Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: CWERN, JONATHAN

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3737 3771 3793 3797

This examiner grants 51% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

50.7%
Allow Rate
-19.3% vs TC avg
852
Total Applications
+35.3%
Interview Lift
1462
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 811 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
3.1%
§102 Novelty
88.1%
§103 Obviousness
6.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18883384 DEEP CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR TUMOR SEGMENTATION WITH POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY Final Rejection GENENTECH, INC.
18991244 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18833552 INTRAVASCULAR IMAGING DIAGNOSTICS Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18294271 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ULTRASOUND PARAMETER IDENTIFICATION Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18579106 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPECTRAL PULSE WAVE DOPPLER ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENTS Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
17269295 BIOMETRIC MEASUREMENT AND QUALITY ASSESSMENT Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
19058039 HEART RATE DETECTING DEVICE CAPABLE OF ALLEVIATING MOTION INTERFERENCE Non-Final OA PixArt Imaging Inc.
18468221 ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF ULTRASOUND SYSTEM Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
18703774 BIOMAGNETISM MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Non-Final OA SHIMADZU CORPORATION
18471251 MEDICAL SYSTEM, METHOD FOR PROCESSING MEDICAL IMAGE, AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18359326 ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
18591130 BREAST SECUREMENT DEVICES Non-Final OA Hologic, Inc.
18466587 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND CALCIUM DISPLAY Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18348977 HYBRID WATER BLADDER FOR AN ENDOSCOPE Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18999940 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOLOGICAL ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY Non-Final OA RefleXion Medical, Inc.
18659628 TISSUE TREATMENT CATHETER HAVING PORT BRACE Final Rejection Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd.
18855880 DEVICE FOR MONITORING BLOOD BLOCKAGE RATE BY AORTIC BLOCKAGE BALLOON Non-Final OA KEIO UNIVERSITY
18840590 Method for Evaluating Outcome of Renal Denervation Final Rejection Eul Joon Park
18720875 ELECTROMAGNETIC LOCALIZATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA MINMAXMEDICAL
18665160 Optical Coherence Tomography Scanning System and Method Non-Final OA Perceptive Technologies, Inc.
18420004 ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT INDICATOR Final Rejection Caption Health, Inc.
17247635 OCULAR SYSTEM TO ASSESS OPERATIONAL RISK Non-Final OA Senseye, Inc.
16615525 MEDICAL NEEDLE COMPRISING ECHOGENIC ENHANCEMENTS Non-Final OA In Front Medtech AB

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