Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HOLMES, REX R

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3762 3792 3796

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.2%
Allow Rate
+10.2% vs TC avg
1193
Total Applications
+18.3%
Interview Lift
1093
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1153 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.0%
§101 Eligibility
30.1%
§102 Novelty
39.3%
§103 Obviousness
15.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18141889 ASSEMBLIES, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS FOR ELECTRICALLY STIMULATING THE BODY Non-Final OA EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18094810 Cardiac Monitoring and Management System Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18293086 DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING HEALTH INFORMATION RELATED TO THE CARDIO-VASCULAR SYSTEM OF A SUBJECT Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
17908616 MODELING AND VISUALIZING ST SEGMENT MORPHOLOGY FOR DISCRIMINATING STEMI FROM CON-FOUNDERS Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
17555863 SLEEP THERAPY SYSTEM Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
15754675 HIGH/LOW FREQUENCY SIGNAL QUALITY EVALUATIONS OF ECG LEAD SIGNALS Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18439009 TISSUE STIMULATORS AND CONNECTORS FOR USE WITH SAME Non-Final OA The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research
17859189 BED HAVING FEATURES FOR SENSING SLEEPER PRESSURE AND GENERATING ESTIMATES OF BRAIN ACTIVITY FOR USE IN DISEASE Non-Final OA Sleep Number Corporation
17541921 BED HAVING FEATURES FOR AUTOMATIC SENSING OF ILLNESS STATES Non-Final OA Sleep Number Corporation
18497246 WEARABLE MEDICAL SYSTEM RESPONSIVE TO CERTAIN ECG PATTERNS Non-Final OA West Affum Holdings DAC
18611609 PATIENT MONITORING AND TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection Stryker Corporation
17911561 HYPERTENSION HIS BUNDLE PACING Non-Final OA BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
18694363 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A CARDIAC SUPPORT SYSTEM Non-Final OA KARDION GMBH
17769974 A NOVEL MEANS OF ASSESSING MUSCULAR FUNCTION AND FRAILTY Non-Final OA ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
18528985 DYNAMIC SWITCHING BETWEEN CRT AND MSP Non-Final OA Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
18487415 PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
17980327 Diagnostic Tool Non-Final OA C The Signs Limited
18277867 Method and System for Locating Epilepsy Seizure Onset Zone and Prediction of Seizure Outcome Final Rejection Carnegie Mellon University
18647690 EFFICIENT WELLNESS MEASUREMENT IN EAR-WEARABLE DEVICES Non-Final OA Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
17912809 INTERNAL ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY Non-Final OA CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
18683860 AN APPARTUS AND METHOD FOR FRACTIONAL ABLATIVE TREATMENT OF TISSUE Non-Final OA IPG PHOTONICS CORPORATION
18479453 ELECTRICAL CATHETER DEVICE, CATHETER, CABLE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CATHETER Final Rejection Japan Lifeline Co., Ltd.
18285504 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ANTI-TACHYCARDIA PACING Non-Final OA Impulse Dynamics NV
18159241 ANALYSIS OF AN ACOUSTIC SIGNAL Non-Final OA Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH
18119519 DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR SCORING SLEEP QUALITY Non-Final OA BITSENSING INC.
18274025 APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION RELATING TO A COGNITIVE STATE OF AN INDIVIDUAL Non-Final OA Altoida, Inc.
18525548 PREPARTUM AND POSTPARTUM MONITORING AND RELATED RECOMMENDED MEDICAL TREATMENTS Non-Final OA NAVIGATE MATERNITY INC.
18554484 SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MONITORING HEALTH OF A PERSON Final Rejection MERU HEALTH OY
18280107 SENSOR AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING Final Rejection MariCare Oy
18006144 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REAL TIME RESPIRATORY MONITORING USING EMBEDDED FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS Final Rejection RYTHMOS LLC

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