Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3791 3792 3796

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

50.0%
Allow Rate
-20.0% vs TC avg
161
Total Applications
+54.7%
Interview Lift
1233
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 112 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

15.0%
§101 Eligibility
10.6%
§102 Novelty
36.4%
§103 Obviousness
36.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17736654 MEDICAL DEVICE WITH SENSING CAPABILITIES Final Rejection BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
17950888 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVOKING AND RECORDING NEURAL RESPONSES Final Rejection Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
18989864 PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE ESTIMATION SYSTEM, PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18662268 GAIT TRAINING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
18491649 NIRS / TISSUE OXIMETRY BASED METHOD TO MEASURE ARTERIAL BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION FROM PULSATILE HEMOGLOBIN WAVEFORMS Final Rejection EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18531138 Systems, Devices and Methods for Noninvasively Determining Jugular Venous Pressure and/or Associated Metrics Non-Final OA Emory University
18442585 BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE Final Rejection OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
18573480 SNIFF DETECTION AND ARTIFACT DISTINCTION FROM ELECTROMYOGRAPHY AND ACCELEROMETER SIGNALS Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
17595638 EPILEPSY MONITORING DEVICE AND EPILEPSY MONITORING SYSTEM Final Rejection KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
17933760 MANAGING TELEMETRY SESSION WITH IMPLANTABLE DEVICE Non-Final OA Medtronic, Inc.
18609978 ASSEMBLY FOR MEDICAL MONITORING DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSORS Final Rejection Willow Laboratories, Inc.
18719106 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLINICAL DISORDER ASSESSMENT Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
18512052 Facial Recognition System and Physiological Information Generative Method Final Rejection Industrial Technology Research Institute
18531450 SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DRAINING AND ANALYZING BODILY FLUIDS, PRESSURES AND ASSESSING HEALTH Final Rejection Potrero Medical, Inc.

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