Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3739 3794

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.8%
Allow Rate
-5.2% vs TC avg
842
Total Applications
+22.1%
Interview Lift
1469
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 802 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
12.3%
§102 Novelty
70.8%
§103 Obviousness
7.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19213905 APPARATUSES FOR PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD ABLATION THERAPY INCLUDING EXPANDABLE ELECTRODES, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF Final Rejection 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
18663341 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT BATTERY COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CELLS Non-Final OA Cilag GmbH International
19209637 ENDOVENOUS DEVICE FOR LOCALIZED ABLATION Non-Final OA Montra Medical LLC
18125394 CONDUCTIVE POLYMER ELECTRODES, WIRING ELEMENTS, AND USE THEREOF IN HEALTH AND SPORTS MONITORING Final Rejection University of Connecticut
18239948 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR GROUNDING LUMINAL ELECTROSURGERIES Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
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.
17807827 CATHETER ELECTRODES FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA 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
18447933 CATHETER Non-Final OA Japan Lifeline Co., Ltd.
18350335 INTRACORPOREAL MEMBER AND ELECTRODE Final Rejection Japan Lifeline Co., Ltd.
18477374 MICROWAVE ABLATION PROBE ASSEMBLY AND CABLE STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
18052125 METHOD TO MITIGATE BALLOON BREACH DURING CRYOBALLOON THERAPY Non-Final OA Medtronic CryoCath LP
18666624 MICROWAVE TREATMENT DEVICES AND METHODS Non-Final OA MicroCube, LLC
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
18532989 RF ABLATION CATHETER FOR TREATING HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY AND METHOD OF TREATING HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY BY USING SAME Final Rejection TAU MEDICAL INC.
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.
18446916 Ablation System Non-Final OA HANGZHOU DINOVA EP TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18044012 MICROWAVE CATHETERS FOR HIGH-POWER THERMAL ABLATION Final Rejection phenoMapper, LLC

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