Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3781 3791 3796

This examiner grants 41% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

40.7%
Allow Rate
-29.3% vs TC avg
149
Total Applications
+30.6%
Interview Lift
1482
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 81 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.0%
§101 Eligibility
16.9%
§102 Novelty
69.8%
§103 Obviousness
9.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18513340 SHUNT BARREL SENSOR IMPLANT ANCHORING Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18628984 ABSORBENT ARTICLES COMPRISING A LAYERED FLUID ACQUISITION/DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
18198309 ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH ABSORBENT CORE STRUCTURE PERIMETER SEAL ARRANGEMENTS Final Rejection The Procter & Gamble Company
17753985 ABSORBENT ARTICLE Final Rejection Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
18698535 ASYMMETRIC ADHESIVE PACKAGING ENCLOSURE FOR EASE OF MATERIAL REMOVAL Non-Final OA Hollister Incorporated
17390720 Valve Configurations for a Tunable Valve Final Rejection Bard Access Systems, Inc.
17771993 DISPOSABLE DIAPER Final Rejection Daio Paper Corporation
17842579 ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH CHANNELED CORE Non-Final OA Medline Industries, LP
17500464 UNDERPAD WITH WETNESS INDICATOR Non-Final OA Medline Industries, LP
18593104 FILMS WITH MALODOR CONTROL Non-Final OA Berry Global, Inc.
18290595 IMPLANTABLE SHUNTS WITH MULTI-LAYERED FLUID RESISTORS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Shifamed Holdings, LLC
16862072 System and Method for a Covering Final Rejection Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
16862090 Method and System to Control a Hydrocephalus Shunt System Non-Final OA Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
18182083 CONTACTLESS PROXIMITY CONTROLS FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE Final Rejection Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
17770793 PANT-TYPE GARMENT AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF Non-Final OA Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag
18139607 Device, System, and Method for Intraoperative Quantification of Blood Loss Non-Final OA H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc.
17576080 MEDICAL DRAINAGE STENT Non-Final OA Micro-Tech (Nanjing) Co., Ltd.
17399623 Eye Drop Dispensing Apparatus Non-Final OA United States Government As Represented By The Department of Veterans Affairs
18759779 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING HYDROCEPHALUS Final Rejection CEREVASC, INC.
17784272 MEDICAL ARTICLE FOR THE PROPHYLAXIS OF DECUBITUS ULCERS Non-Final OA PAUL HARTMANN AG
17583814 SYSTEMS, CATHETERS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING ALONG THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM Final Rejection PHARAOH NEURO, INC.
18562397 BLOOD PURIFICATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA NIKKISO CO., LTD.
18562376 APPARATUS AND METHOD Non-Final OA Symbioco Ltd
18284946 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES AND TUBING Non-Final OA FREEFLOW MEDICAL DEVICES LLC
17819147 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMMINUTION OF CIRCULATING TUMOR CELL CLUSTERS Non-Final OA Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
17629479 ABSORBENT ARTICLES HAVING A FOLDED ABSORBENT CORE DEFINING ONE OR MORE CHANNELS Final Rejection ATTENDS HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS, INC.

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