Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KIM, SAMUEL CHONG

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3774 3791

This examiner grants 48% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

48.4%
Allow Rate
-21.6% vs TC avg
264
Total Applications
+71.5%
Interview Lift
1479
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 221 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.1%
§101 Eligibility
7.7%
§102 Novelty
39.7%
§103 Obviousness
36.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19353350 FLUID DIVERSION MECHANISM FOR BODILY-FLUID SAMPLING Non-Final OA Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc.
18174642 PULSE WAVE GENERATION APPARATUS AND BLOOD PRESSURE CALCULATION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME Final Rejection SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
17733469 WIRELESS IMPLANTABLE PASSIVE PRESSURE SENSOR Non-Final OA Purdue Research Foundation
18403416 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR IN VIVO TISSUE EVALUATION Non-Final OA Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
17058275 Wireless Resonant Circuit and Variable Inductance Vascular Monitoring Implants and Anchoring Structures Therefore Non-Final OA Foundry Innovation & Research 1, Ltd.
18348718 ARTERIAL-PRESSURE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, ARTERIAL-PRESSURE ESTIMATION SYSTEM, AND ARTERIAL-PRESSURE ESTIMATION METHOD Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19063066 INTEGRATED PRESSURE AND FETAL HEART RATE MONITORING CERVICAL RIPENING CATHETER Non-Final OA Dr. Kamran Ghodsian
18689277 Computer Implemented Method and System for Controlling an Implantable Medical Device Non-Final OA BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
18563039 MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ORIENTATION OF SAME Non-Final OA BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
18652729 SENSING RESPIRATION PARAMETERS BASED ON AN IMPEDANCE SIGNAL Final Rejection Medtronic, Inc.
18465927 METHOD OF DETECTING SLEEP DISORDER BASED ON EEG SIGNAL AND DEVICE OF THE SAME Non-Final OA National Taiwan University
18243354 System and Method for Quantification and Feedback of Eye Deviations Non-Final OA New Jersey Institute of Technology
17610351 SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR OPTICAL INTERROGATION OF AN IMPLANTABLE INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE SENSOR Non-Final OA Verily Life Sciences LLC
18215316 Smart Shoulder Implant Non-Final OA Orthosensor Inc.
18142689 Estimation Of Joint Replacement Poses From Magnetic Field Readings Non-Final OA Orthosensor Inc.
18486676 INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE INSPECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA Medimaging Integrated Solution, Inc.
18616590 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING ALTERATIONS IN A MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM OF A SPECIFIC SUBJECT Non-Final OA NCS LAB S.R.L.
18199199 APPARATUS FOR A MULTIPURPOSE FLUID EXTRACTION DEVICE FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND METHOD OF USE Non-Final OA SiPhox, Inc.
18108188 PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE, AND APPLICATION OF INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING AND DATA Final Rejection ZONGYAN HE
18005032 PATIENT MONITORING SENSOR PAD Final Rejection Rondish Company Limited
17753383 METHOD, DEVICE AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING SEGMENTAL MUSCLE VOLUME Non-Final OA ASSOCIATION INSTITUT DE MYOLOGIE
17568628 DIRECT-VISION ABORTION UTERINE CURETTAGE DEVICE AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA Guangzhou T.K Medical Instrument Co., Ltd.
17054385 INTRAOSSEOUS ACCESS DEVICE AND METHOD TO ACCESS BONE MARROW Final Rejection TELEFLEX LIFE SCIENCES LIMITED
17599711 MEASURING DEVICE FOR MEASURING AN INTENSIVE MEASURAND Final Rejection COURAGE + KHAZAKA ELECTRONIC GMBH
17261971 DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A SITE OF INTEREST INTERNAL TO A PATIENT BODY Non-Final OA EXERO MEDICAL LTD
16489333 Assembly, method and computer program product for influencing a biological process Final Rejection Deep Sleep Technologies B.V.

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