Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3762 3792 3796

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.8%
Allow Rate
+6.8% vs TC avg
841
Total Applications
+15.9%
Interview Lift
1214
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 797 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.4%
§101 Eligibility
14.3%
§102 Novelty
65.0%
§103 Obviousness
7.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17058313 AUTOMATIC SENSING OF FEATURES WITHIN AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM Final Rejection Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
18576237 PERSONALIZED THERAPY NEUROSTIMULATION SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Cala Health, Inc.
18682972 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING PATIENTS FOR SEPSIS FOLLOWING DISCHARGE Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18600430 Seamlessly Embedded Heart Rate Monitor Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18324228 NEUROMODULATION TO ENHANCE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BEHAVIOR Final Rejection ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
19197410 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PLACE ONE OR MORE LEADS IN TISSUE TO ELECTRICALLY STIMULATE NERVES OF PASSAGE TO TREAT PAIN Final Rejection SPR THERAPEUTICS, INC.
18694140 MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM INCLUDING A PROGRAMMABLE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE SUCH AS A NEUROSTIMULATOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME Non-Final OA BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
18576467 Method for Fabricating a Medical Electrode Device Non-Final OA BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
17830263 TIME-BASED CRITICAL OPIOID BLOOD OXYGEN MONITORING Non-Final OA MASIMO CORPORATION
18632577 PEDIATRIC AND ADULT DEFIBRILLATOR Non-Final OA ZOLL Medical Corporation
18121899 Methods and Systems for Optimizing Placement of a Nerve Stimulation Device Final Rejection The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
18175423 MACHINE LEARNING BASED HUMAN ACTIVITY RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
18536633 APPARATUS, A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR STIMULATING A PART OF A PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM Final Rejection Stichting IMEC Nederland
18491267 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE (IMD) INCLUDING SENSING AMPLIFIER CIRCUITRY Non-Final OA Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.
18193923 Devices, Systems, And Methods For Applying Tumor-Treating Fields Non-Final OA NOVOCURE GMBH
18679562 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA SNU R&DB FOUNDATION
17789954 VAGUS NERVE STIMULATOR Final Rejection NEURIVE Co., Ltd.
18352846 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING NEUROSTIMULATION, INCLUDING REDUCED DOSES OF NEUROSTIMULATION Non-Final OA Nevro Corp.
18291439 RETAINING DEVICE FOR RETAINING A WEARABLE MONITORING DEVICE Non-Final OA UNEEG MEDICAL A/S
18253261 STACK DESIGN IMPLANT DEVICE Final Rejection Nyxoah SA
18576175 DEVICE FOR CARYING OUT DIATHERMIC AND MUSCLE STIMULATION TREATMENTS Non-Final OA Brera Medical Technologies S.R.L
18277511 KIT FOR TREATING DAMAGED NERVES Non-Final OA Reddress Ltd.
18361611 WEARABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR WITH RIVET CONNECTION Final Rejection AVATION MEDICAL, INC.
18107241 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING BILATERAL TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL STIMULATION Non-Final OA AVATION MEDICAL, INC.
18320806 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL STIMULATION Final Rejection CEFALY Technology SPRL
17886358 EXTERNAL TRIGEMINAL NERVE STIMULATION FOR THE ACUTE NON-INVASIVE TREATMENT OF MIGRAINE ATTACKS Final Rejection CEFALY Technology SPRL

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