Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3774

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

49.7%
Allow Rate
-20.3% vs TC avg
1,051
Total Applications
+27.0%
Interview Lift
1311
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 945 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
8.0%
§102 Novelty
85.1%
§103 Obviousness
5.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18100738 DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING PROLAPSE OF NATIVE CARDIAC VALVE LEAFLETS Final Rejection 4C Medical Technologies, Inc.
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.
16707050 SYSTEM FOR CONTROL OF A PROSTHETIC DEVICE Final Rejection DEKA Products Limited Partnership
18315561 SACROILIAC JOINT FUSION IMPLANTS Final Rejection GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
18096728 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING THE TENSIONS OF LEAFLETS MOUNTED WITHIN PROSTHETIC VALVES 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 Final Rejection Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17852136 PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE LEAFLET ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS Non-Final OA Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
17424858 PROSTHETIC FOOT COMPONENT Final Rejection Ottobock SE & Co. KGAA
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
17184109 EXOSKELETON DEVICE AND CONTROL SYSTEM Non-Final OA Carnegie Mellon University
17147124 TRACHEAL STENT Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18678101 DEVICES FOR PLACEMENT AND FIXATION OF ANNULOPLASTY BELT Final Rejection Muffin Incorporated
18064443 SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS WITH STENT FRAME FEATURES Non-Final OA Capstan Medical Inc.
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
18030957 AUTOMATIC PATELLAR TRACKING IN TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY Final Rejection Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG
17793578 INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD PUMP Non-Final OA Abiomed Europe GmbH
17435256 BLOOD PUMP Non-Final OA Abiomed Europe GmbH
18826111 Devices, Systems, and Methods for a Valve Replacement Final Rejection ReValve Solutions, Inc.
18826108 Devices, Systems, and Methods for a Valve Replacement Final Rejection ReValve Solutions, Inc.
17925590 Devices, Systems, and Methods for a Collapsible and Expandable Replacement Heart Valve Non-Final OA ReValve Solutions Inc.
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
17796031 INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD PUMP Non-Final OA ECP Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH
18500004 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF AIRWAY BLOCKAGES Non-Final OA Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
18170364 ROTATIONAL SPUN MATERIAL COVERED MEDICAL APPLIANCES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE Final Rejection Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
18054817 BIFURCATED VASCUALR STENT AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE Non-Final OA Merit Medical Systems, Inc.

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