Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3739 3794

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.5%
Allow Rate
-5.5% vs TC avg
838
Total Applications
+22.1%
Interview Lift
1477
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 794 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
25.4%
§102 Novelty
41.9%
§103 Obviousness
22.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19213905 APPARATUSES FOR PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD ABLATION THERAPY INCLUDING EXPANDABLE ELECTRODES, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA Alpfa Medical, Inc.
19343659 VAGINAL REMODELING DEVICE AND METHODS Final Rejection INMODE LTD
18431250 VAGINAL REMODELING DEVICE AND METHODS Final Rejection INMODE LTD
18697223 ENDOSCOPIC OR ENDOBRONCHIAL TUMOR TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
18125394 CONDUCTIVE POLYMER ELECTRODES, WIRING ELEMENTS, AND USE THEREOF IN HEALTH AND SPORTS MONITORING Final Rejection University of Connecticut
18663341 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT BATTERY COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CELLS Non-Final OA Cilag GmbH International
19209637 ENDOVENOUS DEVICE FOR LOCALIZED ABLATION Final Rejection Montra Medical LLC
18239948 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR GROUNDING LUMINAL ELECTROSURGERIES Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18666624 MICROWAVE TREATMENT DEVICES AND METHODS Non-Final OA MicroCube, LLC
18525679 MEDICAL PROBE FOR NAVIGATING SMALL DIAMETER BLOOD VESSELS Non-Final OA Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
18510180 FRACTAL CYLINDRICAL CAGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED TISSUE CONTACT FOR MAPPING AND ABLATION Non-Final OA Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
18313708 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR A CATHETER DEVICE Final Rejection Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
18632041 OPTICAL FORCE SENSOR WITH A CATHETER/SHEATH Non-Final OA Medtronic, Inc.
18160277 EGM FREQUENCY ANALYSIS FOR LESION EVALUATION Non-Final OA Medtronic, Inc.
17807827 CATHETER ELECTRODES FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT Final Rejection Medtronic, Inc.
18115324 ABLATION DEVICE AND TREATMENT METHOD FOR CHOLECYSTITIS Final Rejection OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
18526904 ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICE HAVING A DISTAL APERTURE Final Rejection Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
17938376 Methods and Devices for Puncturing Tissue Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
18659792 CONTROLLED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company
18052125 METHOD TO MITIGATE BALLOON BREACH DURING CRYOBALLOON THERAPY Non-Final OA Medtronic CryoCath LP
18580595 APPARATUS FOR ROBOT-ASSISTED ELECTROSURGERY Non-Final OA Creo Medical Limited
18688800 Tissue ablation guided by electrical impedance spectroscopy Non-Final OA FOCAL MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY LTD
18350335 INTRACORPOREAL MEMBER AND ELECTRODE Final Rejection Japan Lifeline Co., Ltd.
18491749 CRYOTHERAPEUTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TARGETED LUNG NEUROMODULATION THERAPIES Final Rejection Ryme Medical, Inc.
18374612 Treatment of Kidney Disease by Renal Pelvis Ablation Non-Final OA Verve Medical, Inc.
18044012 MICROWAVE CATHETERS FOR HIGH-POWER THERMAL ABLATION Final Rejection phenoMapper, LLC
17981630 METHOD OF FOCUSING ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE WITH ADJUSTABLE DEPTH OF FOCUS AND OPERATION APPARATUS THEREOF Non-Final OA Electronica and Telecommunications Research Institute
17523377 DEPLOYABLE ASSEMBLY SLEEVE FOR ABLATION PROBE WITH DEPLOYABLE SENSORS Final Rejection CPSI HOLDINGS LLC

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