Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3735 3791

This examiner grants 31% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

31.4%
Allow Rate
-38.6% vs TC avg
593
Total Applications
+30.2%
Interview Lift
1708
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 538 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.2%
§101 Eligibility
4.7%
§102 Novelty
75.4%
§103 Obviousness
13.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17936357 RESPIRATION RATE DETECTION USING WI-FI Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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.
18576501 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection 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.
17294002 SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A HYDRATION LEVEL OF SKIN Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
17475658 ATTENTION DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17822284 HEART RATE VARIABILITY DETERMINATION Final Rejection Covidien LP
17822269 DETERMINING TRANSIENT DECELERATIONS Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18560205 Respiratory Measurement Method, Respiratory Measurement Device, and Respiratory Measurement System Final Rejection SHIMADZU CORPORATION
18262141 SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A CALVING MAMMAL Final Rejection LELY PATENT N.V.
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
18436849 SPHYGMOMANOMETER, CONTROL DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
18916545 DIAGNOSIS DEVICE USING SALIVA AND DIAGNOSIS METHOD USING THE SAME Final Rejection DONGWOON ANATECH CO., LTD.
17919891 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING SLEEP-RELATED PARAMETERS Final Rejection ResMed Sensor Technologies Limited
18562859 BRAIN WAVE MEASURING DEVICE AND BRAIN WAVE MEASURING METHOD Non-Final OA SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
17728062 SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS HEART RATE MONITORING AND INTERPRETATION Final Rejection Whoop, Inc.
15548197 INTEGRATED PAINLESS BONE MARROW BIOPSY DEVICE Final Rejection YALE UNIVERSITY
18651402 WEARABLE SENSOR AND SYSTEM THEREOF Non-Final OA Emfit Ltd.
18625495 IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO HEART MONITORING Non-Final OA UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES
18015079 BODY FLUID ANALYTE DETECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA MEDTRUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
18441614 REUSABLE GARMENTS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS WITH EMBEDDED DIAGNOSTICS Non-Final OA Esther Ghim
16015713 PARAMETRIC SEIZURE DETECTION Non-Final OA FLINT HILLS SCIENTIFIC, LLC
18041928 BLOOD NEUTRAL FAT ESTIMATION DEVICE, BLOOD NEUTRAL FAT ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Final Rejection NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
17712039 MONITORING CHANGES IN VOLUME AND PROPERTIES OF HUMAN INTERSTITIAL FLUID AND ELECTRO-MECHANICAL DESIGN OF AN OPTICAL DEVICE TO ACCOMPLISH THE SAME Non-Final OA BodiGuide, Inc.
18025981 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING BLOOD IN LIQUID Final Rejection Paree Group Oy
17894404 PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE Final Rejection Accurate Meditech Inc
17488409 DIGITALLY COACHED SPIROMETRY SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA Monitored Therapeutics Inc.

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