Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MATTSON, SEAN D

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

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

66.4%
Allow Rate
-3.6% vs TC avg
403
Total Applications
+44.9%
Interview Lift
1223
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 369 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.3%
§101 Eligibility
2.0%
§102 Novelty
76.2%
§103 Obviousness
10.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19103212 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18889045 RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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.
18463930 ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18877132 REAL-TIME STAPLING TISSUE PERFUSION ASSESSMENT Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18511209 MEDICAL MULTI-DYE FLUORESCENCE IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbH
19174285 NEUROMODULATION BASED NERVE IDENTIFICATION Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
18069976 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE-BASED ANALYSIS OF ANATOMICAL FEATURES Non-Final OA Stryker Corporation
19052024 MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, TREATMENT SYSTEM, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology
19041229 PROCESSING DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, DETECTION VALUE CALCULATION METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
19034771 CERVICAL DILATION MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA CERV, INC.
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
18675355 System And Method For Navigation Non-Final OA Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
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
18413091 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A WEARABLE BIOLOGICAL FIELD SENSING DEVICE USING FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE Non-Final OA Sonera, Inc.
18388011 Wireless Sensors for the Assessment of Cardiac Function Final Rejection Reuven M. Lewinsky

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