Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3762 3792 3796

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.0%
Allow Rate
-3.0% vs TC avg
776
Total Applications
+22.1%
Interview Lift
1570
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 703 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.9%
§101 Eligibility
25.0%
§102 Novelty
66.9%
§103 Obviousness
5.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18641603 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MITIGATING CYCLE RELATED INJURY Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18695459 INDUCED ELECTRIC FIELD (IEF) THERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF SOLID CANCERS Non-Final OA Ohio State Innovation Foundation
18834376 HEALTH ANALYSIS METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18392098 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING PATIENTS WITH DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH VIRUSES Final Rejection ElectroCore, Inc.
17731393 NERVE STIMULATION THERAPY FOR MAINTAINING TELOMERE LENGTHS Non-Final OA ELECTROCORE, INC
16838953 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING PATIENTS WITH DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH REPLICATING PATHOGENS Non-Final OA ElectroCore, Inc.
16229401 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INITIAL PROVISIONING AND REFILLING OF MEDICAL DEVICES Non-Final OA Electrocore, Inc.
18837433 PHOTOCOSMETIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
19243566 UTILZING ONE OR MORE SENSORS TO DETECT MUSCLE ACTIVATION Final Rejection Peke Labs Corp.
18509129 METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH (ECG) RHYTHM PRESENTATION BY A MOBILE DEVICE Non-Final OA GE Precision Healthcare LLC
17975929 CONTROLLED PURGE RECOVERY USING TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR (tPA) Final Rejection ABIOMED, Inc.
18055261 UTILIZING MULTIPLE INPUTS TO MODULATE THE CHARGING RATE OF A FULLY IMPLANTABLE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
17516757 BLOOD PUMP WITH RESTART LOCKOUT Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18373005 SELECTIVELY DISPLAYING FILTERED PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS Non-Final OA Stryker Corporation
18693186 METHOD, PROGRAM AND DEVICE FOR CORRECTING ERROR OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAM SIGNAL Non-Final OA MEDICAL AI CO., LTD.
18730892 TRANSMISSION OF SIGNAL INFORMATION TO AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Cochlear Limited
17995729 PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
18501257 SLEEP APNEA RISK BASED ON BRADYCARDIA BURDEN Final Rejection Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
18385208 CHRONIC PERIODIC MONITORING FOR ATRIAL TACHYARRHYTHMIA DETECTION Final Rejection Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
16701919 HEMODYNAMICALLY OPTIMIZED RATE RESPONSE PACING USING HEART SOUNDS Non-Final OA Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
18262062 Intraoral Diagnostic Device and Method of Using Same Final Rejection Colgate-Palmolive Company
18254659 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING IMAGE DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A SLEEP-RELATED EVENT Final Rejection ResMed Pty Ltd
18559231 INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD PUMP OUTFLOW FLOW DISRUPTOR Non-Final OA Shifamed Holdings, LLC
18152551 SHEATHING AND DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR COLLAPSIBLE BLOOD PUMPS Non-Final OA Shifamed Holdings, LLC
18182985 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DENOISING PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS DURING ELECTRICAL NEUROMODULATION Final Rejection Cardionomix, Inc.
17361293 METHODS FOR OPERATING A SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES AND RELATED SYSTEMS Final Rejection Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.
18630224 ESTIMATION SYSTEMS FOR DBS PROGRAMMING Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
18419049 USE OF BLOOD FLOW IMAGES TO INFORM SCS WORKFLOW Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
18571143 RISK STRATIFICATION INTEGRATING MHEALTH AND AI Non-Final OA RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
18753878 AI DRIVEN PLATFORM TO USE INFRARED LIGHT TO TREAT INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINE STORMS Non-Final OA Photorevive, Inc.

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