Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3774

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

49.6%
Allow Rate
-20.4% vs TC avg
1044
Total Applications
+26.6%
Interview Lift
1368
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 937 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.6%
§101 Eligibility
19.0%
§102 Novelty
46.2%
§103 Obviousness
31.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18991001 PHYSIOLOGICALLY HARMONIZED TRICUSPID ANNULOPLASTY RING Final Rejection EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18153182 DOCKING STATION FOR HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
18015707 MECHANICALLY EXPANDABLE PROSTHETIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
18065147 PROSTHETIC IMPLANTS FOR DISPLACING LEAFLETS Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
18063910 RELEASE MECHANISM FOR A DELIVERY APPARATUS FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
18063863 INFLATABLE BODIES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR EXPANDING IMPLANTS Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
18075939 CAPSULE FOR A DELIVERY APPARATUS FOR A PROSTHETIC MEDICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17852136 PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE LEAFLET ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
18100738 DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING PROLAPSE OF NATIVE CARDIAC VALVE LEAFLETS Final Rejection 4C Medical Technologies, Inc.
18286669 FENESTRATED STENT GRAFT DEVICES AND METHODS OF DEPLOYING FENESTRATED STENT GRAFT DEVICES Non-Final OA Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
18255647 Systems and Methods to Account for Bone Quality to Reduce Stress Shielding in Implants Non-Final OA Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
16707050 SYSTEM FOR CONTROL OF A PROSTHETIC DEVICE Final Rejection DEKA Products Limited Partnership
16745834 BIOABSORBABLE FILAMENT MEDICAL DEVICES Non-Final OA W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
17473559 Atrioventricular Valve Repair Ring Final Rejection The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
18064443 SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS WITH STENT FRAME FEATURES Non-Final OA Capstan Medical Inc.
16611948 POWERED ORTHOSIS WITH COMBINED MOTOR AND GEAR TECHNOLOGY Final Rejection Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
17899022 INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD PUMP IN COMBINATION WITH CATHETER CONFIGURED TO CONTROL PUMP POSITION IN PATIENT'S HEART Non-Final OA ABIOMED, Inc.
18334810 STENT FOR REPAIR OF ANASTOMASIS SURGERY LEAKS Final Rejection BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
17147124 TRACHEAL STENT Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18315561 SACROILIAC JOINT FUSION IMPLANTS Final Rejection GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
18288252 ESOPHAGEAL SLEEVE DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
17344516 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A LOW-PROFILE INTERCRANIAL DEVICE AND THE LOW-PROFILE INTERCRANIAL DEVICE MANUFACTURED THEREBY Non-Final OA THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
18045751 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE OF COMPLEX IMPLANTABLE LIVING DEVICES Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
18612625 Heart Valve Replacement Non-Final OA St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
17402301 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR IN-HEART VALVE SURGERY Final Rejection THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
18002219 MINIMAL FRAME PROSTHETIC CARDIAC VALVE DELIVERY DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Non-Final OA SHIFAMED HOLDINGS, LLC
17905556 PROSTHETIC CARDIAC VALVE DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Final Rejection SHIFAMED HOLDINGS, LLC
18030957 AUTOMATIC PATELLAR TRACKING IN TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY Final Rejection Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG
17424858 PROSTHETIC FOOT COMPONENT Final Rejection Ottobock SE & Co. KGAA
17793578 INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD PUMP Non-Final OA Abiomed Europe GmbH

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