Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MAYNARD, JOHNATHAN A

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3793 3798

This examiner grants 39% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

39.2%
Allow Rate
-30.8% vs TC avg
220
Total Applications
+6.9%
Interview Lift
1411
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 189 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.0%
§101 Eligibility
16.8%
§102 Novelty
50.8%
§103 Obviousness
20.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19038612 MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING PAIN OR INFECTION ASSOCIATED WITH PROPIONIC ACID Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18963192 COIL UNIT Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18890038 CONDITIONAL VARIATIONAL AUTOENCODER FOR FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY ANALYSIS OF ASD FMRI DATA Final Rejection The George Washington University
18969251 NUCLEAR MEDICINE DIAGNOSIS DEVICE, REGION-OF-INTEREST MOVEMENT STATE DETECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
18473051 MULTI-WAVELENGTH TIME-RESOLVED LASER SPECKLE CONTRAST IMAGING (MTR-LSCI) OF TISSUE HEMODYNAMICS AND METABOLISM Final Rejection University of Kentucky Research Foundation
18401821 COMPUTER DEVICE FOR PROVIDING TRIGGERING TIMES TO A MEDICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Siemens Healthineers AG
18000157 NETWORK-BASED FUNCTIONAL IMAGING OUTPUT FOR EVALUATING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Final Rejection Texas State University
18285761 DEVICE TO SUPPORT DERMATOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS Final Rejection Inpeco SA
18558001 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL PRESSURE SENSING OF BODY PART Non-Final OA THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
18328765 ANALYSIS SYSTEM, ANALYSIS METHOD, ANALYSIS DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18407907 SEGMENTING A HUMAN PATIENT TRACTOGRAM Non-Final OA DASSAULT SYSTEMES
18238747 Medical Devices for Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Related Methods Final Rejection Cook Medical Technologies LLC
18886991 PERSONAL HEALTH DATA COLLECTION Final Rejection LMD IP, LLC
18944084 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING POST-OPERATIVE IMAGES OF AN ANOMALY USING DEEP-LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA L&T TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED
18761538 IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MONITORING PATIENT DURING EXAMINATION Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Healthcare Corporation
18620346 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, BODY MOVEMENT INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD, AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Healthcare Corporation
18322274 PUNCTURE DEVICE GUIDE Non-Final OA CIVCO Medical Instruments Co., Inc.
18634589 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING A PATIENT Non-Final OA Guardsman Scientific, Inc.
18274279 IMAGE-BASED APPROACH TO EVALUATE CONNECTIVE TISSUE STRUCTURE, REMODELING, AND RISK OF INJURY Non-Final OA Rhode Island Hospital
18289192 METHOD OF QUANTIFYING AN EFFECTIVE VOLUME OF A MUSCLE Final Rejection AMRA Medical AB
18246294 IMAGING PLUG-IN DEVICE Non-Final OA Sino Canada Health Engineering Research Institute (Hefei) Ltd.
17456516 IMAGING MARKER AND METHOD Final Rejection Beekley Corporation
17456508 IMAGING MARKER AND METHOD Non-Final OA Beekley Corporation

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