Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 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
615
Total Applications
+12.9%
Interview Lift
1429
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 575 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
22.8%
§102 Novelty
49.7%
§103 Obviousness
12.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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
18935147 AUTOMATED HAND Final Rejection Taska Prosthetics Limited
18553082 PROSTHESIS SOCKET SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA
17614317 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PROSTHETIC LINER AND SYSTEM CONSISTING OF PROSTHETIC LINER AND PROSTHETIC SOCKET Final Rejection OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA
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.
17616301 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ARTIFICIAL KNEE JOINT Final Rejection Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
17617884 VASCULAR IMPLANT, DELIVERY DEVICE AND MEDICAL APPARATUS Non-Final OA MICROPORT NEUROTECH (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
18260809 Apparatus for Injecting Implant for Eye Disease Non-Final OA MICROT INC.
18256651 VALVE CLAMP FOR PREVENTING LEAFLET INJURY, VALVE CLAMPING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING VALVE Non-Final OA HANGZHOU VALGEN MEDTECH CO., LTD.
18255965 DATA TRANSFER METHOD FOR A PROSTHESIS OR ORTHOSIS AND SYSTEM THEREOF Non-Final OA Axiles Bionics BV
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
16838347 LEG EXOSKELETON SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection Roam Robotics Inc.
17496970 APPARATUS, METHOD AND SET FOR THE REGENERATION OF KNEE JOINT CARTILAGES Non-Final OA DaThera Consumer Health GmbH
17238060 HEART VALVE TREATMENT DEVICE AND METHOD Final Rejection THE PROVOST, FELLOWS FOUNDATION SCHOLARS, AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE

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