Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: JACOB, OOMMEN

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2613 2637 3793 3797

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.6%
Allow Rate
+8.6% vs TC avg
917
Total Applications
+17.4%
Interview Lift
1087
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 880 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.8%
§101 Eligibility
15.2%
§102 Novelty
52.6%
§103 Obviousness
25.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18694371 GIANT MAGNETOELASTICITY ENABLED SELF-POWERED PRESSURE SENSOR FOR BIOMONITORING Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17899443 Ambulatory Blood Pressure Cuff Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18284462 TRANSPARENT-ULTRASONIC-SENSOR-BASED OPTICAL-ULTRASONIC INTEGRATED ENDOSCOPIC PROBE, ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, AND CATHETER APPARATUS Non-Final OA POSTECH Research and Business Development Foundation
18868042 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING SOW ESTRUS UTILIZING MACHINE VISION Non-Final OA THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
18839315 Sensor Unit and Method for Detecting Brain-Wave-Induced Magnetic Fields Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18706866 FOUR-DIMENSIONAL TACTILE SENSING SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD Final Rejection Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18593734 MEDICAL DEVICE AND MOVEMENT CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18408135 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO COMPUTE HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS Final Rejection GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18711344 IMAGE GUIDED ROBOTIC SPINE INJECTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
18720823 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING MALIGNANCY Non-Final OA The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
18875000 SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE NON-INVASIVELY WITH LIGHT Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
18873192 DIASTOLIC FUNCTION EVALUATION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Non-Final OA ADVENTIST HEALTH SYSTEM/SUNBELT, INC
18938442 OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA KINGFAR INTERNATIONAL INC.
18931145 MULTI-LIGHT SOURCE HEART RATE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, METHOD AND WEARABLE DEVICE Non-Final OA KINGFAR INTERNATIONAL INC.
18619583 DEEP EQUILIBRIUM MODEL BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING VITAL SIGNS Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
18944754 CATHETER, SHEATH OR DILATOR FOR HEART VALVE DECALCIFICATION TREATMENT AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA NORTH STAR MEDICAL INC.
18720957 MODULAR INSERTS FOR NAVIGATED SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Non-Final OA Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG
18740738 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING IMAGING USING LOW-FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS Final Rejection ESI Imaging Inc.
18741607 Systems and Methods for Optical Waveguides for High Efficiency and High Quality Biosensing of Shallow Arterial Beds Final Rejection Stat Health Informatics, Inc.
18272993 HANDHELD LASER-BASED PERFUSION IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING SAID APPARATUS Final Rejection UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE
17588373 BRAIN NAVIGATION LEAD Non-Final OA Alpha Omega Engineering Ltd.
16337379 LIMITED USE ULTRASONIC COUPLING DEVICE Non-Final OA ZetrOZ Systems LLC
15430308 METHODS FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING MOTOR-RELATED NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS Final Rejection PhotoPharmics, Inc.

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