Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3735 3791

This examiner grants 31% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

31.3%
Allow Rate
-38.7% vs TC avg
600
Total Applications
+30.3%
Interview Lift
1707
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 540 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

20.7%
§101 Eligibility
10.2%
§102 Novelty
39.5%
§103 Obviousness
27.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18763620 IMPLANTABLE POLYMER SURFACES EXHIBITING REDUCED IN VIVO INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES Non-Final OA Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
17936357 RESPIRATION RATE DETECTION USING WI-FI Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17552165 SELF-POWERED ANALYTE SENSOR AND DEVICES 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 Non-Final OA ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
18576501 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18239377 PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER RELIABILITY INDICATORS Final Rejection Stryker Corporation
18861020 SMART BIOELECTRONIC PACIFIER FOR REAL-TIME CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF SALIVARY ELECTROLYTES Non-Final OA Georgia Tech Research Corporation
18575116 GAIT EVALUATION DEVICE, GAIT EVALUATION METHOD, GAIT MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC CORPORATION
17221720 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NON-INVASIVE MEASUREMENT AND MONITORING OF PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS Non-Final OA General Electric Company
18930680 PREGNANCY ILLNESS DETECTION AND TRACKING Non-Final OA Oura Health Oy
17822269 DETERMINING TRANSIENT DECELERATIONS Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18487747 CUFF COVER Final Rejection OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
18176264 System and Method for Mode Switching Final Rejection Dexcom, Inc.
18932410 WEARABLE DEVICES FOR DETECTING EVENTS USING EXTERNAL EAR AND AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, INCLUDING EXAMPLES OF EARRINGS Non-Final OA University of Washington
15548197 INTEGRATED PAINLESS BONE MARROW BIOPSY DEVICE Final Rejection YALE UNIVERSITY
18396120 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING XR-BASED UPPER LIMB MOTION CONTROL AND MOTION CONTROL ABILITY Final Rejection KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
17919891 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING SLEEP-RELATED PARAMETERS Non-Final OA ResMed Sensor Technologies Limited
18015079 BODY FLUID ANALYTE DETECTION DEVICE Final Rejection MEDTRUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
18305083 CONTINUOUSLY WEARABLE PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WITH MULTI-FUNCTION WATCH Final Rejection Whoop, Inc.
17728062 SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS HEART RATE MONITORING AND INTERPRETATION Final Rejection Whoop, Inc.

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