Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: COOK, CHRISTOPHER L

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3737 3771 3793 3797

This examiner grants 47% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

47.2%
Allow Rate
-22.8% vs TC avg
602
Total Applications
+26.6%
Interview Lift
1685
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 557 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.5%
§101 Eligibility
8.7%
§102 Novelty
43.4%
§103 Obviousness
34.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19305476 TELEOPERATED SURGICAL SYSTEM WITH SURGEON SKILL LEVEL BASED INSTRUMENT CONTROL Non-Final OA Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
19029239 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND PROGRAM Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
16978965 NEUROMODULATION TECHNIQUES Final Rejection General Electric Company
19185052 Systems and Methods Using Ultrasound for Treatment Final Rejection P Tech, LLC
18750749 OFFSCREEN INDICATOR VIEWER USER INTERFACE Non-Final OA Auris Health, Inc.
19027446 Simultaneous Magnetic Resonance Multislice Imaging Technique with Adapted Recording Sequence Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18895047 MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNING SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18636895 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A FIRST MOTION PHASE, METHOD FOR CORRECTING A TRIGGERING, MAGNETIC RESONANCE DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND A COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA The Ohio State University
18127884 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NONCONTACT ULTRASOUND IMAGING Final Rejection The General Hospital Corporation
19084991 ACCELERATED COUPLED FILTERING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TISSUE DEFORMATION ANALYSIS Non-Final OA The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
18451656 System and Method for the Visualization and Characterization of Objects in Images Non-Final OA Imago Systems, Inc.

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