Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3735 3791

This examiner grants 31% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

31.2%
Allow Rate
-38.8% vs TC avg
589
Total Applications
+29.7%
Interview Lift
2033
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 535 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

20.6%
§101 Eligibility
11.9%
§102 Novelty
36.8%
§103 Obviousness
28.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18576501 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18575116 GAIT EVALUATION DEVICE, GAIT EVALUATION METHOD, GAIT MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18515893 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
18176264 System and Method for Mode Switching Non-Final OA Dexcom, Inc.
18014815 SYSTEMS AND METHODS SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING NASAL PATHOLOGIES OF A SUBJECT Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
17294002 SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A HYDRATION LEVEL OF SKIN Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18262141 SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A CALVING MAMMAL Final Rejection LELY PATENT N.V.
15548197 INTEGRATED PAINLESS BONE MARROW BIOPSY DEVICE Final Rejection YALE UNIVERSITY
17552165 SELF-POWERED ANALYTE SENSOR AND DEVICES USING THE SAME Final Rejection ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
17548487 ANALYTE SENSORS FOR SENSING KETONES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
17365190 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING AND/OR MAINTAINING SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN ENTITIES IN AN ANALYTE MONITORING ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
18207316 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING HIGH-FREQUENCY BIO-SIGNAL BASED ON NEURAL NETWORK MODEL Non-Final OA DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18476618 FECAL COLLECTION APPARATUSES, FECAL COLLECTION ATTACHMENT DEVICES, AND METHODS OF USING SAME Non-Final OA IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
18436849 SPHYGMOMANOMETER, CONTROL DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
18562859 BRAIN WAVE MEASURING DEVICE AND BRAIN WAVE MEASURING METHOD Non-Final OA SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
17108605 Earpiece with glucose sensor and system Non-Final OA BRAGI GmbH
17919891 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING SLEEP-RELATED PARAMETERS Final Rejection ResMed Sensor Technologies Limited
18651402 WEARABLE SENSOR AND SYSTEM THEREOF Non-Final OA Emfit Ltd.
18015079 BODY FLUID ANALYTE DETECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA MEDTRUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
17728062 SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS HEART RATE MONITORING AND INTERPRETATION Final Rejection Whoop, Inc.
18441614 REUSABLE GARMENTS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS WITH EMBEDDED DIAGNOSTICS Non-Final OA Esther Ghim
18263587 APPARATUS AND METHOD OF NONINVASIVELY AND SEPARATELY MEASURING LUNG VENTILATION AND CARDIAC BLOOD FLOW COMPONENTS Non-Final OA BILAB CO., LTD.
17488409 DIGITALLY COACHED SPIROMETRY SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA Monitored Therapeutics Inc.

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