Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CWERN, JONATHAN

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3737 3771 3793 3797

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

50.4%
Allow Rate
-19.6% vs TC avg
848
Total Applications
+36.3%
Interview Lift
1530
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 797 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.0%
§101 Eligibility
14.0%
§102 Novelty
48.9%
§103 Obviousness
26.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18883384 DEEP CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR TUMOR SEGMENTATION WITH POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY Non-Final OA GENENTECH, INC.
18893273 ULTRASOUND PROBE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18468221 ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF ULTRASOUND SYSTEM Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
18353845 ENDOSCOPE Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
17277414 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR DEFINING AN ANATOMICAL BOUNDARY Final Rejection Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
18991244 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
18359326 ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
18719116 REVERSAL OF SENESCENCE BY ULTRASOUND IRRADIATION Final Rejection Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
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.
18833552 INTRAVASCULAR IMAGING DIAGNOSTICS Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18722122 AORTIC ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM BIOMARKERS Non-Final OA 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.
18703774 BIOMAGNETISM MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Non-Final OA SHIMADZU CORPORATION
17937093 IMAGE ACQUISITION MEDICAL DEVICE AND MEDICAL SYSTEM Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18817188 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE SELECTION METHOD Non-Final OA NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE
18966720 NEEDLE BREAST BIOPSY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE Non-Final OA Hologic, Inc.
18591130 BREAST SECUREMENT DEVICES Non-Final OA Hologic, Inc.
17725261 ROBOTIC SURGERY Final Rejection The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
18337627 SUTURING MECHANISM AND MEDICAL SYSTEM Final Rejection Olympus Corporation
18999940 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOLOGICAL ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY Non-Final OA RefleXion Medical, Inc.
18855880 DEVICE FOR MONITORING BLOOD BLOCKAGE RATE BY AORTIC BLOCKAGE BALLOON Non-Final OA KEIO UNIVERSITY
18840590 Method for Evaluating Outcome of Renal Denervation Non-Final OA Eul Joon Park
17919809 IMAGING SYSTEM Final Rejection Gentuity, LLC
18665160 Optical Coherence Tomography Scanning System and Method Non-Final OA Perceptive Technologies, Inc.
18659628 TISSUE TREATMENT CATHETER HAVING PORT BRACE Non-Final OA Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd.
18420004 ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT INDICATOR Final Rejection Caption Health, Inc.
17964451 ACOUSTIC SHOCK WAVE OR PRESSURE PULSE TREATMENT AND METHODS OF USE FOR ANTI-AGING Non-Final OA Softwave Tissue Regeneration Technologies, Inc.

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