Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3791

This examiner grants 12% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

11.5%
Allow Rate
-58.5% vs TC avg
125
Total Applications
+60.0%
Interview Lift
1231
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 26 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
2.1%
§102 Novelty
95.8%
§103 Obviousness
0.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18411130 PELVIC INCLINATION ESTIMATION DEVICE, ESTIMATION SYSTEM, PELVIC INCLINATION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18410330 PELVIC INCLINATION ESTIMATION DEVICE, ESTIMATION SYSTEM, PELVIC INCLINATION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18396094 WALKING INDEX CALCULATION DEVICE, WALKING INDEX CALCULATION SYSTEM, WALKING INDEX CALCULATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18396112 WALKING INDEX CALCULATION DEVICE, WALKING INDEX CALCULATION SYSTEM, WALKING INDEX CALCULATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC, Corporation
18203303 PELVIC INCLINATION ESTIMATION DEVICE, ESTIMATION SYSTEM, PELVIC INCLINATION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18038328 WALKING INDEX CALCULATION DEVICE, WALKING INDEX CALCULATION SYSTEM, WALKING INDEX CALCULATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18167458 ANALYTE SENSOR WITH INCREASED REFERENCE CAPACITY Final Rejection Dexcom, Inc.
17778311 ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROENCAPHALOGRAPHY Final Rejection Snap Inc.
18572345 MULTIPLEXED ANTIGEN-BASED DETECTION OF SARS-COV-2 AND OTHER DISEASES USING NANOMECHANICAL SENSORS Non-Final OA Northwestern University
17769043 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWEAT RATE DETERMINATION Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
17900370 Occupancy Detection Using in-Bed Sensors Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
17745548 MENSTRUAL CYCLE TRACKING AND PREDICTION Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18361938 PULSE MANIFESTATION DETERMINING METHOD Final Rejection AUO Corporation
18031286 PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY-BASED REAL-TIME BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM USING CONVOLUTIONAL BIDIRECTIONAL SHORT- AND LONG-TERM MEMORY RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORK, AND REAL-TIME BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING METHOD USING SAME Final Rejection Korea University Research and Business Foundation
17911321 SENSING DEVICE Final Rejection LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
18149540 SYSTEMS FOR DIAGNOSIS STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE BASED ON ELECTROCARDOGRAM DATA Final Rejection GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18161936 OXYGEN SATURATION MONITORING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18190617 NONINVASIVE BLOOD GLUCOSE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD USING MULTIPLE SENSORS Final Rejection Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
17987649 Mechanism and Methods for Quantifying the Tactile Acuity of the Human Breast Final Rejection THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
17818246 PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL SENSING FOR CLOSED-LOOP STIMULATION Final Rejection Medtronic, Inc.
17821886 HYPOTENSION PREDICTION WITH FEATURE TRANSFORMATION FOR ADJUSTABLE HYPOTENSION THRESHOLD Non-Final OA Becton, Dickinson and Company
17930946 FLUID CIRCUIT AND BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE Final Rejection OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
17998727 DROWSINESS WARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA SAMSUNG LIFE PUBLIC WELFARE FOUNDATION
18374964 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NONCONTACT MONITOR OF CARDIAC ACTIVITIES Final Rejection Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
18190125 EVALUATION METHOD OF SLEEP QUALITY AND COMPUTING APPARATUS RELATED TO SLEEP QUALITY Final Rejection Taipei Medical University
17730434 GASTRIC SIZING SYSTEMS INCLUDING ILLUMINATING DEVICES AND METHODS OF BARIATRIC SURGERY USING THE SAME Non-Final OA Boehringer Technologies, LP
18517061 MANAGING EXTRA-HOSPITAL PATIENT CARE BY MONITORING PATIENTS VIA WEARABLE WIRELESS TISSUE AND PULSE OXYMETRY DEVICES Non-Final OA VYDAR MEDICAL
18518331 WRIST-WEARABLE BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE Non-Final OA CHARMCARE CO., LTD.
18518325 BLOOD PRESSURE MEASURING DEVICE Non-Final OA CHARMCARE CO., LTD.
18516074 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PET MOBILITY DETECTION Non-Final OA Tractive Inc.

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