Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3700 3762 3766 3792

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.3%
Allow Rate
+8.3% vs TC avg
902
Total Applications
+9.5%
Interview Lift
1192
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 863 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.1%
§101 Eligibility
44.8%
§102 Novelty
31.4%
§103 Obviousness
12.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17898430 LIGHT THERAPY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18069106 IN-EAR SENSORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR AR/VR APPLICATIONS AND DEVICES Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18069045 IN-EAR OPTICAL SENSORS FOR AR/VR APPLICATIONS AND DEVICES Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
17080544 DRY ELECTRODES FOR TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION Final Rejection Cala Health, Inc.
18511478 BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE Non-Final OA OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
18098880 SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM RESPONSE TO STIMULATION OF CAROTID BODIES FOR PATIENT STRATIFICATION IN RENAL DENERVATION Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
17898882 APPARATUS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE A SCALABLE AND FLEXIBLE HIGH CHANNEL DENSITY NEURAL INTERFACE Final Rejection The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
18434876 PROSTHETIC IMPLANT REVISION TOOLS Final Rejection DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company
18570151 Method to Identify Patterns in Brain Activity Final Rejection Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18567561 METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SENSORS FOR MEDICAL SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND DEVICES Non-Final OA Shifamed Holdings, LLC
18311606 SINGLE SENSOR FOR PHYSIOLOGIC SIGNAL MEASUREMENT WITH POSITION AND TISSUE PROXIMITY INDICATION Final Rejection Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
18083422 Single Sensor for Position and Tissue Proximity Indication Final Rejection Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
17736292 DETECTING POTENTIAL SLOW-CONDUCTION CARDIAC TISSUE AREAS IN STABLE ARRHYTHMIAS Final Rejection BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
17352771 LOCAL ACTIVATION TIME ANALYSIS SYSTEM Non-Final OA BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
18539883 METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTROL DATA FOR AN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL LASER FOR PROVIDING A TRANSITION ZONE BETWEEN INTERFACES Non-Final OA SCHWIND EYE-TECH-SOLUTIONS GMBH
18525893 ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH (ECG) SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT METHOD BASED ON NOVEL GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORK (GAN) Non-Final OA SHANDONG COMPUTER SCIENCE CENTER (NATIONAL SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER IN JINAN)

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