Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: BRUCE, FAROUK A

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3737 3793 3797

This examiner grants 47% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

47.4%
Allow Rate
-22.6% vs TC avg
266
Total Applications
+37.4%
Interview Lift
1614
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 209 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.9%
§101 Eligibility
14.1%
§102 Novelty
49.2%
§103 Obviousness
23.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18297728 DISTAL TIP TRACKING AND MAPPING Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18547740 SYSTEM FOR FASTENING OPTICALLY PUMPED MAGNETOMETERS (OPM), AND ELASTOMER MATRIX WHICH INCORPORATES A SYSTEM PART INTENDED TO BE FIXED TO A MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY DEVICE Non-Final OA COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
18744037 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18154332 MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
17333410 MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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
17337432 CONTROL APPARATUS, RADIOGRAPHY SYSTEM, CONTROL PROCESSING METHOD, AND CONTROL PROCESSING PROGRAM Final Rejection FUJIFILM CORPORATION
17957400 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-SPECTRAL PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING Non-Final OA FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC.
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.
18980198 ULTRASONIC DEVICE Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18574543 System and Method for Non-Invasive Determination of Pressure in a Biological Compartment Non-Final OA Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
19081805 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REGULATING A DOSE WHEN RECORDING IMAGES OF AN OBJECT Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18410537 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMAL COMBINING OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING FOR ATTENUATED CORRECTION AND IMPROVED DIAGNOSIS Non-Final OA GE Precision Healthcare LLC
17957535 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING PHYSIOLOGIC SIGNALS FROM A CAMERA Final Rejection GE Precision Healthcare LLC
17955019 Shape Sensing Reference Frame Non-Final OA Bard Access Systems, Inc.
18774964 INTEGRATION OF IMAGING DATA Non-Final OA Cilag GmbH International
18867207 PRESSURE SENSING ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
19181783 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MEDICAL MULTI-DYE FLUORESCENCE IMAGING Non-Final OA OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbH
18990861 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED ULTRASONOGRAPHY WITH AN IMPLANTED ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
18590465 SURGICAL PROTECTION SYSTEM Final Rejection GYRUS ACMI, INC., D/B/A OLYMPUS SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA
19150642 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL IMAGE GUIDANCE DURING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE Non-Final OA KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
17955941 Extended Intelligence Ecosystem for Soft Tissue Luminal Applications Non-Final OA Medtronic, Inc.
19045950 APPARATUS FOR GENERATING THERAPEUTIC SHOCKWAVES AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME Non-Final OA Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
16598396 REAL-TIME CLOUD-BASED VIRTUAL FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE ESTIMATION Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
19092862 CONTINUOUS NONINVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT Non-Final OA Masimo Corporation

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