Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3736 3791

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.2%
Allow Rate
+5.2% vs TC avg
995
Total Applications
+14.3%
Interview Lift
1380
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 932 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.1%
§101 Eligibility
31.6%
§102 Novelty
32.8%
§103 Obviousness
23.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18456767 EMOTION ESTIMATING DEVICE, EMOTION ESTIMATING SYSTEM, AND EMOTION ESTIMATING METHOD Final Rejection ASICS CORPORATION
18546592 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESOPHAGEAL HYDROMETRY Final Rejection Northwestern University
18466721 SYNCHRONIZED SENSORS AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18637928 USE OF FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING FOR OPTICAL CARDIAC SIGNALS Non-Final OA Garmin International, Inc.
18303732 GUIDEWIRE LOCKING DEVICE Final Rejection GYRUS ACMI, INC D/B/A OLYMPUS SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA
17655058 MEDICINE-TAKING DETECTION SYSTEM AND INGESTION DEVICE Final Rejection Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18506666 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAPPING TISSUE CONTACT VIA TRIANGULATION Non-Final OA Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
17500185 BIOPSY DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED VACUUM RESERVOIR Non-Final OA Devicor Medical Products, Inc.
18562779 EXERCISE PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, EXERCISE PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
17737324 NEUROPHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING SYSTEM Final Rejection NuVasive, Inc.
18129461 MEDICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA ASAHI INTECC CO., LTD.
18500815 NON-INVASIVE DETERMINATION OF BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS Final Rejection Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
18561264 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA PARAMOUNT BED CO., LTD.
18355156 CALIBRATION UNIT FOR A MACROSCOPIC MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICE, MACROSCOPIC MEDICAL IMAGING CALIBRATION SYSTEM AND USE OF A CALIBRATION UNIT Final Rejection Ivoclar Vivadent AG
18262615 Biopsy System & Device Having a Chilled Biopsy Needle Non-Final OA Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
18416533 DIMPLED JOINT FOR GUIDEWIRE Non-Final OA ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
18244417 GUIDEWIRE HAVING RADIOPAQUE INNER COIL Non-Final OA Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
18144526 GUIDEWIRE HAVING VARYING DIAMETERS AND METHOD OF MAKING Final Rejection Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
18489344 GAIT MONITORING AND HEALTHCARE SYSTEM Non-Final OA National Tsing Hua University
17971824 EAR-WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING IN-EAR OPTICAL HEART RATE AND BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION SENSOR Non-Final OA STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.
18178881 GUIDE WIRE ACTIVATION MECHANISM AND PROXIMAL ACTUATION MECHANISM Final Rejection RAPID MEDICAL LTD.
17744774 ESOPHAGUS POSITION DETECTION BY ELECTRICAL MAPPING Non-Final OA Navix International Limited
18599450 Using Limited Lead Device EEG to Predict Delirium Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
18178931 APPARATUS FOR MEASURING A PARAMETER OF A HUMAN BODY AT AN ABREU BRAIN THERMAL TUNNEL (ABTT) Final Rejection Brain Tunnelgenix Technologies Corp.
17538564 TISSUE REMOVAL DEVICE WITH ADJUSTABLE DELIVERY SLEEVE FOR NEUROSURGICAL AND SPINAL SURGERY APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Nico Corporation
18562842 HIGHLY INTEGRATED ANALYTE DETECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA MEDTRUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
18601921 BONE BIOPSY DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Non-Final OA Piper Access, LLC
18589334 DEVICE AND SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR DETECTING BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT Non-Final OA Tracklet Inc.
18525931 Membrane Layer Containing a Therapeutic Agent for an Analyte Sensor Non-Final OA Celanese EVA Performance Polymers LLC
18291357 Microneedle-Mediated Wearable Dermal Patch and Methods of Use for Collection of Biological Fluid Non-Final OA Curiva, LLC

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