Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SMALE, AVERY E

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3783 3795

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.7%
Allow Rate
+2.7% vs TC avg
251
Total Applications
+21.5%
Interview Lift
1258
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 187 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
26.6%
§102 Novelty
45.7%
§103 Obviousness
24.8%
§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
17896395 INFUSION SET AND INSERTER ASSEMBLY APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Final Rejection DEKA Products Limited Partnership
18390450 CONTAINMENT, ACTIVATION, DEPLOYMENT, AND INTEGRATED FUNCTIONS OF FLEXIBLE, SLENDER ELEMENTS Non-Final OA INSULET CORPORATION
17821653 ADJUSTMENT OF INSULIN-TO-CARBOHYDRATE RATIO, CORRECTION FACTOR, INSULIN DOSAGE AND TIMING OF INSULIN DELIVERY BY A MEDICAMENT DELIVERY DEVICE Final Rejection INSULET CORPORATION
18541313 ENDOSCOPE VALVE DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18470225 MANIFOLD DEVICES, ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS FOR ENDOSCOPE SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
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.
17731155 Steerable Devices for Fiber Enabled Medical Systems Final Rejection Bard Access Systems, Inc.
18486590 CHECK VALVES Non-Final OA CareFusion 303, Inc.
17881028 Injection Device with Mounting Aid for a Supplementary Device Non-Final OA Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
16958083 Mounting adapter for Injection Device and Add-On Device Final Rejection SANOFI
16670991 GUIDEWIRE COILS WITH DIFFERENT CROSS SECTION SHAPES Non-Final OA ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
18068210 ERGONOMIC CATHETER HANDLE Non-Final OA CANON U.S.A., INC.
17220801 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF GAS INFUSION TO ALLOW FOR PRESSURE CONTROL OF IRRIGATION IN A SURGICAL SYSTEM Final Rejection Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.
18668490 Vaginal Therapeutic Delivery Device Final Rejection Herphoric, Inc.
18269963 DRUG INFUSION DEVICE WITH EMBEDDED POWER SUPPLY Non-Final OA MEDTRUM TECHNOLOGIES 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.
17773157 IN-BRA PASSIVE SUCTION-BASED MILK COLLECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA Willow Blossom Holdco Limited
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

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