Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3736 3791

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.1%
Allow Rate
+5.1% vs TC avg
1,007
Total Applications
+14.6%
Interview Lift
1303
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 942 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.4%
§101 Eligibility
22.4%
§102 Novelty
62.2%
§103 Obviousness
8.6%
§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.
17655058 MEDICINE-TAKING DETECTION SYSTEM AND INGESTION DEVICE Final Rejection Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
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.
18562614 Article of Personal Protective Equipment and Method for Use with Article of Personal Protective Equipment Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
17880013 ACOUSTIC OTOSCOPE Final Rejection OtoNexus Medical Technologies, Inc.
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.
18144526 GUIDEWIRE HAVING VARYING DIAMETERS AND METHOD OF MAKING Non-Final OA Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
18561264 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA PARAMOUNT BED CO., LTD.
18500815 NON-INVASIVE DETERMINATION OF BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS Final Rejection Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
18489344 GAIT MONITORING AND HEALTHCARE SYSTEM Non-Final OA National Tsing Hua University
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
18695366 CALIBRATION FREE ANALYTE DETECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA MEDTRUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
18599450 Using Limited Lead Device EEG to Predict Delirium Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
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
18545661 Automated Data Acquisition, Appraisal and Analysis in Noninvasive Rapid Screening of Neuro-Otologic Conditions Using Combination of Subject's Objective Oculomotor Vestibular and Reaction Time Analytic Variables Non-Final OA Neuro Kinetics, Inc.
18528077 HEART FAILURE INDICATOR Non-Final OA Impedimed Limited
18562727 ESOPHAGUS PH-MYOELECTRICITY COMBINED ELECTRODE CATHETER Non-Final OA Yuanming LUO
18511525 SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING SKIN DRYNESS Non-Final OA Skyrocket Phytopharma Ltd.
18493521 Method for Predicting Age from Resting-State Scalp EEG Signals Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks Non-Final OA Neuroscience Software Inc. DBA Brainify.AI
18217801 DEVICES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SAMPLING AND ANALYZING THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT Final Rejection EnteroTrack, LLC

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