Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: DEUTSCH, TAYLOR M

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3793 3798

This examiner grants 53% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.4%
Allow Rate
-16.6% vs TC avg
145
Total Applications
+37.2%
Interview Lift
1164
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 103 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.8%
§101 Eligibility
20.6%
§102 Novelty
56.8%
§103 Obviousness
14.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18634758 MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICES Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
19380681 ULTRASONIC ENDOSCOPE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18295997 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD OF ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
17894460 Ultrasound Smart Port Accessory Non-Final OA Bard Access Systems, Inc.
19006460 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18604837 PROBE CONTROL APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17809391 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
18864933 DETECTING NERVE ACTIVITY Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18633736 INTRALUMINAL ULTRASOUND SCANNER WITH REDUCED DIAMETER Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
17398778 Localizing Medical Instruments Using Doppler Ultrasound Twinkling Artifact Signatures Final Rejection Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
18867092 MODULAR ULTRASONIC DEVICE, ULTRASONIC SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING A MODULAR ULTRASONIC DEVICE Final Rejection FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
18920961 MEASURING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR MEASURING MOVEMENTS OF A PATIENT POSITIONED RECUMBENTLY ON A PATIENT TABLE, AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE DEVICE Final Rejection Siemens Healthineers AG
17270102 Utilizing Pressure Measurements to Detect Reuse of Patient Lines Non-Final OA BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC
17193570 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIMITING DOSES OF ELECTRO-MAGNETIC RADIATION DURING SURGERY Final Rejection WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
18209955 ULTRASOUND IMAGING METHODS Final Rejection SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17305019 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TREATMENT FOR A SKIN CONDITION USING A TRACER Non-Final OA JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC.
19155539 ULTRASOUND IMAGING DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Samsung Medison Co., Ltd.
16946496 IMAGE-GUIDED MICROROBOTIC METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES Final Rejection California Institute of Technology
18311045 HISTOTRIPSY SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA HistoSonics, Inc.
18478342 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HISTOTRIPSY IMMUNOSENSITIZATION Final Rejection The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
18910226 WEARABLE AND BODY-CONFORMABLE ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER ARRAY FOR MUSCLE IMAGING AND MUSCLE-IN-THE-LOOP CONTROL Final Rejection North Carolina State University
18075561 PLAQUE BURDEN INDICATION ON LONGITUDINAL INTRALUMINAL IMAGE AND X-RAY IMAGE Non-Final OA PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION

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