Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: LY, TOMMY TAI

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3793 3796 3797

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.1%
Allow Rate
+11.1% vs TC avg
164
Total Applications
+21.6%
Interview Lift
944
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 127 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.3%
§101 Eligibility
16.0%
§102 Novelty
52.5%
§103 Obviousness
23.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18899700 ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
19028754 Surgical Navigation Systems And Methods For Multi-Modality Tracking And Object Detection Non-Final OA Stryker European Operations Limited
18826049 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18819871 Fine-Tuning the H-Scan for Visualizing Types of Tissue Scatterers Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
18932217 ULTRASOUND IMAGING METHOD, ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection GE Precision Healthcare LLC
19058347 Needle Guidance Using Fiber Optic Shape Sensing Final Rejection Bard Access Systems, Inc.
19129428 Fluid-Structure Instability-Based Physiomarker Non-Final OA Northwestern University
18849922 FLOW MEASUREMENT Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18339480 NON-INVASIVE VITAL SIGNS MONITORING ON A MOBILE DEVICE USING AN UNDER-DISPLAY OPTICAL SENSOR Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics International N.V.
19182210 SCANNING TIP FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC-ULTRASOUND MINI PROBE Final Rejection UNIST(ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)
18685031 Medical Follicles Assessment Device Final Rejection PULSENMORE LTD.

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