Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: WILLSE, DAVID H

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3738 3774

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.5%
Allow Rate
-2.5% vs TC avg
616
Total Applications
+13.2%
Interview Lift
1403
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 582 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
21.6%
§102 Novelty
65.2%
§103 Obviousness
8.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18553082 PROSTHESIS SOCKET SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA
18373669 ELECTRONIC SURGICAL EYE IMPLANT INCLUDING SMART HAPTICS Non-Final OA GLAIVE MEDICAL OPTICS INC
18009595 JOINT DEVICE Non-Final OA HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
17631249 ORTHOPAEDIC IMPLANT Non-Final OA Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
18349175 ALIGNED AND MULTICHANNEL PERIPHERAL NERVE CONDUIT AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18352493 ARTIFICIAL BLOOD VESSEL COMPLEX Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
17096655 FABRIC FIBER ARRANGEMENTS FOR CARDIAC IMPLANTS Final Rejection Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd.
18436285 PROSTHETIC HAND Non-Final OA EPIC INVENTING, INC.
18433067 FLEXIBLE INNER SOCKET FOR PROVIDING INNER CIRCUMFERENCE REDUCTION TO RIGID PROSTHETIC SOCKET Non-Final OA Medical Creations, Inc.
17901375 FLEXIBLE INNER SOCKET FOR PROVIDING INNER CIRCUMFERENCE REDUCTION TO RIGID PROSTHETIC SOCKET Final Rejection Medical Creations, Inc.
17617884 VASCULAR IMPLANT, DELIVERY DEVICE AND MEDICAL APPARATUS Non-Final OA MICROPORT NEUROTECH (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
18256651 VALVE CLAMP FOR PREVENTING LEAFLET INJURY, VALVE CLAMPING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING VALVE Non-Final OA HANGZHOU VALGEN MEDTECH CO., LTD.
18015870 HAND PROSTHESIS Non-Final OA PRO/BIONICS S.A. DE C.V.
16816258 INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS FOR POSTERIOR SURGICAL APPROACH FOR SACROILIAC JOINT Final Rejection Omnia Medical, LLC
17595086 INVERTED DELIVERY TECHNIQUES FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES Final Rejection Caisson Interventional LLC
17238060 HEART VALVE TREATMENT DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA THE PROVOST, FELLOWS FOUNDATION SCHOLARS, AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE
15577122 Body Support Device Final Rejection Nitto Co., Ltd.

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