Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: EISEMAN, LYNSEY C

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3762 3769 3792 3796

This examiner grants 49% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

48.8%
Allow Rate
-21.2% vs TC avg
693
Total Applications
+39.1%
Interview Lift
1663
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 649 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.1%
§101 Eligibility
22.0%
§102 Novelty
41.6%
§103 Obviousness
28.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18010488 LIGHT IRRADIATION TYPE COSMETIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18537354 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POINT OF INTERACTION DISPLAYS IN A TELEOPERATIONAL ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
18562366 SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR MODULATING THE SPINAL CORD BASED ON SPINAL FIELD POTENTIALS Final Rejection BROWN UNIVERSITY
18195233 SIDE LIGHT DIRECTION PLASMA SYSTEM TO DISTRUPT VASCULAR LESIONS Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18061728 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LASER OF A LASER DEVICE, METHOD FOR PERFORMING A SURGICAL PROCEDURE, LASER DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA SCHWIND EYE-TECH-SOLUTIONS GMBH
18610919 SELECTIVE LASER FIRING FOR TISSUE SAFETY Non-Final OA GYRUS ACMI, INC. D/B/A OLYMPUS SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA
18431644 NON-VISUAL ALERTS AND INDICATORS OF MEDICAL CONDITIONS Non-Final OA Stryker Corporation
17550725 METHOD FOR IRRADIATING CELLS WITH LIGHT, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MEDICAL DEVICE, AND MEDICAL DEVICE Final Rejection OLYMPUS CORPORATION
17824764 SINGLE CHANNEL SENSING USING VFA DEVICE Final Rejection Medtronic, Inc.
16343698 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THERMAL GRADIENT PRECONDITIONING FOR SELECTIVE PHOTOTHERMAL TARGETING Final Rejection The General Hospital Corporation
18095121 THERAPEUTIC LIGHTED CATHETERS Final Rejection The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
17794002 INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD PUMPS, MOTORS, AND FLUID CONTROL Final Rejection SHIFAMED HOLDINGS, LLC
18680853 LASER INTRAVASULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE FOR STENOSIS CALCIFIED LESIONS Final Rejection Shockwave Medical, Inc.
18622587 EVANESCENT OPTICAL FIBERS FOR LASER LITHOTRIPSY Non-Final OA Shockwave Medical, Inc.
18228083 OPHTHALMOLOGICAL LASER DEVICE HAVING A LASER SCANNER Non-Final OA Ziemer Ophthalmic Systems AG
18605288 ENERGY MANIFOLD FOR DIRECTING AND CONCENTRATING ENERGY WITHIN A LITHOPLASTY DEVICE Final Rejection Bolt Medical, Inc.
18582889 HIGH BANDWIDTH ENERGY SOURCE FOR IMPROVED TRANSMISSION THROUGH OPTICAL FIBER FOR INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY Final Rejection BOLT MEDICAL, INC.
18100784 ENERGY SOURCE FOR PRECONDITIONING AN ENERGY GUIDE IN A CATHETER SYSTEM Final Rejection BOLT MEDICAL, INC.
18086408 CATHETER SYSTEM INCLUDING ALIGNMENT ASSEMBLY FOR OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTORS IN MEDICAL LASER APPLICATIONS Final Rejection BOLT MEDICAL, INC.
18019356 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING LASER TREATMENTS Non-Final OA IPG PHOTONICS CORPORATION
18572463 STIMULATION METHODS FOR AN ELECTROMAGNETICALLY OR ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED SPONTANEOUS RESPIRATION Non-Final OA STIMIT AG
18026232 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INHIBITING CHOROIDAL THINNING Final Rejection TSUBOTA LABORATORY, INC.
18559871 LIGHT APPLICATOR SYSTEM WITH PROTECTIVE SLEEVE Non-Final OA Richard Wolf GmbH
18038603 PHOTOTHERAPEUTIC APPARATUS Final Rejection Teijin Pharma Limited
13438705 CONTROLLED CROSS-LINKING INITIATION AND CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY FEEDBACK SYSTEMS FOR DIRECTING CROSS-LINKING Non-Final OA AVEDRO, INC.
18038714 HANDHELD HOME LASER HAIR REMOVAL DEVICE AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA Wuhan Lotuxs Technology Co., Ltd.
18198925 Techniques For Delivering Laser Energy To A Target Site Of An Organism Final Rejection Industrial Laser Machines, LLC
17978656 Systems and Methods of Optically Targeting Melanin and other Tissue Components for Enhanced Dermal Treatment Final Rejection CYNOSURE, LLC
17640067 METHOD FOR TARGETED TREATING DERMATOSES Final Rejection STRATA SKIN SCIENCES INC.
17492174 PHOTOBIOMODULATION THERAPY SYSTEMS AND DEVICES Final Rejection Joovv, Inc.

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