Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3737 3768 3793 3798 3799

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.6%
Allow Rate
-2.4% vs TC avg
579
Total Applications
+26.6%
Interview Lift
1626
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 537 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.1%
§101 Eligibility
18.0%
§102 Novelty
35.2%
§103 Obviousness
28.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17724092 SURGICAL ROBOT PLATFORM Final Rejection GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
17520196 SURGICAL ROBOT PLATFORM Final Rejection GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
18256739 Targeting Trancranial Magnetic Stimulation to Specific Brain Regions and Evaluating the Reduction of Symptoms of Psychotic Disorders Non-Final OA Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.
18978078 Tracking the Movement of an Object Region in an Examination Tunnel of a Magnetic Resonance Tomography System Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18955673 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING Non-Final OA Welch Allyn, Inc.
18108147 DISPLAYING MARKS ON WALLS OF EAR-NOSE-THROAT (ENT) LUMENS FOR IMPROVING NAVIGATION OF ENT TOOLS Non-Final OA BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
18608575 TRACKING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
18057699 ROBOTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATION OF LUMINAL NETWORK THAT DETECT PHYSIOLOGICAL NOISE Non-Final OA Auris Health, Inc.
18868449 MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING CAMERA AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Vicarious Surgical Inc.
17923769 NEGATIVE PRESSURE PROCEDURE MASK Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
18865879 SELF-POSITIONING ACOUSTIC LENS Non-Final OA ECOLE SUPÉRIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS
18232748 TRANSPERINEAL PROSTATE BIOPSY DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Corbin Clinical Resources LLC
18286618 MRI BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING IRON-RELATED ENTITIES IN A REGION OF INTEREST Non-Final OA YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM LTD.
18846060 SYSTEM FOR TRACKING REAL-TIME POSITIONS OF A MOVABLE SENSOR WITHIN A PATIENT'S BODY Non-Final OA ABIOMED Europe GmbH
18553025 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING AN ORIENTATION OF A MEDICAL DEVICE AT AN INSERTION POINT Non-Final OA Circinus Medical Technology LLC
18662757 TISSUE TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH ACOUSTIC DOSE MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd.
18275762 NEAR-INFRARED IMAGING OPTODE Final Rejection Cortirio Limted
18298306 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ALPHA BURST BRAIN STIMULATION Non-Final OA Wave Neuroscience, Inc.
17585346 REFLECTIVE MODE MULTI-SPECTRAL TIME-RESOLVED OPTICAL IMAGING METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR TISSUE CLASSIFICATION Final Rejection SPECTRAL MD, INC.

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