Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3737 3768 3793 3798

This examiner grants 57% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

57.4%
Allow Rate
-12.6% vs TC avg
828
Total Applications
+37.8%
Interview Lift
1629
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 770 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.9%
§101 Eligibility
17.1%
§102 Novelty
42.9%
§103 Obviousness
25.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18229137 PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING FOR NONINVASIVE PERIODONTAL PROBING DEPTH MEASUREMENTS Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18539023 ERGONOMIC SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM Non-Final OA PROCEPT BioRobotics Corporation
18837097 BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT METHOD OF WEARABLE DEVICE, AND WEARABLE DEVICE Non-Final OA HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
18973585 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18969284 DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT DEVICE, ULTRASOUND ENDOSCOPE, DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM CORPORATION
18442058 COMPRESSION PLATE, MAMMOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
17858719 Augmented Imaging For Valve Repair Final Rejection Evalve, Inc.
18477444 DIFFUSE OPTICAL IMAGING/TOMOGRAPHY USING META-OPTICS Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
19140778 MULTI-CHANNEL PULSE HIGH-VOLTAGE PARAMETER-CONTROLLABLE SHOCK WAVE LITHOTRIPSY BALLOON IMAGING SYSTEM AND CATHETER THEREOF Non-Final OA NANJING FORSSMANN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18146432 ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND-GUIDED TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION (EBUS-TBNA) BRONCHOSCOPE Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18928316 AUTOMATED FRAME FEATURE DETECTION IN FRAME MATCHING PROCESS USING MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
18872330 RELIABLIITY ASSESSMENT OF CARDIAC PARAMETER MEASUREMENTS Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18869020 PROCESSING SEQUENCES OF ULTRASOUND IMAGES Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18867464 DIAGNOSTIC CONTAINER FOR OPTIMZED MEDICAL IMAGING Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18683018 MACHINE LEARNING BASED QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF MEDICAL IMAGERY AND ITS USE IN FACILITATING IMAGING OPERATIONS Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18785304 METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SETTING IMAGE ACQUISITION PARAMETERS, MEDICAL OBJECT, AND MEDICAL X-RAY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
17743178 PATIENT-SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION OF CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING Non-Final OA Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
18864581 METHOD, PROCESSOR, AND MEDICAL OBSERVATION DEVICE USING TWO COLOR IMAGES AND COLOR CAMERAS FOR FLUORESCENCE AND WHITE-LIGHT Non-Final OA Leica Instruments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18864555 METHOD, PROCESSOR, AND MEDICAL FLUORESCENCE OBSERVATION DEVICE FOR TOGGLING IMAGES Non-Final OA Leica Instruments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18626141 LONG IMAGE MULTI-FIELD OF VIEW PREVIEW Non-Final OA Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
18800178 METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR USING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION FOR MONITORING A TISSUE OF A USER Final Rejection Sensible Medical Innovations Ltd.
18891881 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTION OF ULTRASOUND DATA Final Rejection BFLY Operations, Inc
17170173 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE VALUE DRIVEN AUTONOMOUS SCANNER Final Rejection The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
18497368 ESTIMATING PHARMACOKINETICS OF A CONTRAST MEDIUM THROUGH A CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM ANALYTICAL MODEL AND/OR NEURAL NETWORK ALGORITHM Final Rejection Duke University
18225661 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LARGE FIELD OF VIEW, SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS Final Rejection Duke University
18080868 ENDOSCOPIC IMAGING AND PATTERNED STIMULATION AT CELLULAR RESOLUTION Final Rejection Duke University
18934954 PHYSIOLOGICAL METRICS FOR DETERMINING STROKE RISK Non-Final OA University of Southern California
18745131 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BREAST CANCER DETECTION USING CO-LOCALIZED ULTRASOUND-MAMMOGRAPHY Non-Final OA Thomas Jefferson University
18618730 Noninvasive Structural and Valvular Abnormality Detection System based on Flow Aberrations Non-Final OA MEDICI TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
18563130 IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD Final Rejection Planmed Oy

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