Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: FANG, MICHAEL YIMING

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3793 3796 3798

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.9%
Allow Rate
-8.1% vs TC avg
119
Total Applications
+39.6%
Interview Lift
1252
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 84 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.0%
§101 Eligibility
8.0%
§102 Novelty
57.7%
§103 Obviousness
29.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18887406 ACOUSTIC ENERGY DELIVERY ALGORITHM FOR USE WITHIN AN INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18373706 BEACON DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL PROCEDURES Final Rejection BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
17813909 ULTRASONIC CATHETER Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
19067562 EXAMINATION TABLE MOVEMENT CONTROL DEVICE, EXAMINATION TABLE MOVEMENT CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND MEDICAL IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18105381 DETERMINING A LOCATION OF AN APPARATUS IN AN MRT SYSTEM Non-Final OA Siemens Healthcare GmbH
19061813 METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING BREAST DENSITY AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM Final Rejection GE Precision Healthcare LLC
17796112 ACOUSTIC APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USE FOR COLLECTING HEALTH RELATED DATA Non-Final OA CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
18872868 HYBRID INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY TRANSDUCER AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18864016 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTANCE IN A SURGICAL PROCEDURE Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
19012834 STEREOSCOPIC SCANNING DEVICE AND STEREOSCOPIC SCANNING METHOD Non-Final OA QISDA CORPORATION
18257750 Method and Device for Collecting Physiological Data of a Wearer Non-Final OA Nitto Denko Corporation

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