Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MATTSON, SEAN D

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3737 3768 3793 3796 3798

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

66.5%
Allow Rate
-3.5% vs TC avg
398
Total Applications
+44.7%
Interview Lift
1301
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 367 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.9%
§101 Eligibility
8.8%
§102 Novelty
41.4%
§103 Obviousness
34.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19000717 RECEIVE COIL UNIT, MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, AND COIL COVER Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18463930 ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18889045 RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18877132 REAL-TIME STAPLING TISSUE PERFUSION ASSESSMENT Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18881341 APPARATUS FOR TRACING A CATHETER Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18964802 ASSESSMENT OF MEASURED TOMOGRAPHIC DATA Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
19174285 NEUROMODULATION BASED NERVE IDENTIFICATION Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
18783973 OPERATING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN X-RAY FACILITY FOR CREATING RECONSTRUCTED IMAGES OF A BODY REGION Final Rejection Siemens Healthineers AG
18069976 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE-BASED ANALYSIS OF ANATOMICAL FEATURES Non-Final OA Stryker Corporation
18933510 PORTABLE ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME Final Rejection Samsung Medison Co., Ltd.
19052024 MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, TREATMENT SYSTEM, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology
18822753 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING Non-Final OA WUHAN UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
18995472 METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSION VIA TRANSCRANIAL-FOCUSED-ULTRASOUND Non-Final OA SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE
19010489 OPTOACOUSTIC PROBE WITH PROXIMITY DETECTOR Non-Final OA Seno Medical Instruments, Inc.
18594164 MEDICAL INSTRUMENT POSITION SENSOR SLEEVE WITH INTEGRAL HEATING ELEMENT Non-Final OA Acclarent, Inc.
18422576 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE BRAIN SURGERY Final Rejection Epica International, Inc.
18698480 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING NEUROVASCULAR COUPLING Final Rejection ECOLE SUPÉRIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS
18907240 METHOD FOR EFFICIENT DRUG ADMINISTRATION ACROSS THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Carthera
18894566 HEMODYNAMIC ASSESSMENT OF AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS BY CARDIAC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY Non-Final OA Valley Health System
18804686 IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection OXOS Medical, Inc.
18785260 ECHOGENIC NEEDLE ASSEMBLIES AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection SMITHS MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
18511209 MEDICAL MULTI-DYE FLUORESCENCE IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbH
18388011 Wireless Sensors for the Assessment of Cardiac Function Final Rejection Reuven M. Lewinsky

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