Listed by the USPTO as MALDONADO, STEVEN
Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3797
This examiner grants 27% of resolved cases
Steven Maldonado works in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 3797. He has 26 resolved cases with an allowance rate of 26.9 percent. This low rate suggests a difficult path to allowance for most applicants. The median days to allowance is 1200, indicating a long prosecution process for those who are successful.
The interview lift is 42.9 percent, which is a significant positive factor. This suggests that while the 26.9 percent allowance rate is low, an interview can greatly improve the chances of success. Practitioners should use interviews as a key tactic to navigate the 1200-day median pendency and overcome the examiner's rigorous standards.
Top companies like Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc., Fujifilm Corporation, and Koninklijke Philips N.V. appear in his 26 resolved cases. Firms such as HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS PLLC, Studebaker Brackett PLLC, and ALG Intellectual Property | ISRG are also involved. The 42.9 percent interview lift is a vital tool for these applicants given the 26.9 percent allowance rate.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18319399 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS | Final Rejection | FUJIFILM Corporation |
| 18057660 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND PROCESSOR FOR ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS | Non-Final OA | FUJIFILM Corporation |
| 18149002 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOTION-ROBUST RECONSTRUCTION IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEMS | Final Rejection | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha |
| 19102624 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING MAGNETIC SIGNALS GENERATED BY A HUMAN BODY | Non-Final OA | Robert Bosch GmbH |
| 17854881 | Virtual 6-DOF Tracker for Surgical Navigation | Non-Final OA | Stryker European Operations Limited |
| 19440445 | WAVEBAND-SELECTIVE IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Non-Final OA | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. |
| 18592922 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR KEYPOINT DETECTION AND TRACKING-BY-PREDICTION FOR MULTIPLE SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS | Non-Final OA | INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC. |
| 19086506 | BLOOD VESSEL VISUALIZATION DEVICE AND BLOOD VESSEL VISUALIZATION METHOD | Final Rejection | TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18029747 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS | Non-Final OA | KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. |
| 17918146 | AIDING A USER TO PERFORM A MEDICAL ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION | Non-Final OA | KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. |
| 18069888 | SEMI-COMPACT PHOTOACOUSTIC DEVICES AND SYSTEMS | Non-Final OA | QUALCOMM Incorporated |
| 18804238 | 3D VIRTUAL IMAGE WITH VIRTUAL LIGHTING TO TRACK MOVEMENT OF SENSOR-EQUIPPED MEDICAL INSTRUMENT | Final Rejection | Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. |
| 17477843 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE STEREOENDOSCOPIC MEASUREMENT OF FLUORESCENCE, AND SOFTWARE PROGRAM PRODUCT | Final Rejection | Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH |
| 18134870 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Non-Final OA | Tamron Co., Ltd. |
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Build Your Strategy26.9% of resolved applications examined by Steven Maldonado were allowed (26 resolved cases), compared with 72.4% across Art Unit 3797 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +42.9 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Steven Maldonado took 1,200 days on average from filing to allowance.
Steven Maldonado examines applications in Art Unit 3797 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).
