Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BRUCE, FAROUK A

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3737 3793 3797

This examiner grants 46% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

46.1%
Allow Rate
-23.9% vs TC avg
262
Total Applications
+37.0%
Interview Lift
1616
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 204 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
2.5%
§102 Novelty
85.9%
§103 Obviousness
0.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18246636 DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18574543 System and Method for Non-Invasive Determination of Pressure in a Biological Compartment Final Rejection Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
17502664 TECHNIQUE FOR DETERMINING A RADIUS OF A SPHERICALLY SHAPED SURFACE PORTION OF AN INSTRUMENT TIP Non-Final OA Stryker European Operations Limited
17957535 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING PHYSIOLOGIC SIGNALS FROM A CAMERA Final Rejection GE Precision Healthcare LLC
17932106 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA Konica Minolta, Inc.
19181783 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MEDICAL MULTI-DYE FLUORESCENCE IMAGING Non-Final OA OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbH
18744037 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
18164850 PET APPARATUS, PET-CT APPARATUS, IMAGE GENERATION AND DISPLAY METHOD, AND NONVOLATILE COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE GENERATION AND DISPLAY PROGRAM Non-Final OA CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
18297728 DISTAL TIP TRACKING AND MAPPING Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
19104141 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A RISK FACTOR FOR A CONDITION Non-Final OA ResMed Digital Health Inc.
19049556 OPTICAL CAMERA POSITIONING TOOL Non-Final OA MedTech S.A.
19045950 APPARATUS FOR GENERATING THERAPEUTIC SHOCKWAVES AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME Non-Final OA Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18280283 System and Method for Tracking an Object Based on Skin Images Non-Final OA University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
18990861 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED ULTRASONOGRAPHY WITH AN IMPLANTED ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
18982531 SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING ROBOTIC SURGERY Non-Final OA Epica International, Inc.
18958885 FORWARD-LOOKING MRI IMAGING FOR CONSTRAINED ANATOMY Non-Final OA Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
18865229 MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection Renaissance of Technology Corporation
18192439 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANGIOGRAPHIC DOSE REDUCTION USING MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection William E. Butler
18015634 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING BIOMARKERS OF VASCULAR FUNCTION UTILIZING BOLD CMR IMAGES Non-Final OA AREA 19 MEDICAL INC.
17777760 PLANNING AND REAL-TIME UPDATING A 3D TRAJECTORY OF A MEDICAL INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA XACT ROBOTICS LTD.
17887426 Living Subject Identification Using Image/Video Discriminator For RADAR Systems Final Rejection Innovative Health Monitoring LLC
16900696 DIRECT DETECTION AND IMAGING OF CHARGED PARTICLES FROM A RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL Final Rejection Lightpoint Medical, Ltd

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