Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3737 3768 3793 3798

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

57.6%
Allow Rate
-12.4% vs TC avg
831
Total Applications
+38.1%
Interview Lift
1578
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 776 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.6%
§101 Eligibility
4.4%
§102 Novelty
71.6%
§103 Obviousness
8.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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.
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.
18683018 MACHINE LEARNING BASED QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF MEDICAL IMAGERY AND ITS USE IN FACILITATING IMAGING OPERATIONS Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
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
18477444 DIFFUSE OPTICAL IMAGING/TOMOGRAPHY USING META-OPTICS Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
19028977 MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS THAT FACILITATE USE OF DIFFERENT FLUORESCENCE IMAGING AGENTS Non-Final OA Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
18928316 AUTOMATED FRAME FEATURE DETECTION IN FRAME MATCHING PROCESS USING MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
18785304 METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SETTING IMAGE ACQUISITION PARAMETERS, MEDICAL OBJECT, AND MEDICAL X-RAY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18146432 ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND-GUIDED TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION (EBUS-TBNA) BRONCHOSCOPE Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18864555 METHOD, PROCESSOR, AND MEDICAL FLUORESCENCE OBSERVATION DEVICE FOR TOGGLING IMAGES Non-Final OA Leica Instruments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
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.
17743178 PATIENT-SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION OF CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING Non-Final OA Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
18800178 METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR USING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION FOR MONITORING A TISSUE OF A USER Final Rejection Sensible Medical Innovations Ltd.
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
18626141 LONG IMAGE MULTI-FIELD OF VIEW PREVIEW Non-Final OA Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
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
17990596 MIXED ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER ARRAYS Non-Final OA DeepSight Technology, Inc.
18563130 IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD Final Rejection Planmed Oy
18468914 SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF EARLY-STAGE PRESSURE INJURIES Final Rejection I.R Med Ltd.
16835608 INDUCING WEIGHT LOSS BY APPLICATION OF ENERGY Non-Final OA RAMBAM MED-TECH LTD.
18547220 ULTRASOUND TISSUE TREATMENT APPARATUS Non-Final OA HEALIUM MEDICAL LTD.

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