Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: DEUTSCH, TAYLOR M

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3793 3798

This examiner grants 55% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

54.6%
Allow Rate
-15.4% vs TC avg
133
Total Applications
+37.4%
Interview Lift
1169
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 97 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.8%
§101 Eligibility
20.9%
§102 Novelty
55.1%
§103 Obviousness
14.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
16946496 IMAGE-GUIDED MICROROBOTIC METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES Non-Final OA California Institute of Technology
18295997 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD OF ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18075561 PLAQUE BURDEN INDICATION ON LONGITUDINAL INTRALUMINAL IMAGE AND X-RAY IMAGE Non-Final OA PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION
17809391 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
18634758 MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICES Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18209955 ULTRASOUND IMAGING METHODS Non-Final OA SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18010002 ANALOG CONTINUOUS WAVE DOPPLER ULTRASOUND SIGNAL GENERATION WITHIN AN ULTRASOUND PROBE AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18920961 MEASURING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR MEASURING MOVEMENTS OF A PATIENT POSITIONED RECUMBENTLY ON A PATIENT TABLE, AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE DEVICE Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18867092 MODULAR ULTRASONIC DEVICE, ULTRASONIC SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING A MODULAR ULTRASONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
17894460 Ultrasound Smart Port Accessory Non-Final OA Bard Access Systems, Inc.
17790422 Ultrasound Finger Probe and Methods Thereof Final Rejection Bard Access Systems, Inc.
17193570 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIMITING DOSES OF ELECTRO-MAGNETIC RADIATION DURING SURGERY Non-Final OA WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
17262459 Diagnosis of Dementia by Vascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Final Rejection Northeastern University
18916171 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING SPECTRAL DATA FROM HEALTHY BREAST TISSUE FOR USE IN DETECTING BREAST CANCER DEVELOPMENT, AND OTHER ORGAN TISSUE Non-Final OA DatChem
18527200 A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC ALIGNMENT OF A TRANSVERSAL ARRAY OF ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS Final Rejection InvenSense, Inc.
17763506 DISEASED PERSON DISTINGUISHING DEVICE AND DISEASED PERSON DISTINGUISHING SYSTEM Final Rejection HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
18446152 APPARATUS FOR NANOPARTICLE THERMAL THERAPY BASED ON OPEN MAGNETIC PARTICLE IMAGE Non-Final OA GIST(Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology)
16371835 Systems and Methods for Coupling an Ultrasound Source to Tissue Non-Final OA Guided Therapy Systems, LLC

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