Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CELESTINE, NYROBI I

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3793 3798

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.7%
Allow Rate
+11.7% vs TC avg
305
Total Applications
+22.7%
Interview Lift
1069
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 262 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.6%
§101 Eligibility
21.2%
§102 Novelty
41.5%
§103 Obviousness
30.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19163065 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS Non-Final OA Opsens Inc.
18450597 LOCATION-DEPENDENT SPATIOTEMPORAL ANTIALIASING IN PHOTOACOUSTIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY Non-Final OA California Institute of Technology
18613694 MULTI-DIMENSIONAL & MULTI-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC.
18610342 ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS TO CORRECT TRANSMISSION VOLTAGE TO MAKE DEPTH OF FIELD OF SCAN LINES UNIFORM Non-Final OA Canon Medical Systems Corporation
19011884 INTRAVASCULAR IMAGING CATHETER Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18961350 METHOD FOR GENERATING CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND IMAGES WITH VARIED IMAGING PARAMETERS AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING DEVICE PERFORMING THE METHOD Non-Final OA SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18889284 SCANNING CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ULTRASOUND SCANNING SYSTEM, AND ULTRASOUND SCANNING SYSTEM Final Rejection GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18921748 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRAINING AND DEPLOYING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL ON PRE-SCAN CONVERTED ULTRASOUND IMAGE DATA Non-Final OA Clarius Mobile Health Corp.
18097467 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING AND DISPLAYING A VASCULAR DEPTH MEASUREMENT ON AN ULTRASOUND IMAGE DISPLAYED ON A DEVICE Final Rejection Clarius Mobile Health Corp.
19061593 Portable Ultrasound Systems and Methods Non-Final OA Bard Access Systems, Inc.
19032699 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OCT-GUIDED TREATMENT OF A PATIENT Non-Final OA Spryte Medical, Inc.
18856679 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR LUMINESCENCE-BASED CARBON DIOXIDE SENSING Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
18630601 Ultrasound Depth Calibration for Improving Navigational Accuracy Non-Final OA Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
18590020 ULTRASOUND APERTURE COMPOUNDING METHOD AND SYSTEM Final Rejection BFLY Operations, Inc
18955146 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING ULTRASOUND IMAGE QUALITY BY APPLYING WEIGHTING FACTORS Non-Final OA Maui Imaging, Inc.
18048873 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ULTRASOUND ANALYSIS Non-Final OA Yeda Research And Development Co. Ltd
18548074 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING MEDICAL INDICES IN MEDICAL IMAGES Final Rejection ONTACT HEALTH CO., LTD.
18892777 DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Non-Final OA MTS Medical AG
18763063 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TISSUE ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION Non-Final OA LUMA Vision Limited
18289447 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF A PNEUMONIA BY FREQUENCY ANALYSIS OF ULTRASOUND SIGNALS Non-Final OA Imedicals S.r.l.
18555268 PORTABLE ULTRASOUND DEVICE FOR IMAGING A SUB-CUTANEOUS STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR ULTRASONIC IMAGING Non-Final OA Veintech Pty Ltd
18029208 ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY AND RELATED METHODS Final Rejection E2SENSE INC.

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