Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: BUI PHO, PASCAL M

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2878 3737 3741 3791 3793 3798

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.9%
Allow Rate
-6.1% vs TC avg
533
Total Applications
-19.1%
Interview Lift
1180
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 432 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.9%
§101 Eligibility
17.7%
§102 Novelty
52.3%
§103 Obviousness
21.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17611269 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING WORKSPACE VOLUMES AND IDENTIFYING REACHABLE WORKSPACES OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Non-Final OA Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
19344552 OPERATION LEVER, MEDICAL DEVICE, ULTRASOUND PROBE, AND ENDOSCOPE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
19277360 MEDICAL IMAGING SUPPORT DEVICE, METHOD FOR OPERATING MEDICAL IMAGING SUPPORT DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18963192 COIL UNIT Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
18587876 ULTRASOUND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD OF ULTRASOUND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18761538 IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MONITORING PATIENT DURING EXAMINATION Final Rejection FUJIFILM Healthcare Corporation
18620346 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, BODY MOVEMENT INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD, AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS Final Rejection FUJIFILM Healthcare Corporation
19271037 NON-INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE ESTIMATION AND BLOOD VESSEL MONITORING BASED ON PHOTOACOUSTIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18619391 Ultrasonic Probe Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
19038612 MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING PAIN OR INFECTION ASSOCIATED WITH PROPIONIC ACID Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
19367335 METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING A MOTION-CORRECTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE OF A SUBJECT Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18524278 Positioning a Patient Couch in a Magnetic Resonance System Non-Final OA Siemens Healthcare GmbH
17792503 DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR MARKING TISSUE Final Rejection Covidien LP
18427685 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING DYNAMIC 3D ULTRASOUND IMAGE Final Rejection GE Precision Healthcare LLC
19310148 ADAPTIVE FUDICIALS FOR MULTI-MODAL RADIOTHERAPY Final Rejection IZI Medical Products, LLC
18427764 ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND PROJECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA Coretronic Corporation
18106908 POLARIZATION SWITCHABLE MULTI-ZONE ILLUMINATION SYSTEM USING A POLARIZATION SWITCHABLE LIGHT SOURCE AND POLARIZATION SENSITIVE OPTIC Final Rejection STMicroelectronics International N.V.
18890038 CONDITIONAL VARIATIONAL AUTOENCODER FOR FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY ANALYSIS OF ASD FMRI DATA Final Rejection The George Washington University
18594200 MEDICAL INSTRUMENT NAVIGATION SYSTEM REGISTRATION PROBE WITH DEPTH-FINDING OR IMAGING CAPABILITES Non-Final OA Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.

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