Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KIM, EUN HWA

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3739 3794

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.1%
Allow Rate
+1.1% vs TC avg
536
Total Applications
+39.4%
Interview Lift
1333
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 506 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.5%
§101 Eligibility
19.0%
§102 Novelty
46.0%
§103 Obviousness
21.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18319827 ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL NANOPROBE DEVICE Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18514111 ECG Electrode, Fabrication Method Thereof, and Electronic Device Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18751971 SENSOR INCLUDING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ABRASIVE MATERIAL Non-Final OA COVIDIEN LP
18646759 LOW-POWER TISSUE SEALING DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA BOLDER SURGICAL, LLC
18654359 CATHETER WITH HIGH DENSITY ELECTRODE SPINE ARRAY Non-Final OA BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
18466398 CATHETER SYSTEM FOR LEFT HEART ACCESS Final Rejection Medtronic, Inc.
17946115 ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS Non-Final OA Battelle Memorial Institute
18351704 MEDICAL DILATOR, AND SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND KITS FOR MEDICAL DILATION Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
17386688 MEDICAL-MAPPING DEVICE Final Rejection Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
18625638 WEARABLE SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND MEASURING BIOSIGNALS Non-Final OA Emotiv Inc.
18606955 DEVICE FOR MONITORING BIOSIGNAL Non-Final OA HUINNO, CO., LTD.
18430125 SELF-CONTAINED EEG RECORDING SYSTEM Final Rejection Epitel, Inc.
18293814 WEARABLE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE Non-Final OA E-NOVIA S.P.A.
17997329 SHAPE-MEMORY ALLOY AND POLYMER ELECTRODE ARRAY FOR MINIMALLY-INVASIVE SPINAL CORD AND BRAIN STIMULATION AND RECORDING Non-Final OA Rhode Island Hospital
17618351 Method and Apparatus for Motion Dampening for Biosignal Sensing and Influencing Non-Final OA Sens.ai Inc.
17688285 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY, INCLUDING ENHANCED ELECTRODE Non-Final OA Diagnosys LLC
18004130 MICROELECTRODE FOR INSERTION INTO SOFT TISSUE Non-Final OA NEURONANO AB
17926806 EXPANDABLE ELECTRODE SET Final Rejection BIOSERENITY
16880104 EXPANDABLE ELECTRODE SET Final Rejection BIOSERENITY
16877087 DILATING NEURO-MONITORING PROBE Non-Final OA Spineology Inc.
17602610 WIRE ARRAY AND BIO-IMPLANTABLE DEVICE COMPRISING SAME Final Rejection TODOC Co., Ltd.

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