Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: LI, JOHN DENNY

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3793 3798

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.7%
Allow Rate
-5.3% vs TC avg
288
Total Applications
+47.0%
Interview Lift
1219
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 252 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
1.1%
§102 Novelty
92.4%
§103 Obviousness
5.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18628870 PUNCTURE GUIDING APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM Non-Final OA Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
16798510 APPARATUS AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
18935620 ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND SYNCHRONIZATION CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18895020 TARGET MOVEMENT MODELLING USING ELECTROMAGNETIC NAVIGATION SENSORS Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18629637 AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION OF AN ENDOLUMINAL ROBOT Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18427567 VISUALIZATION, NAVIGATION, AND PLANNING WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC NAVIGATION BRONCHOSCOPY AND CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY INTEGRATED Non-Final OA Covidien LP
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
19015285 SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING GUIDED AND MONITORED EXERCISE ROUTINES Non-Final OA The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
18860498 CONTINUOUS BLOOD FLOW VISUALIZATION WITH LASER SPECKLE CONTRAST IMAGING Non-Final OA BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
18777168 HOLLOW TUBE SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH SINGLE AXIS SENSOR Final Rejection Acclarent, Inc.
18721079 PHOTOACOUSTIC WAVE MEASURING DEVICE, PHOTOACOUSTIC WAVE MEASURING SYSTEM, AND THERMAL LIGHT SOURCE Non-Final OA TOYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY
18611304 ENTROPY OF PUPIL DYNAMICS FOR ESTIMATING ATTENTION TUNNELING Non-Final OA Rockwell Collins, Inc.
18630474 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ILLUSTRATING A POSE OF AN OBJECT Final Rejection Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
18385042 LOCALIZED MAGNETIC FIELD TRANSMITTER Final Rejection ST JUDE MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL HOLDING S.À R.L.
17843073 ACCESS NEEDLE SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA City of Hope

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