Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3792 3794

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

59.6%
Allow Rate
-10.4% vs TC avg
323
Total Applications
+34.4%
Interview Lift
1324
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 270 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
17.4%
§102 Novelty
43.1%
§103 Obviousness
31.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17854306 ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR APPLYING NON-THERAPEUTIC RF SIGNALS Non-Final OA Cilag GmbH International
18416505 DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ABNORMAL TISSUE Non-Final OA Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc.
17746361 APPLYING PULSED ELECTRIC FIELDS IN THE TREATMENT OF NEURAL DISORDERS Non-Final OA Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc.
17929485 TISSUE THERAPY ENERGY DELIVERY AT A TARGET PRESSURE Final Rejection GYRUS ACMI, INC. D/B/A OLYMPUS SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA
18481541 ABLATION INSTRUMENT Final Rejection Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH
18386047 TREATMENT TOOL GENERATOR, TREATMENT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND TREATMENT METHOD Non-Final OA OLYMPUS CORPORATION
18656377 MEDICAL PROBE END EFFECTOR WITH HINGES Non-Final OA Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
18530267 ESTIMATION OF CATHETER PROXIMITY TO TISSUE USING CONTACT FORCE SENSING Final Rejection BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
18388303 POSITION AND FORCE SENSORS FOR CATHETERS Non-Final OA Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
18263558 Minimally Invasive Devices and Methods for Measuring Intestinal Potential Difference Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
18673572 INTEGRATED PULL RING AND COUPLER FOR MEDICAL DEVICES Non-Final OA St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
18639348 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING INTRACARDIAC IMPEDANCE Final Rejection St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
18238559 INSTRUMENT FOR ENDOSCOPIC POSTERIOR NASAL NERVE ABLATION Non-Final OA Acclarent, Inc.
17783907 POWER CONTROL FOR AN ELECTROSURGICAL VESSEL SEALER Non-Final OA Conmed Corporation
18071725 CONNECTING DEVICE FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD Non-Final OA KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG
17828659 ELECTROSURGICAL HANDHELD DEVICE, AND CONTACT BODY FOR AN ELECTROSURGICAL HANDHELD DEVICE Non-Final OA OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
18327280 METHODS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS THAT USE ONE OR MORE TRANSDUCERS TO HEAT NERVES TO EVOKE NEURAL RESPONSE WITHOUT DENERVATING NERVES, AS WELL AS TO DENERVATE NERVES Non-Final OA Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd.
18660720 Adhesive Wearable Sensors for Measuring Bioelectrical Signals Non-Final OA Queen's University at Kingston
18289754 HIGH-FREQUENCY TREATMENT HANDPIECE Non-Final OA TENTECH Inc.
18705032 INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT WITH OFFSET COMPENSATION FOR AN IMPLANTABLE PROBE Non-Final OA FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA
18699709 EARPHONE AND BIOMETRIC INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE Non-Final OA VIE, INC.
18688470 SYSTEM FOR CAPACITIVELY CAPTURING ELECTRICAL BIOSIGNALS FROM A BIOSIGNAL SOURCE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD Non-Final OA Capical GmbH
18241646 ROTARY SHAVER ARRANGEMENT FOR A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA GYRUS MEDICAL LIMITED
18573558 MEDICAL DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING A THROMBUS FROM A VESSEL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DEVICE Non-Final OA ARTEDRONE
18523047 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE LEAFLET CUTTING AND MODIFICATION Non-Final OA OPUS MEDICAL THERAPIES, LLC
16523078 TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Sight Sciences, Inc.
18517990 SEMI-CIRCULAR ABLATION CATHETER Non-Final OA Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC
18289619 ELECTRODE DEVICE COMPRISING HIGH-FREQUENCY ELECTRODE AND MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ELECTRODE Final Rejection STARMED CO., LTD.
18472362 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY RAISING OR MAINTAINING CORE BODY TEMPERATURE Non-Final OA Mercury Biomed, LLC
18283754 CONDUCTIVE ELASTOMERIC FILAMENTS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Non-Final OA MGI HOLDING LTD.

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