Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: NGANGA, BONIFACE N

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2858 3762 3769 3773 3792 3793 3797

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.1%
Allow Rate
-5.9% vs TC avg
593
Total Applications
+30.1%
Interview Lift
1321
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 549 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
5.3%
§102 Novelty
78.1%
§103 Obviousness
6.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19175948 MEASUREMENT DEVICE Non-Final OA CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
19030287 ADJUSTABLE ILLUMINATORS AND METHODS FOR PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS Non-Final OA Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc.
19151566 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HISTOTRIPSY Non-Final OA SCITON, INC.
19189294 ULTRASONIC ENDOSCOPE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
19076989 SYSTEM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18349375 MONITORING, PREDICTING, AND TREATING CLINICAL EPISODES Non-Final OA Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
19095686 ULTRASONIC ROBOTIC SURGICAL NAVIGATION Non-Final OA GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
19195150 ADJUSTABLE TRANSCRANIAL ULTRASOUND HEADSET Non-Final OA Sanmai Technologies, PBC
18108183 BLOOD VESSEL VISUALIZATION APPARATUS AND BLOOD VESSEL PUNCTURE SYSTEM Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19073743 ULTRASOUND MOTION TRACKING TO MEASURE MOVEMENT OF STRUCTURES IN THE PELVIC AREA Non-Final OA REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
18220362 PHOTOTHERAPY DEVICE, PHOTOTHERAPY METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection OLYMPUS CORPORATION
18683318 ELECTROCARDIOGRAM READING SYSTEM IN WHICH DEEP LEARNING-BASED MODEL AND RULE-BASED MODEL ARE INTEGRATED Non-Final OA MEDICAL AI CO., LTD.
18750316 WIRELESS ULTRASOUND PROBE, ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS CONNECTED TO WIRELESS ULTRASOUND PROBE, AND OPERATING METHOD OF ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA Samsung Medison Co., Ltd.
19023610 METHOD OF PRODUCING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) PROBE Final Rejection Sensible Medical Innovations Ltd.
18580155 SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING WITH PROVISION OF DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION Non-Final OA VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
18515217 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA ACQUISITION AND TRANSMISSION IN PET Non-Final OA SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
18594170 PATIENT TRACKING DEVICE FOR USE WITH MEDICAL INSTRUMENT NAVIGATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Acclarent, Inc.
18683122 OPTICAL SENSOR FOR MONITORING TEMPERATURE-INDUCED CHANGES IN BIOLOGICAL TISSUES Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
18970911 BIOLOGICAL CONDITION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, BIOLOGICAL CONDITION MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND BIOLOGICAL STATE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA FINGGAL LINK CO., LTD.
18360187 TUMOR IMAGING WITH X-RAYS AND OTHER HIGH ENERGY SOURCES USING AS CONTRAST AGENTS PHOTON-EMITTING PHOSPHORS HAVING THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES Non-Final OA DUKE UNIVERSITY
17778518 ADAPTIVE SINGLE-BUBBLE-BASED AUTOFOCUSING AND POWER ADJUSTMENT IN ULTRASOUND PROCEDURES Final Rejection INSIGHTEC, LTD.
18927316 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR LOCALIZED TRACKING OF A VERTEBRAL BODY OR OTHER ANATOMIC STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Medos International Sarl
18179966 Focused Ultrasound Device Non-Final OA Washington University
18829102 EXTRACORPOREAL THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND FOR PROMOTING ANGIOGENESIS Non-Final OA Vibrato Medical, Inc.
18554756 CATHETER BLOOD PUMP SHROUDS AND ASSEMBLY THEREOF Non-Final OA Shifamed Holdings, LLC
18664296 MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD OF MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, AND VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM Final Rejection FUJIFILM Healthcare Corporation
18747492 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING KIDNEYS Non-Final OA MDSG Innovation Ltd.
18718089 AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING BIOMETRIC DATA FROM A HUMAN OR OTHER ANIMAL Final Rejection Nicholas Roy GOMPERTZ
18731323 Cancer Imaging Methods And Cancer Treatment Methods Using Thermotherapy And Drug Delivery Non-Final OA Cancer Rx, LLC
18636419 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NON-INVASIVELY PROBING IN-VIVO MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION USING FUNCTIONAL MRI (fMRI) Non-Final OA CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER

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