Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3792

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

50.0%
Allow Rate
-20.0% vs TC avg
143
Total Applications
+31.4%
Interview Lift
1212
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 96 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.6%
§101 Eligibility
26.2%
§102 Novelty
40.5%
§103 Obviousness
19.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17981237 PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY ILLUMINATOR DEVICES AND METHODS Non-Final OA Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc.
17215390 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UV-C INACTIVATED VIRUS VACCINES AND UV-C SANITIZATION Final Rejection Dynamics Inc.
17798209 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR COUPLING A CABLE TO A MEDICAL DEVICE Final Rejection Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
18451033 MULTIPLE-INPUT-COUPLED ILLUMINATED MULTI-SPOT LASER PROBE Final Rejection Alcon 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
18771914 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING ABNORMAL BIOMEDICAL FEATURES WITHIN IMAGES OF BIOMEDICAL DATA Non-Final OA Anumana, Inc.
18227248 MONITORING HYPOXEMIA DOSE DURING EMERGENCY MEDICAL EVENTS Non-Final OA Physio-Control, 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
18086735 Ophthalmological Device for Processing a Curved Treatment Face Final Rejection Ziemer Ophthalmic Systems AG
18652645 COMPUTER-ASSISTED PROGRAMMING OF NEUROMODULATION THERAPY Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
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.
18612671 COSMETIC METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SKIN TISSUE USING TWO WAVELENGTHS OF LASER ENERGY Non-Final OA LUMENIS BE LTD.
18586049 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TREATING CARDIOVASCULAR IMPAIRMENT Final Rejection STAR BP, INC.
17601074 PROVIDING MEDICAL DEVICES WITH SENSING FUNCTIONALITY Final Rejection CANARY MEDICAL SWITZERLAND AG
18579815 PHOTOBIOSTIMULATION DEVICE FOR CELL REGENERATION Non-Final OA KARNAK MEDICAL S.r.L.
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.
17269084 PARALIMBAL LASER PROBE Non-Final OA OCUVIX PTE. LTD
17105987 SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR GENERATING STRESS LEVEL AND STRESS RESILIENCE LEVEL INFORMATION FOR AN INDIVIDUAL Final Rejection GLOBAL STRESS INDEX PTY LTD
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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