Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LI, JOHN DENNY

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3793 3798

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.2%
Allow Rate
-5.8% vs TC avg
282
Total Applications
+48.7%
Interview Lift
1282
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 246 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.5%
§101 Eligibility
12.2%
§102 Novelty
47.7%
§103 Obviousness
29.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18935620 ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND SYNCHRONIZATION CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18776420 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD OF ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA Konica Minolta, Inc.
18900093 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDICAL INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS, ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
18628870 PUNCTURE GUIDING APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM Non-Final OA Canon Medical Systems Corporation
16798510 APPARATUS AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA Canon Medical Systems Corporation
18860498 CONTINUOUS BLOOD FLOW VISUALIZATION WITH LASER SPECKLE CONTRAST IMAGING Non-Final OA BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
18917521 ULTRASOUND DEVICE Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18895020 TARGET MOVEMENT MODELLING USING ELECTROMAGNETIC NAVIGATION SENSORS Final Rejection Covidien LP
18697832 IMPROVING CARDIAC ULTRASOUND IMAGING Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18383162 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED INSERTION OF PENETRATING MEMBER Final Rejection Baylor College of Medicine
18628160 ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE Final Rejection Samsung Medison Co., Ltd.
19015285 SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING GUIDED AND MONITORED EXERCISE ROUTINES Non-Final OA The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
18997141 METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING MOVEMENT CONTROL AND LOCATION RECOGNITION FOR MICRO-ROBOT BY USING BED-INTEGRATED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD APPARATUS Non-Final OA KOREA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL MICROROBOTICS
18630474 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ILLUSTRATING A POSE OF AN OBJECT Non-Final OA Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
18414998 METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN IMAGE REPRESENTATION BY MEANS OF A SURGICAL MICROSCOPE, AND SURGICAL MICROSCOPE Final Rejection Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
18777168 HOLLOW TUBE SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH SINGLE AXIS SENSOR Final Rejection Acclarent, Inc.
18927819 BODY CAVITY INSERTABLE ULTRASOUND APPARATUS HAVING STRUCTURE FOR CIRCULATION OF ULTRASOUND TRANSMISSION MEDIUM Non-Final OA KORUST CO.,LTD.
18851536 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTISPECTRAL AND MOSAIC IMAGING Non-Final OA ACTIV Surgical, Inc.
18721079 PHOTOACOUSTIC WAVE MEASURING DEVICE, PHOTOACOUSTIC WAVE MEASURING SYSTEM, AND THERMAL LIGHT SOURCE Non-Final OA TOYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY
18385042 LOCALIZED MAGNETIC FIELD TRANSMITTER Final Rejection ST JUDE MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL HOLDING S.À R.L.
18746620 ULTRASONIC DOPPLER FLOW IMAGING METHOD Final Rejection Shantou Institute of Ultrasonics Instruments Co, Ltd.
17843073 ACCESS NEEDLE SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA City of Hope
18431832 INTRAVASCULAR OPTICAL DIFFUSE BLOOD FLOW CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY Non-Final OA INFRAREDX, INC.
18314383 PARS IMAGING METHODS Final Rejection ILLUMISONICS INC.
18144244 COMPOSITION AND METHODS FOR SENSITIVE MOLECULAR ANALYSIS Final Rejection TRUST BIO-SONICS, INC.

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