Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ZIMBOUSKI, ARIANA

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3761 3781

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.0%
Allow Rate
-2.0% vs TC avg
618
Total Applications
+32.1%
Interview Lift
1340
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 593 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.7%
§101 Eligibility
18.9%
§102 Novelty
43.0%
§103 Obviousness
27.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18316151 POOLING DEVICE FOR SINGLE OR MULTIPLE MEDICAL CONTAINERS Final Rejection Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
18155324 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR A VIAL ADAPTER ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18106188 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PYLORIC OCCLUSION AND/OR DUODENAL EXCLUSION Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
17986679 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PYLORIC OCCLUSION Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
17556456 DRAINAGE DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18527417 THERMORESPONSIVE SKIN BARRIER APPLIANCES Non-Final OA Coloplast A/S
18565470 ABSORBENT ARTICLE Non-Final OA SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
17992655 IMPLANTABLE SHUNT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection Shifamed Holdings, LLC
18602722 METHOD OF REMOVING BLOOD FROM AN EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD CIRCUIT, TREATMENT APPARATUS, AND TUBE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
18446008 PARABIOTIC DIALYSIS SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES Non-Final OA Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
18440236 BODILY WASTE AND FLUID COLLECTION WITH SACRAL PAD Non-Final OA PureWick Corporation
18014596 MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE COMPRISING A POCKET AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE BEING PRODUCIBLE THEREBY Final Rejection ONTEX GROUP NV
18592031 DEVICE FOR COLLECTING MATERIAL FROM A BODY CAVITY Non-Final OA CM Technologies, Inc.
18417650 System for Closed Transfer of Fluids Non-Final OA Becton Dickinson and Company Limited
18147271 LOCKABLE VIAL SLEEVE AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection Fisher BioServices Inc.

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