Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: TANNER, JOCELIN C

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3731 3771 3794 3796

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.1%
Allow Rate
+2.1% vs TC avg
1,081
Total Applications
+35.1%
Interview Lift
1159
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1056 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
21.8%
§102 Novelty
48.8%
§103 Obviousness
22.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19029145 ENDOSCOPIC SUTURE LOOP ANCHORS AND METHODS Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18776952 EXPANDING FOAM DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR OCCLUDING LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18887309 RELEASABLE COUPLING FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
18848775 Microneedle Tattoo Patches and Methods Final Rejection Georgia Tech Research Corporation
18954086 PERICARDIAL TRANSECTION DEVICES AND METHOD Final Rejection EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18822844 PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18923876 UTERINE MANIPULATOR INCLUDING POSITION SENSOR Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18854490 CUTTING TOOL WITH INTEGRATED RETRACTABLE BLADE SYSTEM FOR INTERATRIAL SHUNT Non-Final OA Medtronic, Inc.
18827256 Surgical Head Clamp and Robotics Platform Final Rejection Worcester Polytechnic Institute
18741023 INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE WITH PLASMA GENERATOR INCLUDING POLYMERIC MATERIAL Non-Final OA BOLT MEDICAL, INC.
19082072 ASPIRATION SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING ISCHEMIC STROKE Non-Final OA POSEYDON MEDICAL LLC
19057487 EYELET INTERFERENCE SCREW AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA International Life Sciences, LLC d/b/a Artelon
19024936 CONNECTOR AND WRAP FOR END-TO-SIDE NERVE COAPTATION Non-Final OA Axogen Corporation

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