Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3791

This examiner grants 14% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

13.6%
Allow Rate
-56.4% vs TC avg
122
Total Applications
+60.0%
Interview Lift
1396
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 22 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.9%
§101 Eligibility
13.5%
§102 Novelty
43.5%
§103 Obviousness
32.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17771003 ELECTROSTIMULATION-FREE AND BIOMETRICALLY ENCRYPTABLE NONINVASIVE BIOCHEMICAL SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
17987649 Mechanism and Methods for Quantifying the Tactile Acuity of the Human Breast Final Rejection THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
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
18395954 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 NextMind SAS
18572345 MULTIPLEXED ANTIGEN-BASED DETECTION OF SARS-COV-2 AND OTHER DISEASES USING NANOMECHANICAL SENSORS Non-Final OA Northwestern University
17900370 Occupancy Detection Using in-Bed Sensors Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
17745548 MENSTRUAL CYCLE TRACKING AND PREDICTION Final Rejection Apple Inc.
17911321 SENSING DEVICE Final Rejection LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
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
18190617 NONINVASIVE BLOOD GLUCOSE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD USING MULTIPLE SENSORS Final Rejection Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
18330925 INFORMATIVE DISPLAY FOR NON-CONTACT PATIENT MONITORING Final Rejection Covidien LP
17899179 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING PATIENT OXYGENATION Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18149540 SYSTEMS FOR DIAGNOSIS STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE BASED ON ELECTROCARDOGRAM DATA Final Rejection GE Precision Healthcare LLC
17769043 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWEAT RATE DETERMINATION Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
17959698 Systems and Methods for Utilizing Gravity to Determine Subject-Specific Information Final Rejection Sleep Number Corporation
18190125 EVALUATION METHOD OF SLEEP QUALITY AND COMPUTING APPARATUS RELATED TO SLEEP QUALITY Final Rejection Taipei Medical University
17930946 FLUID CIRCUIT AND BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE Final Rejection OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
18026564 ELECTRONIC DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
18516074 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PET MOBILITY DETECTION Non-Final OA Tractive Inc.
17998727 DROWSINESS WARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA SAMSUNG LIFE PUBLIC WELFARE FOUNDATION
18038646 EVALUATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR EVALUATING ABILITY TO IDENTIFY OBJECT Final Rejection FrontAct Co., Ltd.
18147347 EAR-WEARABLE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR RESPIRATORY CONDITION DETECTION AND MONITORING Final Rejection Starkey Laboratories, Inc.

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