Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3792

This examiner grants 49% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

49.0%
Allow Rate
-21.0% vs TC avg
147
Total Applications
+32.7%
Interview Lift
1249
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 98 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.2%
§101 Eligibility
11.3%
§102 Novelty
78.2%
§103 Obviousness
2.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17981237 PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY ILLUMINATOR DEVICES AND METHODS Non-Final OA Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc.
18456239 MULTIPLE-INPUT-COUPLED ILLUMINATED MULTI-SPOT LASER PROBE Non-Final OA Alcon Inc.
16829856 MOUNTING DATUM OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
17548843 TREATMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM, TREATMENT SUPPORT DEVICE, DISPLAY IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND LASER OUTPUT METHOD Final Rejection SHIMADZU CORPORATION
17260943 INTERNAL LASER LIGHT DELIVERY FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC-GUIDED DRILLING Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
17966016 Sterile Barrier Assembly, Mounting System, And Method For Coupling Surgical Components Non-Final OA Stryker Corporation
18771914 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING ABNORMAL BIOMEDICAL FEATURES WITHIN IMAGES OF BIOMEDICAL DATA Non-Final OA Anumana, Inc.
17270393 MULTIFUNCTIONAL SKIN PATCH Final Rejection THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
17514129 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING A NERVOUS SYSTEM STATE BASED ON MEASUREMENT OF A PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION Final Rejection University of Houston System
17601074 PROVIDING MEDICAL DEVICES WITH SENSING FUNCTIONALITY Final Rejection CANARY MEDICAL SWITZERLAND AG
18227248 MONITORING HYPOXEMIA DOSE DURING EMERGENCY MEDICAL EVENTS Non-Final OA Physio-Control, Inc.
17507991 OPHTHALMOLOGICAL DEVICE FOR SURGICAL TREATMENT OF A CORNEA Final Rejection Ziemer Ophthalmic Systems AG
18652645 COMPUTER-ASSISTED PROGRAMMING OF NEUROMODULATION THERAPY Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
18398526 Reducing Electrosensation While Treating a Subject Using Alternating Electric Fields by Increasing the Number of Steps in a Ramp-Up Portion of a Waveform Non-Final OA Novocure GmbH
17261350 IRRADIATING DEVICE AND IRRADIATION METHOD Non-Final OA JK-HOLDING GMBH
18623820 LEAD PADDLE POSITIONING AND/OR DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM, A LEAD PADDLE AND A STYLET Non-Final OA ONWARD MEDICAL N.V.
18586049 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TREATING CARDIOVASCULAR IMPAIRMENT Final Rejection STAR BP, INC.
17271936 DEPILATOR Non-Final OA SHENZHEN ULIKE SMART ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
18197770 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRO-THERAPY TREATMENT Final Rejection TKBMN, LLC
17640125 METHOD FOR TARGETED TREATING DERMATOSES Non-Final OA STRATA SKIN SCIENCES INC.
17013444 METHODS FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING DIABETIC RETINOPATHY AND DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA Final Rejection University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Research Foundation, Inc.
16487970 BOVINE HEADPIECE AND METHOD Non-Final OA EQUILUME LTD.
16472750 LASER DEVICE AND TISSUE CHARACTERIZING METHOD Final Rejection ADVANCED OSTEOTOMY TOOLS - AOT AG

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