Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3779 3795

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.6%
Allow Rate
+7.6% vs TC avg
815
Total Applications
+13.2%
Interview Lift
1087
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 784 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
22.6%
§102 Novelty
43.7%
§103 Obviousness
27.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18900611 ENDOSCOPE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18784952 ENDOSCOPE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18452551 MEDICAL INSTRUMENT GUIDE DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18629779 OPHTHALMIC ENDOSCOPE UTILIZING NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRUM Non-Final OA Alcon Inc.
18686663 ENDOSCOPIC RETINACULATOME Non-Final OA VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
18600914 DISPOSABLE ENDOSCOPE DRIVE Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18658231 INSERTION SHEATH FOR MODULAR DISPOSABLE ENDOSCOPE COMPONENTS Non-Final OA GYRUS ACMI, INC. D/B/A OLYMPUS SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA
19106695 ULTRASONIC ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLY FOR AN ENDOSCOPE Non-Final OA ENDOSOUND, INC.
18616044 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTRAOPERATIVE SURGICAL SCOPE CLEANING Non-Final OA Stryker Corporation
18165716 POSITIONING AID, POSITIONING AID SYSTEM FOR ENDOSCOPE AND GUIDE SHEATH, AND METHOD FOR ATTACHING GUIDE SHEATH Non-Final OA OLYMPUS CORPORATION
18594253 MEDICAL MANIPULATOR SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROCESSOR FOR MEDICAL MANIPULATOR SYSTEM Non-Final OA OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
17368296 VERESS-TYPE NEEDLES WITH ILLUMINATED GUIDANCE AND SAFETY FEATURES Final Rejection The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
18115310 ENT GUIDE SHAFT WITH DEFLECTABLE TIP AND DISTAL ENDOSCOPE CAP Non-Final OA Acclarent, Inc.
18817144 REINFORCED WORKING CHANNEL TUBE Non-Final OA AMBU A/S
17674742 ENDOSCOPE DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR REDUCING INTRA-PELVIC PRESSURE USING SAME Final Rejection The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
18776937 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SEALABLE ACCESS TO A WORKING CHANNEL Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL DEVICE LIMITED
18508635 BIOPSY CAP FOR USE WITH ENDOSCOPE Final Rejection BOSTON SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL DEVICE LIMITED
18826695 ENDOSCOPE HAVING A RIGID OR FLEXIBLE SHAFT TUBE Non-Final OA KARL STORZ SE & CO. KG
18278254 ADVANCED COCHLEA ACCESS Non-Final OA COCHLEAR LIMITED
18578727 METHOD BY WHICH ACTUATING CABLES ARE FIXED BY WELDING TO A COMPONENT IN PARTICULAR OF THE DISTAL HEAD OF A MEDICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA AXESS VISION TECHNOLOGY
18528885 FLUID-ASSISTED MINIMALLY-INVASIVE SURGERY VISUALIZATION DEVICE Non-Final OA Guangcheng LI
18383558 ILLUMINATION SOURCES FOR MULTICORE FIBER ENDOSCOPES Non-Final OA ZSQUARE LTD.
17917606 DISPOSABLE ENDOSCOPE Non-Final OA ZSQUARE LTD.
18287049 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COVERING AN ENDOSCOPE WITH A SLEEVE AND/OR FOR COUPLING AN ENDOSCOPE WITH ONE OR MORE ADD-ON TUBES Non-Final OA Motus GI Medical Technologies Ltd.

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