Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: BROUGHTON, SHAWN CURTIS

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3791 3792

This examiner grants 39% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

39.1%
Allow Rate
-30.9% vs TC avg
57
Total Applications
+29.5%
Interview Lift
1238
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 23 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

22.2%
§101 Eligibility
16.2%
§102 Novelty
31.7%
§103 Obviousness
29.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18091179 TERMINAL AND BIOSENSOR SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18353365 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING USER MOTION Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18147822 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SENSING A PLURALITY OF ANALYTES Final Rejection ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
18025585 System And Method For Multi-Node PPG On Wearable Devices Final Rejection Google LLC
18318735 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM Final Rejection FUJIFILM CORPORATION
17873237 DEVICE FOR COLLECTION OF VOLATILE COMPOUNDS FROM SKIN FOR NON-INVASIVE MEASUREMENT OF BLOOD-GLUCOSE VALUES Non-Final OA Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
18456146 WEARABLE DEVICE FOR ON-DEMAND INTERSTITIAL FLUID BIOMARKER SENSING WITH A MICRONEEDLE-INTEGRATED SENSOR Final Rejection General Electric Company
18456193 MICRONEEDLE-INTEGRATED INTERSTITIAL FLUID BIOMARKER SENSOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF Final Rejection General Electric Company
18621245 WEARABLE INCONTINENCE PREDICTOR SYSTEMS AND DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING INCONTINENCE Non-Final OA Welch Allyn, Inc.
17823642 PATIENT MONITORING FOR ALARM MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Welch Allyn, Inc.
18093850 MONITORING PATCH Final Rejection ABIOMED, Inc.
18537436 BREATH MONITORING ON TWS EARPHONES Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics International N.V.
18063021 CUFFLESS BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR WITH MULTIPLE INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNITS Final Rejection STMicroelectronics International N.V.

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