Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HEIN, DEVIN C

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3683 3686

This examiner grants 45% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

45.4%
Allow Rate
-6.6% vs TC avg
325
Total Applications
+30.9%
Interview Lift
1213
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 295 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

33.5%
§101 Eligibility
9.7%
§102 Novelty
38.5%
§103 Obviousness
12.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19026257 INFORMATION INTERACTION METHOD, PLATFORM, DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18833082 GUIDANCE ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, GUIDANCE ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
19104595 CLINICAL DEVICE TRACKING AND MONITORING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
18683025 INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD FOR PREDICTING HEALTH CONDITION OF CONSUMER AND SUPPORTING HEALTH MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT Non-Final OA OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
19012201 FAIRNESS-AWARE DOMAIN GENERALIZATION FOR MEDICAL DECISION MAKING Non-Final OA NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
19122624 SURGICAL STAGE IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD AND SYSTEM USING SAME Non-Final OA MediThinQ Co., Ltd.
19036505 NON-TRANSIENT COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR GENERATING PAIN TREATMENT ASSISTANT INFORMATION USING A LEARNING MODEL Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18106896 Establishing Network Pairing Final Rejection Stryker Corporation
18713758 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING SUBJECTS FOR CLINICAL TRIALS Non-Final OA Eli Lilly and Company
18855182 PREDICTING ALBUMINURIA USING MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA ASTRAZENECA AB
18086375 TAGGING PATIENT REFERRALS Non-Final OA Matrixcare, Inc.
18609720 METHODS OF TREATMENT BASED ON PATIENT SPECIFIC CLINICAL TRIAL MODELS AND ASSOCIATED MODELS AND USES Final Rejection DUKE UNIVERSITY
18150237 DIGITAL ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP SYSTEM Final Rejection Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
18637548 TRANSFER DEVICE FOR TRANSFERING AT LEAST ONE FILE STORED ON A PROGRAMMING DEVICE TO A REMOTE PLATFORM Non-Final OA IMPLICITY
17482014 COLLABORATIVE SMART SCREEN Final Rejection GoForward, Inc.
18380489 MONITORING SYSTEM RESPONSIVE TO MULTI-FUNCTIONAL VALIDATION Final Rejection Allis Technology Pty Ltd
18235030 Outcome Matching with Personalized Comparison Final Rejection Cercle.ai, Inc.
18062395 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND UPDATING A USER INTERFACE TO EVALUATE AN ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD Final Rejection Intelligent Medical Objects, Inc.
17730900 Automated Healthcare Provider Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Final Rejection Modernizing Medicine, Inc.

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