Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BRYANT, MICHAEL CASEY

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 1792 2884

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.4%
Allow Rate
+10.4% vs TC avg
789
Total Applications
+16.8%
Interview Lift
961
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 769 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.4%
§101 Eligibility
20.5%
§102 Novelty
42.7%
§103 Obviousness
26.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18834152 DETECTION ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18671271 CAPABILITY DETERMINATION METHOD, CAPABILITY DETERMINATION APPARATUS, CAPABILITY DETERMINATION PROGRAM, AND PHANTOM Non-Final OA Konica Minolta, Inc.
18390177 DYNAMIC IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOVABLE RADIOGRAPHY APPARATUS, DYNAMIC IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DYNAMIC IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
18415012 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TIME OF FLIGHT AND DEPTH OF INTERACTION USING A POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM Final Rejection CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
18145875 MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND SCANNING-RANGE SETTING METHOD Final Rejection CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
18627323 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCED INTERNAL SCATTER CROSSTALK Non-Final OA GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18564655 Patient Motion Suppression During Medical Imaging Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18623832 X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYZER Non-Final OA SHIMADZU CORPORATION
18683279 TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE CREATION DEVICE, TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE CREATION METHOD, AND TOF-PET DEVICE Non-Final OA HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
18753387 APPARTUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR GENERATING COMPOSITE DISPLAYS OF ORAL AREAS Non-Final OA DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
18396410 SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING PREDICTED COMPONENT CONCENTRATIONS OF A TARGET MIXTURE Non-Final OA National University of Singapore
18688115 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING ALARM OBJECTS IN ITEMS OF LUGGAGE BY MEANS OF A PRIMARY IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND A SECONDARY IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA SMITHS DETECTION GERMANY GMBH
18800569 X-RAY SHIELDING MATERIAL, X-RAY INSPECTION APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING X-RAY SHIELDING MATERIAL Non-Final OA ANRITSU CORPORATION
18785359 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRED/WIRELESS, ONLINE/OFFLINE COMMUNICATION-BASED CONTINUOUS, REAL-TIME PROPORTIONAL AND RADIOMETRIC MEASUREMENT - PROCESSING - MONITORING OF THE OUTPUT OF UV SOURCES Non-Final OA RND ARASTIRMA GELISTIRME TASARIM MAKINE SANAYI VE TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI
18699452 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DOSE QUANTIFICATION Non-Final OA AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION
18433576 ULTRA-WIDEBAND TERAHERTZ IMAGING SYSTEM AND IMAGING METHOD Non-Final OA Shenzhen Technology University
18022579 A DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING AT LEAST ONE PROPERTY OF FODDER, A KIT, A CONTAINER COMPRISING THE DEVICE, AND A METHOD FOR ESTIMATING AT LEAST ONE PROPERTY OF FODDER Non-Final OA LANDBRUG & FØDEVARER F.M.B.A.

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