Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: LY, TOMMY TAI

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3793 3796 3797

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Analysis

Tommy Tai Ly is an examiner in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 3793. The data includes 129 resolved cases for this examiner. Within these 129 resolved cases, the allowance rate is 80.6 percent. This 80.6 percent rate indicates a favorable environment for applicants seeking a patent grant. The median days to allowance for this examiner is 945, which represents the typical time to reach a successful conclusion in Art Unit 3793.

The interview lift is 22.7 percent. This 22.7 percent lift suggests that cases with an interview are significantly more likely to be allowed. For practitioners, this positive lift indicates that an interview is a highly effective tool for advancing prosecution in Tech Center 3700. The 945 median days to allowance provides a clear timeline for applicants to follow.

With 129 resolved cases, the examiner's performance is well-defined. The 80.6 percent allowance rate and the 22.7 percent interview lift are critical metrics for developing a prosecution plan. Practitioners can use the 945-day median to inform their clients about the expected duration of the process. These figures from Art Unit 3793 offer a data-grounded understanding of the examiner's tendencies.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

80.6%
Allow Rate
+10.6% vs TC avg
169
Total Applications
+22.7%
Interview Lift
945
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 129 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.5%
§101 Eligibility
14.9%
§102 Novelty
54.7%
§103 Obviousness
22.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18899700 ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
19052865 COMPOUND ACOUSTIC LENS Final Rejection FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC.
19214681 CLOSED-LOOP FEEDBACK BASED ON MIXED DIMENSIONALITY IMAGING Non-Final OA Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
19028754 Surgical Navigation Systems And Methods For Multi-Modality Tracking And Object Detection Non-Final OA Stryker European Operations Limited
18708250 CONTROLLER FOR IMAGING AND CONTROLLING ROBOTIC DEVICE USING IMAGING INTERFACE Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18819871 Fine-Tuning the H-Scan for Visualizing Types of Tissue Scatterers Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
19129428 Fluid-Structure Instability-Based Physiomarker Non-Final OA Northwestern University
19057350 ULTRASOUND PROBE AND ULTRASOUND ENDOSCOPE Final Rejection OLYMPUS CORPORATION
18339480 NON-INVASIVE VITAL SIGNS MONITORING ON A MOBILE DEVICE USING AN UNDER-DISPLAY OPTICAL SENSOR Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics International N.V.
18184162 DRIVE SHAFT AND IMAGE DIAGNOSIS CATHETER Final Rejection TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18978299 ULTRASOUND GENERATION DEVICE Final Rejection JEISYS MEDICAL INC.
18261830 ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS FOR BRAIN DISEASE TREATMENT AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING AND TREATMENT METHOD USING SAME Non-Final OA IMGT CO., LTD.

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