Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3762 3792 3796

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

79.5%
Allow Rate
+9.5% vs TC avg
857
Total Applications
+18.1%
Interview Lift
958
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 830 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.5%
§101 Eligibility
20.6%
§102 Novelty
36.5%
§103 Obviousness
23.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17874131 REGULARIZED MULTIPLE-INPUT PAIN ASSESSMENT AND TREND Final Rejection Welch Allyn, Inc.
19002941 RECHARGE INTERVAL FOR MEDICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Medtronic, Inc.
18943784 INPUT SWITCHING IN A VENTRICULAR INTRACARDIAC PACEMAKER Non-Final OA Medtronic, Inc.
18862801 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING AN IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR Non-Final OA Medtronic, Inc.
18812367 PACE PULSE DETECTOR FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Medtronic, Inc.
18959959 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR PAIRING VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION WITH MOTOR THERAPY IN PATIENT WHO HAS HEMIPARESIS Non-Final OA Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18781610 METHODS FOR TREATING TINNITUS WITH VNS Non-Final OA Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18268457 ELECTRODE PLACEMENT AND SECUREMENT Final Rejection COCHLEAR LIMITED
17910209 ENHANCING AUDITORY PERCEPTS WITH VESTIBULAR SIMULATION Non-Final OA Cochlear Limited
18889738 TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTROL DATA FOR AN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL LASER OF A TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR THE LASER-INDUCED REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGE Non-Final OA SCHWIND eye-tech-solutions GmbH
17927174 METHOD, SERVER, DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR MONITORING BIOSIGNALS USING WEARABLE DEVICE Final Rejection HUINNO, CO., LTD.

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