Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: CERIONI, DANIEL LEE

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3736 3791 3792

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.7%
Allow Rate
-5.3% vs TC avg
847
Total Applications
+28.5%
Interview Lift
1294
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 773 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.8%
§101 Eligibility
12.8%
§102 Novelty
43.0%
§103 Obviousness
32.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18926013 MICRO MODELS AND LAYERED PREDICTION MODELS FOR ESTIMATING SENSOR GLUCOSE VALUES AND REDUCING SENSOR GLUCOSE SIGNAL BLANKING Non-Final OA Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
18907764 WRIST-TYPE BODY COMPONENT MEASURING APPARATUS AND BODY COMPONENT MEASURING METHOD USING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17909945 BIOMETRIC INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND BIOMETRIC INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd
18789387 BACKGROUND INTERFERENCE MITIGATION FOR HIGH SENSITIVITY CREATININE SENSING Final Rejection ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
17723365 CATHETER WITH ATRAUMATIC TIP Final Rejection St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division Inc
18196283 TWISTED GUIDEWIRE Non-Final OA Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
18198883 DIGITAL IMAGING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING PIXEL DATA OF AN IMAGE OF USER SKIN TO GENERATE ONE OR MORE USER-SPECIFIC SKIN SPOT CLASSIFICATIONS Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
18984393 COUGH MONITORING METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18579779 BLOOD PRESSURE MEASURING DEVICE Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18874493 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HUMAN GAIT ANALYSIS, REAL-TIME FEEDBACK AND REHABILITATION USING AN EXTENDED-REALITY DEVICE Non-Final OA Magic Leap, Inc.
18611917 SENSOR WITH VARYING STIFFNESS Non-Final OA Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
18541036 ANOMALY DETECTION DEVICE, DETERMINATION SYSTEM, ANOMALY DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18033471 DETECTION DEVICE, DETECTION SYSTEM, DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18669801 IMPLANTABLE CHEMICAL SENSOR PACKAGES WITH CALIBRATION FEATURES Non-Final OA Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
18647171 METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A BODY SURFACE AREA OF A SUBJECT AND MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICE Final Rejection Siemens Healthineers AG
18938592 NEONATAL POD WITH CHARGER Non-Final OA GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18925310 VENTLESS TOCODYNAMOMETER Non-Final OA GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18499118 PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSOR AND SENSING METHOD WITH SENSOR LIFT DETECTION Non-Final OA GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18672993 Diagnostic Systems and Methods Including Temperature-Sensing Vascular Devices Non-Final OA Bard Access Systems, Inc.
18136063 System and Method for Placement of a Central Catheter Tip Final Rejection Bard Access Systems, Inc.
18247015 NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE EVALUATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Tanabe Pharma Corporation
16968250 CONTROLLING A WEARABLE CUFF Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18047634 Handheld Oximeter with Display of Real-Time, Average Measurements and Average Resetting Final Rejection ViOptix, Inc.
18047640 Handheld Oximeter with Display of Real-Time, Average Measurements and Average Resetting Non-Final OA ViOptix, Inc.
18117765 Blood Access Device with Integrated Blood Diagnostics Non-Final OA Becton, Dickinson and Company
17995865 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ACQUISITION OF MICROBIOPSY TISSUE SAMPLES USING A LASER Non-Final OA BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
17846682 ROTATING FULL-CORE BIOPSY NEEDLE Final Rejection Cook Medical Technologies LLC
18173753 SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DECISION SUPPORT AROUND KIDNEY HEALTH AND/OR DIABETES Non-Final OA Dexcom, Inc.
18782190 OXYGEN MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND OXYGEN MEASUREMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18833605 EVALUATION METHOD, EVALUATION APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD.

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