Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3794

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.9%
Allow Rate
-6.1% vs TC avg
384
Total Applications
+34.1%
Interview Lift
1286
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 338 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.9%
§101 Eligibility
13.8%
§102 Novelty
49.4%
§103 Obviousness
24.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18742630 TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE AND MEASURING DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17988236 Wearable Devices with Perspiration Measurement Capabilities Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
19246240 Wearable for Breast Cancer Detection Non-Final OA Jano Life, Inc.
18574873 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPOSABLE SENSORS Final Rejection GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18757413 PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL ACQUISITION DEVICES AND WEARABLE DEVICES Non-Final OA SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
18160326 BIOSIGNAL SENSING ELECTRODE Final Rejection Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18474427 ARTICLE OF CLOTHING FOR SUPPORTING WEARABLE MEDICAL DEVICE Final Rejection WEST AFFUM HOLDINGS DAC
17854882 PLANAR END EFFECTOR WITH IRRIGATION Non-Final OA Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
17536492 BIPOLAR ABLATION GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE Final Rejection BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
17995835 ELECTRIC SIGNAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND ELECTRIC SIGNAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE OPERATION METHOD Final Rejection The University of Tokyo
17436251 ELECTRONIC FUNCTIONAL MEMBER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND BIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT SENSOR Final Rejection The University of Tokyo
18017681 COSMETIC MASK AND COSMETIC ELECTRIC STIMULATOR Non-Final OA YA-MAN LTD.
18000787 Wearable Biosignal Measurement Element and Biosignal Measurement Device Non-Final OA Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
17934929 BELT AND ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENT DEVICE Final Rejection OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
17920695 Implantable Transition Micro-Electrodes Non-Final OA University of Utah Research Foundation
17631211 BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION GATHERING SYSTEM AND WEARABLE DEVICE Non-Final OA connectFree Corporation
17931064 WIRELESS IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODE ARRAY Final Rejection University of Southern California
17446484 ELECTRODE COMPRISING A CONDUCTIVE ACRYLATE BASED PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE Final Rejection Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
18728100 FLEXIBLE SHEET ELECTRODE, WEARABLE BIOELECTRODE, AND BIOSENSOR Non-Final OA SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
18787979 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRODE PLACEMENT AND TRACKING Non-Final OA Ceribell, Inc.
17836969 ADJUSTABLE GEOMETRY WEARABLE ELECTRODES Non-Final OA Ceribell, Inc.
18728643 WEARABLES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR ALERTING USERS TO HEALTH EMERGENCIES Non-Final OA ECHAS LLC
18030546 BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASURING BELT FOR CALF Non-Final OA TOYOBO CO., LTD.
18623004 Portable Lead Smartwatch Electrocardiography Apparatus and Methods of Use Non-Final OA PNEUMOCYTE, LLC
18260318 AMBULATORY ELECTROCARDIOGRAM PATCH DEVICES AND METHODS Non-Final OA HeartBeam, Inc.
18271566 ELECTRODE CATHETER Final Rejection INTER NOVA INC.
18573386 SIZE-ADJUSTABLE EEG HEADSET Non-Final OA CUMULUS NEUROSCIENCE LIMITED
18211489 Ablation Device and Ablation System Non-Final OA HANGZHOU DINOVA EP TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
18059376 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AMBULATORY ECG NOISE MITIGATION DURING SWEATING OF PATIENT Non-Final OA NimbleHeart, Inc.
17920380 WEAK CURRENT SIGNAL ACQUISITION CIRCUIT, AND SEAT AND SEAT COVER HAVING SAME Non-Final OA Guangzhou Xinxiangsui Technology Co., Ltd.

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