Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LANGHALS, RENEE C

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3791 3793 3797

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

59.0%
Allow Rate
-11.0% vs TC avg
179
Total Applications
+47.6%
Interview Lift
1387
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 139 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.2%
§101 Eligibility
9.8%
§102 Novelty
57.7%
§103 Obviousness
25.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19158655 USE OF ULTRASONIC TONES TO INDUCE PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS Non-Final OA REVIVA SOFTWORKS LTD
18474172 PROTECTIVE COVER AND BIOPSY UNIT Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18364000 ULTRASONIC PROBE AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
19170935 ADJUSTABLE PROBE FOR TRANSCRANIAL ULTRASOUND Non-Final OA Sanmai Technologies, PBC
18821626 Adaptive Acoustic Imaging with Differentiable Beamforming Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
19107636 OPTIMIZING CT IMAGE FORMATION IN SIMULATED X-RAYS Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18265052 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTRAST IMAGING Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
19173251 MARKERLESS TRACKING WITH SPECTRAL IMAGING CAMERA(S) Non-Final OA Monogram Orthopaedics Inc.
19118632 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF AN ULTRASOUND APPARATUS Non-Final OA CARDIAWAVE
19112896 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HAIR AND SCALP HEALTH ANALYSIS Non-Final OA FITSKIN INC.
18901085 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING COMPATIBLE RAPID DYNAMIC SUPPORT CONTROL SYSTEM Non-Final OA The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
18343840 DEVICE FOR CARDIAC IMAGING AND EPICARDIAL ABLATION AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
18858273 PORTABLE NEONATAL MRI SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
18842963 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSCRANIAL ULTRASOUND IMAGING (TUI) Non-Final OA TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT
18711692 MULTI-DIMENSIONAL TOOL ADJUSTMENT BASED ON ACOUSTIC SIGNAL Non-Final OA TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN
18930910 PATIENT INTERFACE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Delphinus Medical Technologies, Inc.
17834172 HEAD STABILIZATION SYSTEM WITH SENSING FEATURES Non-Final OA pro med instruments GmbH
18835302 Methods for Localization of Cancerous Tissue Using Fluorescent Molecular Imaging Agent for Diagnosis or Treatment Final Rejection Vergent Bioscience, Inc.
18331482 ROBOTIC CATHETER SYSTEM INCLUDING IMAGING SYSTEM CONTROL Non-Final OA Corindus, Inc.
18706631 SYNTHETIC CONTRAST-ENHANCED MR IMAGES Final Rejection Universitätsklinikum Essen
17543972 Earphone Driver And Applications Final Rejection Sonicedge Ltd.
17017803 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING MEDICAL PERSONNEL DURING A RESECTION, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA Siemens Healthcare GmbH
18014489 BIOLOGICAL TISSUE ELASTICITY DIMENSIONAL DETECTION METHOD AND DETECTION SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA EIELING TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
17608771 Optical System And Apparatus For Instrument Projection And Tracking Final Rejection DM1 LLC
16644133 AN ULTRASONIC PROBE, AN ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND USE METHOD FOR BIOPSY NEEDLE VISUALIZATION ENHANCEMENT Final Rejection IMSONIC MEDICAL CHINA, INC.

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