Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3737 3773 3793 3794 3797
This examiner grants 49% of resolved cases
Farouk A Bruce serves as an examiner in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 3737. He has managed 217 resolved cases, providing a reliable dataset for applicants to analyze. His allowance rate is 48.8%, which provides a balanced outlook for applicants seeking a patent grant. This 48.8% figure indicates that nearly half of the applications in his docket eventually reach allowance, requiring a focused prosecution effort.
The interview lift of 38.4% is a highly significant metric for this examiner. This 38.4% figure suggests that conducting an interview is a very effective way to increase the likelihood of an allowance. Practitioners should consider an interview as a primary tool for overcoming rejections and clarifying the invention's technical merits in Art Unit 3737. Additionally, the median days to allowance is 1595, which is a relatively long timeline for successful prosecution. This 1595-day period is an important factor for applicants to consider when planning their strategy. With 217 resolved cases and a 48.8% allowance rate, the data highlights the importance of the 38.4% interview lift in navigating the 1595-day median prosecution cycle.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19329603 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION DETECTION DEVICE | Non-Final OA | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION |
| 18980198 | ULTRASONIC DEVICE | Final Rejection | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION |
| 19329493 | OPERATION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR ULTRASOUND PROBE AND OPERATION SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR ULTRASOUND PROBE | Non-Final OA | FUJIFILM Corporation |
| 17337432 | CONTROL APPARATUS, RADIOGRAPHY SYSTEM, CONTROL PROCESSING METHOD, AND CONTROL PROCESSING PROGRAM | Final Rejection | FUJIFILM CORPORATION |
| 17502664 | TECHNIQUE FOR DETERMINING A RADIUS OF A SPHERICALLY SHAPED SURFACE PORTION OF AN INSTRUMENT TIP | Final Rejection | Stryker European Operations Limited |
| 18744037 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Final Rejection | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 17333410 | MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | Non-Final OA | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha |
| 17820568 | RADIATION THERAPY DEVICES AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY SYSTEMS | Non-Final OA | SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD. |
| 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. |
| 18574543 | System and Method for Non-Invasive Determination of Pressure in a Biological Compartment | Non-Final OA | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research |
| 18246636 | DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION | Non-Final OA | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA |
| 17396656 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTRA-OPERATIVE IMAGE ANALYSIS | Final Rejection | Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. |
| 18973975 | SYSTEM AND METHOD UTILIZING OPTICAL DEPTH SENSOR FOR RECOVERING CARDIAC PULSE FROM CHEST MOTION IN DEPTH VIDEOS | Non-Final OA | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY |
| 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 |
| 18761873 | TUNNEL DRILLING AIMER AND ISO-ANGLE USER INTERFACE | Non-Final OA | Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited |
| 17955941 | Extended Intelligence Ecosystem for Soft Tissue Luminal Applications | Non-Final OA | Medtronic, Inc. |
| 19092862 | CONTINUOUS NONINVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT | Non-Final OA | Masimo Corporation |
| 18388110 | MEDICAL SYSTEM AND NAVIGATION METHOD | Non-Final OA | ASAHI INTECC CO., LTD. |
| 19045950 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING THERAPEUTIC SHOCKWAVES AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME | Non-Final OA | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System |
| 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 |
| 18887097 | ULTRASONIC MEDICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING VARIABLE FOCUSING DEPTH OF ULTRASONIC WAVE GENERATING UNIT | Non-Final OA | JEISYS MEDICAL INC. |
| 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 |
| 18883152 | PATIENT TRACKER SECURABLE TO BONE | Non-Final OA | Acclarent, Inc. |
| 17356010 | SMART DRILL, JIG, AND METHOD OF ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY | Non-Final OA | Surgical Targeted Solutions Inc. |
| 17175655 | Standardization Of Positron Emission Tomography Based Images | Non-Final OA | The Trustees of the University ofPennsylvania |
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