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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Olympus Corporation

74 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

74
Total Pending OAs
38
Final Rejections
36
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19057350 ULTRASOUND PROBE AND ULTRASOUND ENDOSCOPE LY, TOMMY TAI 3797 Non-Final OA Feb 19, 2025
19023919 ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD OF ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM TURCHEN, ROCHELLE DEANNA 3797 Non-Final OA Jan 16, 2025
19000902 ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, OPERATING METHOD OF ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM SENFI, BEHROOZ M 2482 Non-Final OA Dec 24, 2024
18967330 ENDOSCOPE PROCESSOR, METHOD FOR OPERATING ENDOSCOPE PROCESSOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM BRUTUS, JOEL F 3798 Non-Final OA Dec 03, 2024
18920593 TREATMENT TOOL LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 Final Rejection Oct 18, 2024
18897728 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, PHOTOTHERAPY SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PHOTOTHERAPY METHOD ZHANG, LEI 3798 Non-Final OA Sep 26, 2024
18800816 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, TREATMENT SYSTEM, LEARNING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC 3797 Final Rejection Aug 12, 2024
18762807 BILE DUCT/PANCREATIC DUCT TREATMENT METHOD AND ENDOSCOPIC INSTRUMENT SONG, LI-TING 3795 Non-Final OA Jul 03, 2024
18670108 ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, ENDOSCOPE MOVEMENT CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM SONG, LI-TING 3795 Non-Final OA May 21, 2024
18654196 NEEDLE HOLDER AND METHOD OF USING SAME ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL 3771 Non-Final OA May 03, 2024
18614942 LEARNING SUPPORT DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, METHOD FOR SUPPORTING LEARNING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HERNANDEZ, ALEJANDRO 2661 Non-Final OA Mar 25, 2024
18612092 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, MEDICAL SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD BHATNAGAR, ANAND P 2668 Non-Final OA Mar 21, 2024
18595874 MEDICAL STAPLER AND SUTURING METHOD MARTIN, VERONICA 3731 Non-Final OA Mar 05, 2024
18540074 ENDOSCOPY IN REVERSIBLY ALTERED ANATOMY FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN 3795 Non-Final OA Dec 14, 2023
18533826 MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CONTACT STATE FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 3794 Non-Final OA Dec 08, 2023
18387318 LENS UNIT, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LENS UNIT WU, PAMELA F 3795 Non-Final OA Nov 06, 2023
18387174 LENS UNIT, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND ENDOSCOPE WILSON, PAISLEY L 2871 Non-Final OA Nov 06, 2023
18386047 TREATMENT TOOL GENERATOR, TREATMENT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND TREATMENT METHOD BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER 3794 Non-Final OA Nov 01, 2023
18378395 PHOTOTHERAPY ASSISTANCE METHOD AND PHOTOTHERAPY ASSISTANCE DEVICE SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN 3796 Non-Final OA Oct 10, 2023
18372388 ELECTRODE FOR HIGH-FREQUENCY MEDICAL DEVICE AND MEDICAL DEVICE DEMIE, TIGIST S 3794 Final Rejection Sep 25, 2023
18371613 DISTAL END PORTION OF ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE BOICE, JAMES EDWARD 3795 Final Rejection Sep 22, 2023
18371154 IMAGE PICKUP UNIT AND ENDOSCOPE BOICE, JAMES EDWARD 3795 Final Rejection Sep 21, 2023
18368100 A SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING HEAT DAMAGE DURING ENDOSCOPIC PROCUDURES ROBERTS, RACHEL L 2674 Final Rejection Sep 14, 2023
18242115 LASER SCANNING METHOD, LASER IRRADIATION DEVICE, AND LASER SCANNING PROGRAM SHAFQAT, AMY JEANETTE 3798 Final Rejection Sep 05, 2023
18220925 MEDICAL INSTRUMENT CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND MEDICAL INSTRUMENT CONTROL METHOD KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE 3687 Non-Final OA Jul 12, 2023
18220362 PHOTOTHERAPY DEVICE, PHOTOTHERAPY METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM NGANGA, BONIFACE N 3797 Final Rejection Jul 11, 2023
18337627 SUTURING MECHANISM AND MEDICAL SYSTEM CWERN, JONATHAN 3797 Final Rejection Jun 20, 2023
18200207 ENDOSCOPE CAP, LIGHT TREATMENT ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND LIGHT TREATMENT METHOD LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X 3792 Non-Final OA May 22, 2023
18313689 WIRE PUNCTURE OF STRICTURE FOR PANCREATICOBILIARY ACCESS SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE 3794 Final Rejection May 08, 2023
18133537 ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM SURGAN, ALEXANDRA L 3799 Non-Final OA Apr 12, 2023
18118342 ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, MANIPULATION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND MANIPULATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SURGAN, ALEXANDRA L 3799 Non-Final OA Mar 07, 2023
18179037 TRACTION TOOL, TRACTION SYSTEM, AND TRACTION METHOD AND SUTURING METHOD FOR SUTURE THREAD HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT 3771 Final Rejection Mar 06, 2023
18115181 THERAPEUTIC LIGHT IRRADIATION UNIT, THERAPEUTIC LIGHT IRRADIATION APPARATUS, AND ENDOSCOPE KUO, JONATHAN T 3792 Final Rejection Feb 28, 2023
18176030 ULTRASONIC TREATMENT TOOL MILLER, SERENITY A 3771 Final Rejection Feb 28, 2023
18171011 TREATMENT TOOL AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING TREATMENT TOOL OUYANG, BO 3794 Final Rejection Feb 17, 2023
18170824 TREATMENT TOOL OUYANG, BO 3794 Final Rejection Feb 17, 2023
18168185 TREATMENT TOOL DUBOSE, LAUREN 3771 Final Rejection Feb 13, 2023
18167558 TREATMENT TOOL SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE 3794 Final Rejection Feb 10, 2023
18165716 POSITIONING AID, POSITIONING AID SYSTEM FOR ENDOSCOPE AND GUIDE SHEATH, AND METHOD FOR ATTACHING GUIDE SHEATH NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY 3795 Non-Final OA Feb 07, 2023
18105272 ENERGY RADIATION TREATMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM SUPPORTING ENERGY RADIATION TREATMENT ROZANSKI, MICHAEL T 3797 Final Rejection Feb 03, 2023
18158865 MEDICAL MANIPULATOR SYSTEM AND ACCESS DEVICE FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN 3771 Non-Final OA Jan 24, 2023
18096097 MANAGEMENT DEVICE, EXAMINATION IMAGE EVALUATION METHOD, AND MEDICAL SYSTEM GEBRESLASSIE, WINTA 2677 Final Rejection Jan 12, 2023
18096070 CONTROL APPARATUS, MEDICAL CENTRAL CONTROL SYSTEM, AND SURGERY-RELATED INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES 3700 Non-Final OA Jan 12, 2023
18093022 SURGICAL SYSTEM SURGAN, ALEXANDRA L 3799 Final Rejection Jan 04, 2023
17989146 MEDICAL SYSTEM AND CANNULATION METHOD STARKEY, OLIVIA GRACE 3795 Non-Final OA Nov 17, 2022
17974626 IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD BURKE, TIONNA M 2178 Final Rejection Oct 27, 2022
18047530 AUTOMATIC POSITIONING AND FORCE ADJUSTMENT IN ENDOSCOPY BOR, HELENE CATHERINE 3797 Non-Final OA Oct 18, 2022
17961621 ENDOSCOPE, REPAIRING METHOD FOR ENDOSCOPE, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR ENDOSCOPE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR INSERTION SECTION OF ENDOSCOPE HENDERSON, RYAN N 3795 Final Rejection Oct 07, 2022
17960902 ENDOSCOPE, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND STONE COLLECTION METHOD STARKEY, OLIVIA GRACE 3795 Final Rejection Oct 06, 2022
17960405 TREATMENT TOOL, TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND TREATMENT METHOD SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE 3794 Non-Final OA Oct 05, 2022
17954683 ENDOSCOPE LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN 3795 Non-Final OA Sep 28, 2022
17953422 ENDOSCOPE OPERATION PORTION AND ENDOSCOPE COX, THADDEUS B 3791 Final Rejection Sep 27, 2022
17946267 TREATMENT INSTRUMENT, TREATMENT SYSTEM AND TREATMENT METHOD CLARK, RYAN T 3794 Final Rejection Sep 16, 2022
17902009 LEARNING DATA GENERATING SYSTEM AND LEARNING DATA GENERATING METHOD TSAI, JAMES T 2147 Non-Final OA Sep 02, 2022
17890635 SURGERY ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, OPERATING METHOD FOR SURGERY ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AND CONTROL DEVICE OF SURGERY ASSISTANCE SYSTEM MONAHAN, MEGAN ELIZABETH 3795 Final Rejection Aug 18, 2022
17884813 PAIN ESTIMATION APPARATUS, PAIN ESTIMATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM BAVA, JANKI MAHESH 3791 Final Rejection Aug 10, 2022
17882700 STENT DELIVERY SYSTEM, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND STENT INDWELLING METHOD TREVINO III, JOSE HERNANDEZ 3774 Non-Final OA Aug 08, 2022
17874426 PUNCTURE DEVICE AND PHOTOTHERAPY METHOD SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN 3796 Final Rejection Jul 27, 2022
17862767 MEDICAL SYSTEM AND ENDOSCOPE WU, PAMELA F 3795 Non-Final OA Jul 12, 2022
17859471 ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD WU, PAMELA F 3795 Non-Final OA Jul 07, 2022
17840867 SURGICAL SUPPORT SYSTEM, SURGICAL SUPPORT METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM NASSER, MALAK MEAGHER 3687 Final Rejection Jun 15, 2022
17726017 ENDOSCOPE, INSERTION PORTION OF ENDOSCOPE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INSERTION PORTION LONDON, STEPHEN FLOYD 3795 Final Rejection Apr 21, 2022
17682697 SURGICAL SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND OPERATION METHOD OF SURGICAL SYSTEM LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN 3795 Final Rejection Feb 28, 2022
17550725 METHOD FOR IRRADIATING CELLS WITH LIGHT, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MEDICAL DEVICE, AND MEDICAL DEVICE EISEMAN, LYNSEY C 3796 Final Rejection Dec 14, 2021
17485914 ELECTRODE UNIT AND RESECTOSCOPE APPARATUS PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C 3794 Non-Final OA Sep 27, 2021
17476714 GAS FEEDING APPARATUS, GAS FEEDING AMOUNT CONTROL METHOD AND GAS FEEDING SYSTEM MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 3783 Final Rejection Sep 16, 2021
17469242 CONTROL APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING LEARNED MODEL, AND MOVEMENT SUPPORT METHOD WILENSKY, MOSHE K 3726 Non-Final OA Sep 08, 2021
17446093 ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER DEVICE AND ULTRASOUND TREATMENT TOOL BROWN, KYLE MARTZ 3794 Final Rejection Aug 26, 2021
17408793 CENTRALIZED CONTROL APPARATUS, SETTING METHOD, AND CENTRALIZED CONTROL SYSTEM BECKER, BRANDON J 2857 Final Rejection Aug 23, 2021
17380616 ENERGY TREATMENT INSTRUMENT KERN, ASHLEIGH LAUREN 3794 Non-Final OA Jul 20, 2021
17373938 INSERTION DEVICE SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA 3795 Final Rejection Jul 13, 2021
17360241 ENDOSCOPE DEVICE WU, PAMELA F 3795 Final Rejection Jun 28, 2021
17346592 MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD SKOWRONEK, KARLHEINZ R 1687 Final Rejection Jun 14, 2021
16960346 Urological Stent PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E 3799 Non-Final OA Jul 07, 2020

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