Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LONDON, STEPHEN FLOYD

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3725 3795

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.3%
Allow Rate
-1.7% vs TC avg
242
Total Applications
+40.5%
Interview Lift
1167
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 205 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.0%
§101 Eligibility
24.2%
§102 Novelty
36.8%
§103 Obviousness
30.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18834478 INTRAORAL CAMERA, ILLUMINATION CONTROL DEVICE, AND ILLUMINATION CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18358971 ENDOSCOPE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18722475 ENDOSCOPIC TUBULAR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL SYSTEM Non-Final OA BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
18795388 ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLIES FOR MEDICAL DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
17726017 ENDOSCOPE, INSERTION PORTION OF ENDOSCOPE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INSERTION PORTION Final Rejection OLYMPUS CORPORATION
18050132 ENDOSCOPIC IMAGING AND CONTROL SYSTEM Final Rejection Meditrina, Inc.
18735472 ENDOSCOPE CLEANING SHEATH WITH INTEGRAL POSITION SENSOR Non-Final OA Acclarent, Inc.
18354318 Multichannel Integrated Endoscope System Non-Final OA OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
17704930 LENS CLEANING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A SURGICAL CAMERA Final Rejection Vicarious Surgical Inc.
18779589 Tip Part For A Vision Device Non-Final OA AMBU A/S
18293207 MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR AN ENDOSCOPE OR EXOSCOPE Non-Final OA KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG
18710574 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL IMAGING Non-Final OA ACTIV Surgical, Inc.
18845618 COVER FOR RIGID ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE UNIT Non-Final OA TRYTEC CO., LTD.
18085437 Scene Adaptive Endoscopic Illuminator Final Rejection KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc.
18833934 MAGNETIC BALL CALIBRATION METHOD AND MAGNETIC BALL CALIBRATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA Ankon Medical Technologies(Shanghai) Co., LTD
18691582 ENDOSCOPY SYSTEM & ELEMENTS THEREOF Non-Final OA I.Q. ENDOSCOPES LTD
18269709 Methods and Systems for Multi-Functional Miniaturized Endoscopic Imaging and Illumination Non-Final OA Leadoptik Inc.
18141253 ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE Non-Final OA INSIGHT MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
18064267 AIR SPECULUM Non-Final OA Ivy Next Ltd.

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