Listed by the USPTO as WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL
Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3738 3774
This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases
WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL is a USPTO patent examiner in tech center 3700 and art unit 3738. The profile covers 621 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 61.0% and a median of 1297 days to allowance. An interview lift of 39.1% indicates that interviews are associated with a materially stronger allowance outcome in this record, although the figure does not establish causation.
The company mix includes Stryker Corporation, Koninklijke Philips N.V., and Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. The leading firms are Lerner David LLP, BakerHostetler, and BOTOS CHURCHILL IP LAW LLP-ABIO. Practitioners handling matters in this docket can use the interview result as a reason to evaluate examiner interviews early, while planning for a prosecution timeline that can extend substantially before allowance.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18226926 | Dual Mobility Hip Resurfacing | Non-Final OA | Howmedica Osteonics Corp. |
| 18118371 | Hybrid Knee Prosthesis and Methods of Use | Final Rejection | Howmedica Osteonics Corp. |
| 18071323 | STENTS HAVING BRIDGE LENGTH PATTERN VARIATIONS | Non-Final OA | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. |
| 17784178 | IMPLANT, IMPLANT COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF | Non-Final OA | FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. |
| 17806430 | HYBRID ANNULOPLASTY RING FOR TRICUSPID OR MITRAL VALVE REPAIR | Final Rejection | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation |
| 18305415 | PROSTHETIC HAND DEVICE USING A WEARABLE ULTRASOUND MODULE AS A HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE | Non-Final OA | THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY |
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Build Your Strategy61.0% of resolved applications examined by Megan Yarnall Wolf were allowed (621 resolved cases), compared with 0.0% across Art Unit 3738 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +39.1 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Megan Yarnall Wolf took 1,297 days on average from filing to allowance.
Megan Yarnall Wolf examines applications in Art Unit 3738 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).
