Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BERTRAM, ERIC D

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3762 3766 3792 3796

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.0%
Allow Rate
+11.0% vs TC avg
1305
Total Applications
+12.7%
Interview Lift
1232
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1266 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.7%
§101 Eligibility
31.2%
§102 Novelty
33.2%
§103 Obviousness
12.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19224706 SELF-APPLIED DEFIBRILLATOR AND METHOD FOR SELF-APPLICATION Non-Final OA Bardy Technologies, Inc.
19223747 DEFIBRILLATOR FOR SELF-APPLICATION AND METHOD OF USE Non-Final OA Bardy Technologies, Inc.
19224713 AMBULATORY MONITOR WITH INTEGRATED DEFIBRILLATOR AND METHOD OF USE FOR SELF-APPLICATION Non-Final OA Bardy Technologies, Inc.
18982957 DEFIBRILLATOR WITH A RELEASABLE WIRE ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Bardy Technologies, Inc.
18982960 DEFIBRILLATOR HOUSING WITH UNITARY FRAME Non-Final OA Bardy Technologies, Inc.
18982974 DEFIBRILLATOR HOUSING WITH COVER Non-Final OA Bardy Technologies, Inc.
18373260 DEVICE FOR DEFIBRILLATION AND MONITORING, MONITORING COMPONENT AND COMPONENT FOR DEFIBRILLATION AND MONITORING Non-Final OA SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18576145 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENT USE PREDICTION Final Rejection Covidien LP
18603374 METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTROL DATA FOR AN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL LASER OF A TREATMENT APPARATUS, TREATMENT APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA SCHWIND EYE-TECH-SOLUTIONS GMBH
18492922 WEARABLE DEFIBRILLATOR WITH OUTPUT STAGE HAVING DIVERTING RESISTANCE Non-Final OA West Affum Holdings DAC
18144103 WEARABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR (WCD) SYSTEM REACTING TO HIGH-AMPLITUDE ECG NOISE Non-Final OA West Affum Holdings DAC
18031314 THREE-DIMENSIONAL RETINAL STIMULATION DEVICE Non-Final OA DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18200406 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES FOR MULTI-CHAMBER PACING Non-Final OA MEDTRONIC, INC.
18556345 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLANTABLE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION Non-Final OA Northeastern University
18415612 NANOSECOND PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD SYSTEM Non-Final OA Pulse Biosciences, Inc.
18711508 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PIGMENT REMOVAL Non-Final OA EPIP LLC
18465225 PAIR OF INTELLIGENT ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS Non-Final OA Nyxoah SA
18561999 BIO-IMPLANTABLE BLADDER TREATMENT DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC WEB AND ELECTRONIC THREAD INCLUDED THEREIN Non-Final OA SOONCHUNHYANG UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
18258223 MEMS-BASED COCHLEAR IMPLANT Final Rejection Haluk KULAH
18252651 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE, METHOD FOR ATTACHING AN ELECTRODE, A SET AND A USE OF AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA ZURIMED TECHNOLOGIES AG
18248327 EARPLUG COMPRISING A HEAT DETECTOR AND A PULSE MONITOR AND A METHOD OF MONITORING A SUBJECT OF HIS BODY HEAT Final Rejection WELL BEING DIGITAL LIMITED
17920956 PORTABLE AED CASE Final Rejection TRISULT HOLDING B.V.

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