Herphoric, Inc.
18022755 NEEDLE MECHANISM MODULE FOR DRUG INFUSION DEVICE Final Rejection MEDTRUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
18022524 CLOSED-LOOP ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS INSULIN INFUSION CONTROL SYSTEM Final Rejection MEDTRUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
17048879 A MEDICAL DEVICE FOR DEPLOYING A CATHETER THAT CAN BE OPERATED WITH A SINGLE HAND, AND A METHOD Non-Final OA Wake Forest University Health Sciences
17360850 AUTO-INJECTOR WITH UNIFORM PRESSURE EXERTION OF A PRIMARY CONTAINER Final Rejection Aktivax, Inc.
18279412 REUSE PREVENTION INJECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA POONGLIM PHARMATECH INC.
18257613 PULSATILE FLUSHING OF MEDICAL DEVICES Non-Final OA Mokita Medical GmbH
18322386 FLUID THERAPY METHOD Non-Final OA REPRIEVE CARDIOVASCULAR, INC.
18008037 METHODS FOR DELIVERING BIOACTIVE COMPOSITIONS AND FORMULATIONS TO THE SKIN USING MICROCHANNEL DELIVERY DEVICE Final Rejection AQUAVIT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
17200294 DEVICE AND METHODS FOR THERAPEUTIC ADMINSTRATION USING A BUTTERFLY ASSEMBLY AND INFUSION DRIVER Final Rejection INNOVATIVE HEALTH SCIENCES, LLC
17026050 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRECISION MATCHED IMMUNOGLOBULIN INFUSION Final Rejection INNOVATIVE HEALTH SCIENCES, LLC
17591435 SYSTEM FOR DRAWING FLUID FROM A BAG UNDER SUB-AMBIENT CONDITIONS Non-Final OA MODULAR MEDICAL, INC.

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