Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3736 3783 3791 3796

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Analysis

Jeffrey Gerben Hoekstra is an examiner in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 3736. He has 532 resolved cases. His allowance rate is 56.4 percent. This 56.4 percent rate indicates that more than half of the applications he reviews reach allowance. The 532 resolved cases provide a significant data set for evaluating his examination style.

The interview lift is 39.3 percent. This 39.3 percent increase in allowance probability suggests that interviews are a very effective tool for applicants. For those facing the 56.4 percent allowance rate, an interview provides a substantial 39.3 percent lift. This strategy can be a critical step in the 532 cases he has handled in Art Unit 3736.

The median time to allowance is 1473 days. This 1473 days pendency is a duration that practitioners should consider when planning. The combination of the 56.4 percent allowance rate and the 1473 days timeline defines the prosecution environment. Utilizing the 39.3 percent interview lift may help navigate this process more effectively.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

56.5%
Allow Rate
-13.5% vs TC avg
605
Total Applications
+39.1%
Interview Lift
1472
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 533 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.5%
§101 Eligibility
38.7%
§102 Novelty
26.8%
§103 Obviousness
23.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18422923 System and Methods for Analyzing User Adherence During Guided Breathing Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18903364 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TARGETED MONITORING OF A PATIENT IN A BED FOR PRESSURE INJURY (BED SORE) REDUCTION Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18462521 CARE SYSTEM MONITORING METHOD AND CARE SYSTEM Non-Final OA InnoLux Corporation
18982924 BED WITH SENSING FEATURES TO DETERMINE HYPOXIA BURDEN OF A SUBJECT Non-Final OA SNBR INC.
18251904 VINE ROBOT CATHETER DEVICE Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18685653 A METHOD, SYSTEM, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18271031 Examination Scope With Tissue Sample Collection Brush Final Rejection REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
18836316 FEEDBACK APPARATUS, FEEDBACK METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection NTT, Inc.
18000062 RIGIDIZING DEVICES Final Rejection NEPTUNE MEDICAL INC.
18245324 CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONAL LUMEN IMAGING PROBE DATA Final Rejection Northwestern University
19258180 DERMAL SENSOR INSERTION AND RETENTION Final Rejection Laxmi Therapeutic Devices, Inc.
18984806 ALERT OPTIMIZATION IN MULTI-RECEIVER ENVIRONMENTS Non-Final OA Dexcom, Inc.
18918231 PRESSURE COMPENSATION FOR WRIST-BASED PULSE SPECTROMETRY Non-Final OA Garmin International, Inc.
18217392 FUNCTIONING OF INTERSTITIAL FLUID HARVESTING AND PROCESSING PATCH USING GEL OSMOSIS AND PAPER MICROFLUIDICS Non-Final OA North Carolina State University
18257809 CHOLANGIOSCOPE SYSTEM GUIDE SHEATH AND ANCHOR WIRE Final Rejection GYRUS ACMI, INC. D/B/A OLYMPUS SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA
18708590 BIOMETRIC VALUE PREDICTION METHOD Final Rejection I-SENS, INC.
19058822 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING GAIT Non-Final OA University of Ottawa
18352792 System and Methods for At-Home Diagnostics Utilizing Microneedles Final Rejection IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
18412617 INPH PREDICTION METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON THE NEW/OLD STIMULUS BCI PARADIGM Non-Final OA TIANJIN UNIVERSITY
18890740 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-ASSISTED INTRACRANIAL MONITORING SYSTEM AND PROBE ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA PrimaNova Lab (Shenzhen) Limited
18658451 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING USER PHYSIOLOGY BASED ON EYE TRACKING DATA Final Rejection RightEye, LLC
18692843 NON-INVASIVE MECONIUM AND BLOOD SCREENING DEVICE IN AMNIOTIC FLUID DURING THE BIRTH PROCESS Non-Final OA ATATURK UNIVERSITESI REKTÖRLUGU BILIMSEL ARASTIRMA PROJELERI ( BAP ) KOORDINASYON BIRIMI

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