Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: DEUTSCH, TAYLOR M

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3793 3798

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.5%
Allow Rate
-16.5% vs TC avg
136
Total Applications
+36.1%
Interview Lift
1158
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 99 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.0%
§101 Eligibility
9.8%
§102 Novelty
85.9%
§103 Obviousness
2.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18268166 ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND PROBE FOR THE SAME Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18010002 ANALOG CONTINUOUS WAVE DOPPLER ULTRASOUND SIGNAL GENERATION WITHIN AN ULTRASOUND PROBE AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18295997 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD OF ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18379269 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC REGION OF INTEREST BOX PLACEMENT AND IMAGING SETTINGS SELECTION DURING ULTRASOUND IMAGING Final Rejection GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18209955 ULTRASOUND IMAGING METHODS Non-Final OA SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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
18604837 PROBE CONTROL APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA Canon Medical Systems 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.
17894460 Ultrasound Smart Port Accessory Non-Final OA Bard Access Systems, Inc.
17193570 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIMITING DOSES OF ELECTRO-MAGNETIC RADIATION DURING SURGERY Non-Final OA WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
18955750 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING A SKIN DISEASE Non-Final OA Health Strategy, LLC
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
18478342 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HISTOTRIPSY IMMUNOSENSITIZATION Final Rejection The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
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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