Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: POPESCU, GABRIEL VICTOR

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3793 3797 3798

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Analysis

Gabriel Victor Popescu works in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 3793, having resolved 82 cases. The allowance rate for these cases is 63.4 percent and the median time to allowance is 1142 days. These figures establish the historical trends for applicants who are assigned to this examiner's queue. With 82 cases resolved, the data provides a snapshot of the prosecution process in this unit.

The interview lift is 30.9 percent, which is a large value relative to the 63.4 percent allowance rate. This indicates that conducting an interview is a beneficial strategy for increasing the likelihood of a grant. Practitioners should view the 30.9 percent lift as a tool for success when working with this examiner. The 1142 days to allowance reflects the time required for successful applications to reach a conclusion. These statistics suggest that direct communication is a factor in navigating the baseline allowance rate.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

63.4%
Allow Rate
-6.6% vs TC avg
117
Total Applications
+30.9%
Interview Lift
1142
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 82 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.4%
§101 Eligibility
17.4%
§102 Novelty
59.6%
§103 Obviousness
16.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18448958 SYSTEM, DETERMINATION METHOD, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MEDICAL DEVICE, AND DETECTION UNIT Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18069882 SEMI-COMPACT PHOTOACOUSTIC DEVICES AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18694612 AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION OF HYPERINTENSIVE APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT CLUSTERS FOR MRI-GUIDED LASER INTERSTITIAL THERMAL THERAPY Non-Final OA THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
19258091 SURGICAL SENSOR ANCHOR SYSTEM Non-Final OA GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
18888444 Imaging Apparatus for Magnetic Resonance Device Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18644080 PIVOTABLE PATIENT TABLE FOR A MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM HAVING PATIENT TABLE AND IMAGING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18083472 MAGNETIC RESONANCE LOCAL COIL FOR PERCUTANEOUS MRT-GUIDED NEEDLE INTERVENTION Final Rejection Siemens Healthcare GmbH
19215178 INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY FOR INTRAOPERATIVE FUNCTIONAL MAPPING Non-Final OA Northwestern University
18499179 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPERVISED REMOTE IMAGING-GUIDED INTERVENTION Final Rejection THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
18373006 ULTRASOUND ENDOSCOPY Non-Final OA AMBU A/S
19015029 ORAL SCANNER SYSTEM Non-Final OA Braun GmbH
18398011 METHODS OF IMPROVING A COGNITIVE DISORDER BY NEUROMODULATION OF A PULVINAR NUCLEUS Non-Final OA West Virginia University Board of Governors on behalf of West Virginia University

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