Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3738 3774

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.0%
Allow Rate
-9.0% vs TC avg
636
Total Applications
+40.3%
Interview Lift
1312
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 598 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.1%
§101 Eligibility
25.3%
§102 Novelty
38.3%
§103 Obviousness
26.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17935891 SKIRT ASSEMBLY FOR IMPLANTABLE PROSTHETIC VALVE Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17806430 HYBRID ANNULOPLASTY RING FOR TRICUSPID OR MITRAL VALVE REPAIR Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
18090542 KNEE JOINT ENDOPROSTHESIS Non-Final OA Aesculap AG
17923869 ARTIFICIAL JOINT STEM Final Rejection KYOCERA CORPORATION
17867411 KNEE JOINT PROSTHESIS AND TIBIAL COMPONENT THEREOF Final Rejection INNOLUX CORPORATION
17974131 EXPANDABLE INTRODUCER SHEATH FOR MEDICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA ABIOMED, Inc.
18003802 Method of Fusing a Tibiotalar Joint and Fused Tibiotalar Joint Final Rejection University of Kentucky Research Foundation
17986133 Multi-Direction Fixation for Shoulder Prosthesis Final Rejection Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
17957943 MECHANICAL GUIDES FOR PREFERENTIAL LEAFLET FOLDING DURING CRIMPING Final Rejection Medtronic, Inc.
19023099 Devices and Methods for Control of Blood Pressure Non-Final OA ARCHimedes Vascular, LLC
17422439 THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMPLANT USED IN CRANIOPLASTY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Final Rejection INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
17961993 TIBIAL PROSTHESIS FOR TIBIA WITH VARUS RESECTION Final Rejection Zimmer, Inc.
18300786 Hydrotherapy Systems And Methods Of Use Of Said Systems Non-Final OA United States Government as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
18766597 DEVICE FOR GUIDED BONE AND TISSUE REGENERATION Non-Final OA Osteogenics Biomedical, Inc.
17843495 IMPLANT-ADHERING TECHNIQUES Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd.
18364155 SLEEVE AUGMENT DEVICE FOR AN ARTICULATED JOINT Final Rejection Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG
18459041 Adjustable Osteotomy Devices, Systems, and Methods for Treating Mid-Foot Disorders Non-Final OA Apex Orthopedics, LLC
17423834 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ORTHOTIC OR PROSTHETIC DEVICE AND ORTHOTIC OR PROSTHETIC DEVICE Final Rejection OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH
17931787 Thrombus Management And Structural Compliance Features For Prosthetic Heart Valves Non-Final OA Tendyne Holdings, Inc.
18167296 A Mechanically Secured Plastic Patellar Prosthesis Final Rejection SIGNATURE ORTHOPAEDICS EUROPE LTD
18261122 Orthopedic Implant and Methods of Use Non-Final OA Bone Solutions, Inc.
18245725 Stifle joint stabilizing meniscus prosthesis Final Rejection Universiteit Utrecht Holding B.V.
17921527 AN ORTHOPAEDIC IMPLANT AND A SURGICAL ORTHOPAEDIC SYSTEM INCORPORATING SAME Non-Final OA AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ROBOTIC ORTHOPAEDICS PTY LTD
17418409 DRUG ELUTING DEVICE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA BIOTYX MEDICAL (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.

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