Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: KIM, SAMUEL CHONG

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3774 3775 3791

This examiner grants 49% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

48.7%
Allow Rate
-21.3% vs TC avg
269
Total Applications
+71.9%
Interview Lift
1375
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 224 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.6%
§101 Eligibility
3.2%
§102 Novelty
70.6%
§103 Obviousness
15.1%
§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 Non-Final OA SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
17733469 WIRELESS IMPLANTABLE PASSIVE PRESSURE SENSOR Non-Final OA Purdue Research Foundation
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
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
18403416 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR IN VIVO TISSUE EVALUATION Non-Final OA Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18465927 METHOD OF DETECTING SLEEP DISORDER BASED ON EEG SIGNAL AND DEVICE OF THE SAME Non-Final OA National Taiwan University
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.
18616590 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING ALTERATIONS IN A MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM OF A SPECIFIC SUBJECT Non-Final OA NCS LAB S.R.L.
18035147 INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE SENSOR Final Rejection KOC UNIVERSITESI
18486676 INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE INSPECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA Medimaging Integrated Solution, Inc.
18231866 APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MONITORING INTRA-ABDOMINAL PRESSURE AND URINE OUTPUT Non-Final OA SERENNO MEDICAL
18199199 APPARATUS FOR A MULTIPURPOSE FLUID EXTRACTION DEVICE FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND METHOD OF USE Non-Final OA SiPhox, Inc.
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.
17620705 AN ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP) CATHETER AND GUIDEWIRE WITH SENSORS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Final Rejection Hadasit Medical Research Service and Development Ltd.
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
17054385 INTRAOSSEOUS ACCESS DEVICE AND METHOD TO ACCESS BONE MARROW Final Rejection TELEFLEX LIFE SCIENCES LIMITED
16489333 Assembly, method and computer program product for influencing a biological process Final Rejection Deep Sleep Technologies B.V.

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