Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HENDERSON, RYAN N

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3739 3779 3795

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.7%
Allow Rate
-6.3% vs TC avg
853
Total Applications
+17.9%
Interview Lift
1573
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 807 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
33.5%
§102 Novelty
34.6%
§103 Obviousness
28.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18169324 FLEXIBLE TUBE FOR ENDOSCOPE, ENDOSCOPE MEDICAL DEVICE, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
18168860 METHOD OF MOLDING ENDOSCOPE COMPONENT, AND ENDOSCOPE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18069437 ENDOSCOPE AND TREATMENT TOOL ELEVATING MECHANISM Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
17738947 CATHETER CONTROL SYSTEMS Final Rejection INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
17712370 SIDE LOOKING MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY INSTRUMENT ASSEMBLY Final Rejection INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
18666605 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR FLUID CONTROL IN ENDOSCOPE SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18584423 MEDICAL DEVICE POSITIONING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18384104 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY IN A BODY LUMEN Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18164924 CORRUGATED MEDICAL DEVICES Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
17662004 MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
17961621 ENDOSCOPE, REPAIRING METHOD FOR ENDOSCOPE, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR ENDOSCOPE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR INSERTION SECTION OF ENDOSCOPE Final Rejection OLYMPUS CORPORATION
18226345 ENDOSCOPE WITH ANATOMY ELEVATION ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
18124623 MEDICAL APPARATUS AND POSITIONING METHOD FOR TREATMENT INSTRUMENT Final Rejection OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
18035065 ENDOSCOPE WITH A SUCTION VALVE HAVING A FIXATION RING Non-Final OA AMBU A/S
18138967 INSERTION STATE DETERMINATION SYSTEM, INSERTION STATE DETERMINATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Evident Corporation
18124934 ALBARRAN AND SHAFT FOR AN ALBARRAN Non-Final OA OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
18144709 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANIPULATING THE SIDE WALL OF A BODY LUMEN OR BODY CAVITY SO AS TO PROVIDE INCREASED VISUALIZATION OF THE SAME AND/OR INCREASED ACCESS TO THE SAME, AND/OR FOR STABILIZING INSTRUMENTS RELATIVE TO THE SAME Non-Final OA Lumendi Ltd.
18046631 FULLY INTEGRATED, DISPOSABLE TISSUE VISUALIZATION DEVICE Non-Final OA Trice Medical, Inc.
17936882 ACCESSORY DEVICE FOR AN ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE Non-Final OA GI Scientific, LLC
18575192 ENDOSCOPE KNOB BRAKE DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE HANDLE AND ENDOSCOPE Non-Final OA GUANGZHOU RED PINE MEDICAL INSTRUMENT CO., LTD.
18212621 MINIMALLY INVASIVE ENDOSCOPE Non-Final OA MicronVision Corp.
17843217 ENDOSCOPIC FLUORESCENCE IMAGING Non-Final OA MICRONVISION CORP
18209947 PORTABLE ENDOSCOPE WITH STEERABLE CANNULA Final Rejection UroViu Corp.
18029145 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY Non-Final OA Theragi LLC
18165656 FOLDING ENDOSCOPE Final Rejection ScopeAround
18155333 DETACHABLE ENDOSCOPE Final Rejection TAEWOONG MEDICAL CO., LTD.
18077602 Controllable micro-endoscope Final Rejection Research and Development International Corp. (RDI)
17926604 STRUCTURE FOR ENDOSCOPIC INTERBODY SPINAL FUSION Final Rejection SHANGHAI REACH MEDICAL INSTRUMENT CO., LTD.
17804410 TENDON-SHEATH DRIVING APPARATUS, SURGICAL MEMBER DRIVING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Final Rejection Endo Robotics Co., Ltd.
17675751 HYSTEROSCOPES WITH CURVED TIPS Final Rejection HD Medical Electronic Products, Inc.

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