Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: TON, MARTIN TRUYEN

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3731 3734 3771

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.2%
Allow Rate
-8.8% vs TC avg
569
Total Applications
+34.2%
Interview Lift
1333
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 521 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
26.7%
§102 Novelty
48.0%
§103 Obviousness
18.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18656361 BLOOD VESSEL CONNECTION SHUNT Final Rejection EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18195695 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF REDUCING LIMB ISCHEMIA Final Rejection ABIOMED, Inc.
18901909 OVER THE SCOPE CLIP Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18893248 THROMBECTOMY APPARATUS Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18524156 HANDLES FOR MEDICAL DEVICES Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18074993 END EFFECTOR ASSEMBLY, INSTRUMENT, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FACILITATING TESTING AND/OR CALIBRATION OF A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT Final Rejection Covidien LP
18281743 APPARATUS FOR PLACING A NEEDLE AT A SPECIFIC LOCATION AND DEPTH USING AN ULTRASOUND PROBE Final Rejection University of Kentucky Research Foundation
19113157 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AN IMPLANTABLE FLOW RESTRICTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Relief Cardiovascular, Inc.
18032685 LEAD ANCHOR FOR A NEUROMODULATION LEAD Non-Final OA BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
18770279 TISSUE ANCHOR DEPLOYMENT DEVICE, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Non-Final OA Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
18967370 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PASSING SUTURE Non-Final OA Clauson Creative Engineering, Inc.
18587163 TEMPORARY DIAMETER REDUCTION CONSTRAINT ARRANGEMENT FOR A STENT GRAFT IN COMBINATION WITH A STENT GRAFT Final Rejection Cook Medical Technologies LLC
15678703 Method and Device for Securing Suture to an Anchor Body of a Suture Anchor Final Rejection Conmed Corporation
18396322 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA Riverfield Inc.
18858017 CATHETERS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR REMOVAL OF MATERIAL FROM HOLLOW BODIES Non-Final OA BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
18034572 BALLOON CATHETER WITH SELECTIVE SCORING CAPABILITY Non-Final OA BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
18291640 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND STEERING MECHANISM THEREFOR Non-Final OA KARL STORZ SE & CO. KG
18381892 ENDOSCOPIC SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG
18814455 System And Method For Tracking A Subject Non-Final OA Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
18516281 SURGICAL ROBOT POSITIONING SYSTEM AND RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS Final Rejection Virtual Incision Corporation
18901114 CLIP APPLIER WITH STABILIZING MEMBER Non-Final OA TELEFLEX MEDICAL INCORPORATED
18888150 ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION AND ARRHYTHMIA TREATMENT Non-Final OA Ventrimend, Inc
18721196 STEREOTACTIC DEVICE FOR USE IN MEDICAL PROCEDURES Non-Final OA NESA MEDTECH PRIVATE LIMITED
18675755 MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL INSTRUMENT SUPPORT STAND Non-Final OA MeaCor, Inc.
18551303 MECHANOCHROMIC PRESSURE SENSOR FOR SAFE AND EFFECTIVE TISSUE HANDLING IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY Non-Final OA FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA
18325351 FISTULA TREATMENT DEVICE Final Rejection National University of Ireland, Galway
18541975 SUTURING DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SUTURING AN ANATOMIC VALVE Final Rejection HeartStitch, Inc.
18379710 PACKAGING FOR SURGICAL IMPLANT Final Rejection KENT Holdings, LLC
18091462 PACKAGING FOR SURGICAL IMPLANT Final Rejection KFNT Holdings, LLC
17575720 MICROGRAFT FOR THE TREATMENT OF INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSMS AND METHOD FOR USE Final Rejection KFNT Holdings, LLC

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