Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3739 3794

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.0%
Allow Rate
+3.0% vs TC avg
957
Total Applications
+11.1%
Interview Lift
1223
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 914 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
3.1%
§102 Novelty
77.6%
§103 Obviousness
10.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17913283 BLOOD CLOT RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
18686272 Flexible Telescopic Shaft for Monopolar Electrosurgical Pencil Non-Final OA Stryker European Operations Limited
18566619 SURGICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS UTILIZING TEMPERATURE FOR PREDICTING AND/OR CONTROLLING THERMAL SPREAD Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18565011 ELECTROSURGICAL FORCEPS WITH TISSUE CONTACT SENSING Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18274997 THERMAL CUTTING ELEMENTS FOR ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND SYSTEMS INCORPORATING THE SAME Final Rejection Covidien LP
18268376 COOLING SYSTEM FOR DISSECTION BLADE Final Rejection Covidien LP
18265714 ENERGY GENERATOR WITH MULTIFUNCTIONAL ENERGY RECEPTACLE Final Rejection Covidien LP
18023799 THERMAL CUTTING ELEMENTS, ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING THERMAL CUTTING ELEMENTS, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18092659 THERMAL ELEMENTS FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATING THE SAME Non-Final OA Covidien LP
17704576 MULTI-FUNCTION SURGICAL INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18751163 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR ELECTROCAUTERY Non-Final OA LIVSMED INC.
18621433 ELECTROSURGICAL GENERATOR Non-Final OA OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
18760413 USER INTERFACE AND LOCK FEATURES FOR POSITIONING MULTIPLE COMPONENTS WITHIN A BODY Non-Final OA GYRUS ACMI, INC., D/B/A OLYMPUS SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA
18609204 ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA GYRUS ACMI, INC., D/B/A OLYMPUS SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA
18680420 LAYERED CORE INSULATED GUIDEWIRE Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18170348 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR RENAL DENERVATION ABLATION Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18758612 DOUBLE-SIDED ENCAPSULATED PLANAR CATHETER WITH ENCAPSULATING POLYMER Non-Final OA Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
18346358 Flexible Bipolar Sheath Final Rejection Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D.B.A. Olympus Surgical Technologies America
17984409 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENERGIZING ELECTROPORATION CATHETERS Non-Final OA St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
18719266 DEVICE FOR OUTPUTTING DRIVE SIGNALS TO SURGICAL INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA Qingdao Medbios Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
18719772 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL TREATMENT Non-Final OA BIOZONAL ID, LLC
18569206 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD THERAPY Final Rejection Pulse Biosciences, Inc.
18652006 INTERNAL BIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY PROBE Non-Final OA A Hoyos LLC
18221251 INTERNAL BIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY PROBE Final Rejection A Hoyos LLC
18416809 CONTROLLED LESION AND IMMUNE RESPONSE TO PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD THERAPY Final Rejection Galvanize Therapeutics , Inc.
18291793 POWER TRANSFER ASSEMBLY AND AN ELECROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA CREO MEDICAL LIMITED
17782626 ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT, GENERATOR AND APPARATUS Final Rejection Creo Medical Limited
18570657 ELECTROPORATION TREATMENT Non-Final OA Entire Medical Inc.
18548064 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MARGINAL ABLATION IN TISSUE CAVITY Final Rejection SenoGuard, Inc.
17683891 THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND APPARATUS AND METHOD Non-Final OA Novuson Surgical, Inc.

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