Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3739 3794

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.1%
Allow Rate
+3.1% vs TC avg
955
Total Applications
+10.9%
Interview Lift
1258
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 908 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
16.7%
§102 Novelty
48.6%
§103 Obviousness
24.1%
§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
18416809 CONTROLLED LESION AND IMMUNE RESPONSE TO PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD THERAPY Non-Final OA Galvanize Therapeutics , Inc.
18751163 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR ELECTROCAUTERY Non-Final OA LIVSMED INC.
18680420 LAYERED CORE INSULATED GUIDEWIRE Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18170348 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR RENAL DENERVATION ABLATION Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
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
18030349 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THERAPEUTIC NASAL TREATMENT Final Rejection Neurent Medical Limited
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
18686272 Flexible Telescopic Shaft for Monopolar Electrosurgical Pencil Non-Final OA Stryker European Operations Limited
18362861 E-CUT SEALER-DIVIDER Final Rejection BOLDER SURGICAL, LLC
18346358 Flexible Bipolar Sheath Final Rejection Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D.B.A. Olympus Surgical Technologies America
18758612 DOUBLE-SIDED ENCAPSULATED PLANAR CATHETER WITH ENCAPSULATING POLYMER Non-Final OA Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
18335883 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSSEPTAL PUNCTURE AND DILATION Final Rejection Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
18569772 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ISOLATING WIRES IN ELECTROPORATION DEVICES Final Rejection St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
18215613 SECONDARY ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR TISSUE CONTACT DETERMINATIONS Final Rejection Cook Medical Technologies LLC
17859137 TISSUE TREATMENT DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Non-Final OA Fractyl Health, Inc.
18621433 ELECTROSURGICAL GENERATOR Non-Final OA OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
18391952 ELECTROSURGICAL GENERATOR Non-Final OA OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
18596385 Monitoring Contact Integrity of Reference Electrodes in an RF Neural Ablation System Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
18719772 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL TREATMENT Non-Final OA BIOZONAL ID, LLC
18719266 DEVICE FOR OUTPUTTING DRIVE SIGNALS TO SURGICAL INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA Qingdao Medbios Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
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

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