Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3739 3794

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.7%
Allow Rate
+7.7% vs TC avg
1388
Total Applications
+12.6%
Interview Lift
1318
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1334 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.0%
§101 Eligibility
28.3%
§102 Novelty
36.8%
§103 Obviousness
14.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18287013 A Directional Radiofrequency (RF) Ablation Needle Final Rejection BOARD OF REGENTS THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
18708257 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR USE IN SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18674529 RECONFIGURABLE MULTI-PURPOSE SURGICAL TOOL SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES Non-Final OA THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
18521505 TISSUE ABLATION AND ASSESSMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
17659637 POLYSILOXANES AND FLUOROSILANES ON INSULATION ELEMENTS Final Rejection GYRUS ACMI, INC. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America
18348605 IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC METHODS USING ELECTROPORATION Final Rejection Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
18409554 PREDICTIVE MODELING AND LESION ZONEIZATION AND INDEX/SCORE FROM PFA APPLICATION Non-Final OA Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
17722664 SWITCHING UNIT FOR OPERATING A MULTI-CATHETER SYSTEM Non-Final OA BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
18390708 TREATMENT TOOL FOR ENDOSCOPE Non-Final OA OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
18294269 PLASMA TREATMENT DEVICE, IRRADIATION INSTRUMENT, AND IRRADIATION NOZZLE Non-Final OA SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
18678567 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PUNCTURING TISSUE Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
17974274 HIGH-FREQUENCY ELECTRODE FOR USE IN A HANDHELD SURGICAL DEVICE, ELECTRODE INSTRUMENT, AND RESECTOSCOPE Final Rejection OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
18373626 RF ABLATION SYSTEMS WITH A BIPOLAR RF ELECTRODE AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING Final Rejection Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
18722446 CATHETER WITH HYPOTUBE HAVING EXCHANGE JOINT OPENING Non-Final OA Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company
18717436 DEVICE FOR OUTPUTTING DRIVE SIGNALS TO SURGICAL INSTRUMENT, AND SURGICAL SYSTEM Non-Final OA Qingdao Medbios Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
18047715 METHODS AND DEVICES TO TREAT NASAL AIRWAYS Final Rejection Aerin Medical Inc.
18677953 LESION ASSESSMENT BY DIELECTRIC PROPERTY ANALYSIS Non-Final OA Navix International Limited
18673932 DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURES TO PROVIDE ELECTRODES ON THE SURFACE OF AN ENDOSCOPICALLY GUIDED LASER ABLATION CATHETER FOR USE IN ABLATION AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL MAPPING Non-Final OA CARDIOFOCUS, INC.
18712122 ACUTE ASSESSMENT OF CARDIAC ABLATOIN LESIONS Non-Final OA CARDIOFOCUS, INC.
18713620 ELECTRODES WITH ARC MITIGATION Non-Final OA Pulse Biosciences, Inc.
18672173 PULSED FIELD ABLATION APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA AtriCure, Inc.
18710135 A SURGICAL DEVICE WITH AIRFLOW AND LIGHT Non-Final OA Surgis Clearview LP
17195479 MATTER MANIPULATOR WITH CONDUCTIVE COATING Non-Final OA GI SCIENTIFIC LLC
18658808 MEDICAL COOLING DEVICE AND COOLING METHOD USING THE SAME Non-Final OA RECENSMEDICAL, INC.
18642140 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONSISTENT, REPEATABLE, AND SAFE CRYOSPRAY TREATMENT OF AIRWAY TISSUE Non-Final OA CSA Medical, Inc.
18608958 CYCLED PULSING TO MITIGATE THERMAL DAMAGE FOR MULTI-ELECTRODE IRREVERSIBLE ELECTROPORATION THERAPY Non-Final OA AngioDynamics, Inc.
18528051 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ABLATING A TISSUE SITE BY ELECTROPORATION WITH REAL-TIME MONITORING OF TREATMENT PROGRESS Final Rejection AngioDynamics, Inc.
18252810 CATHETER Non-Final OA Japan Lifeline Co.,Ltd.
18292378 WAVEGUIDE SECTION, WAVEGUIDE, SKIN TREATMENT APPARATUS, HANDHELD APPLICATOR, APPLICATOR PAD AND A SKIN TREATMENT KIT Non-Final OA Bangor University
18521275 SURGICAL END EFFECTOR DETECTION Non-Final OA GYRUS MEDICAL LIMITED

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