Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: LANGHALS, RENEE C

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1678 3791 3793 3797

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

58.4%
Allow Rate
-11.6% vs TC avg
187
Total Applications
+43.5%
Interview Lift
1308
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 154 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.2%
§101 Eligibility
9.6%
§102 Novelty
58.2%
§103 Obviousness
25.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
16509403 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING PLACEMENT OF DEVICES FOR NEURAL STIMULATION Final Rejection Synchron Australia Pty Limited
18928188 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
19091763 FLEXIBLE ACOUSTIC SENSOR SYSTEMS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17017803 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING MEDICAL PERSONNEL DURING A RESECTION, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA Siemens Healthcare GmbH
18821626 Adaptive Acoustic Imaging with Differentiable Beamforming Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18893735 ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18287023 DETECTION METHOD, DETECTION SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
19170935 ADJUSTABLE PROBE FOR TRANSCRANIAL ULTRASOUND Final Rejection Sanmai Technologies, PBC

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