Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: JOHNSON, GERALD

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2617 2626 2627 2699 3793 3797 3798

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.8%
Allow Rate
+7.8% vs TC avg
674
Total Applications
+9.2%
Interview Lift
962
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 641 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.7%
§101 Eligibility
28.6%
§102 Novelty
52.9%
§103 Obviousness
4.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18573748 MEDICAL OBSERVATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
19013269 DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
19095752 SENSOR UNIT AND MEDICAL IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
19059185 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
19029282 ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY PANEL Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18937666 METHOD OF REMOVING EMI NOISE FROM PHOTOACOUSTIC SENSING SIGNAL AND PHOTOACOUSTIC SENSING APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18775901 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING ULTRASOUND IMAGES Final Rejection CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
19066263 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18703939 IDENTIFYING A VASCULAR ACCESS SITE Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
19060165 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING A MEDICAL INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
19087977 OPTICAL SPLITTER FOR LASER SURGICAL SYSTEMS WITH OVERHEATING PROTECTION Non-Final OA GYRUS ACMI, INC. D/B/A OLYMPUS SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA
19081564 Photoplethysmography-based Blood Pressure Monitoring Device Non-Final OA KL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
19106027 Radiopaque Components and Method of Making the Same Non-Final OA ATEX Technologies, Inc.
18957842 WEARABLE RADIO FREQUENCY COIL ASSEMBLIES FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE DEVICE Non-Final OA SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
18975575 Methods and Apparatuses for Applying Free Space Inputs for Surface Constrained Controls Non-Final OA West Texas Technology Partners, LLC
18865370 DEPTH DATA-BASED PRESSURE ULCER DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD USING MULTISPECTRAL LIGHT SOURCE Final Rejection INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION KEIMYUNG UNIVERSITY
18322418 Wide-field system integrating intensity and spatially modulated light for optical tomography and spectroscopy applications Final Rejection Northeastern University
18671557 OPTICAL BIOMEDICAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE Final Rejection Taiwan-Asia Semiconductor Corporation
17853395 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION TREATMENT PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION Final Rejection Siemens Healthineers International AG
18695465 VITAL SENSOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A VITAL SENSOR Final Rejection ams-OSRAM International GmbH
18550308 APODIZING BACKING STRUCTURES FOR ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA RESONANT ACOUSTICS INTERNATIONAL INC.
18019085 OPTICAL SENSING MODULE Non-Final OA Chamartin Laboratories LLC

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