Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: LONDON, STEPHEN FLOYD

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3725 3773 3783 3795

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.3%
Allow Rate
-1.7% vs TC avg
252
Total Applications
+38.9%
Interview Lift
1127
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 224 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.4%
§101 Eligibility
24.9%
§102 Novelty
36.8%
§103 Obviousness
30.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18959793 MEDICAL DEVICE CONTROLLER Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18937580 DISPOSABLE ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18795388 ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLIES FOR MEDICAL DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
19103748 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENDOSCOPIC TISSUE GRASPING Non-Final OA INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
19024337 IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
18924326 FLEXIBLE ELONGATE DEVICES HAVING ARTICULABLE BODY PORTION SUPPORT STRUCTURES Non-Final OA INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
18626939 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELONGATED CATHETER HAVING MULTIPLE SENSORS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL LOCATION OF THE CATHETER Non-Final OA Covidien LP
19046651 ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18955168 ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, OPERATING METHOD OF ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA OLYMPUS CORPORATION
18293207 MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR AN ENDOSCOPE OR EXOSCOPE Final Rejection KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG
18067941 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING METAMERICALLY MATCHED ILLUMINATION Non-Final OA KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc.
18354318 Multichannel Integrated Endoscope System Final Rejection OmniVision Technologies, Inc.

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