Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: PORTER, JR, GARY A

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3762 3766 3792 3796

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.9%
Allow Rate
-1.1% vs TC avg
837
Total Applications
+25.2%
Interview Lift
1136
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 777 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.4%
§101 Eligibility
12.5%
§102 Novelty
75.9%
§103 Obviousness
5.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18584504 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18690237 SIMULTANEOUS ASSESSEMENT OF AFFERENT AND EFFERENT VISUAL PATHWAYS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17626876 METHOD BY WHICH BRAIN WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RECOVERS FROM BRAIN WAVE DAMAGE BY USING OPTOGENETICS Non-Final OA Korea University Research and Business Foundation
18203079 MONITORING SYSTEM, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND MONITORING DATA DISPLAY METHOD Non-Final OA SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18177884 PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18370166 PACING ARTIFACT MITIGATION Non-Final OA Medtronic, Inc.
18730490 METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR USING GREEN LIGHT FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES AND OTHER CONDITIONS WITH INFLAMMATORY REPONSES Non-Final OA Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
18182018 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTION AND DESIGN OF NEURAL STIMULATION Non-Final OA Duke University
18248496 SELF-FITTING OF PROSTHESIS Final Rejection Cochlear Limited
16830846 HEARTBEAT ANALYZER Final Rejection NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
18529468 DETERMINING CRT RESPONSE Non-Final OA Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
18197335 DEVICE FOR STIMULATING A NERVE AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING STIMULATION Non-Final OA Stichting IMEC Nederland
17203464 CONNECTION QUALITY ASSESSMENT FOR EEG ELECTRODE ARRAYS Non-Final OA CeriBell, Inc.
18642751 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A STIMULATION THRESHOLD FOR CLOSED LOOP SPINAL CORD STIMULATION Final Rejection Pacesetter, Inc.
18198745 DEVICES AND METHODS TO USE POWER SPECTRUM OR SIGNAL ASSOCIATION FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT Final Rejection Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
18118654 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTERLEAVING WAVEFORMS FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION AND MEASUREMENT Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
18177736 OXIMETRY MONITORING IN A WEARABLE MEDICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA West Affum Holdings DAC
18674322 Electrical Stimulation Methods, Systems, Devices and Components for Monitoring, Diagnosing and Treating Gastric Disorders Non-Final OA Enterra Medical, Inc.
18644501 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR HIS BUNDLE CARDIAC PACING Final Rejection EPQuant, LLC
18429391 PHOTON BEAUTY MIRROR Non-Final OA SHENZHEN YUYI ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18281087 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING BLADDER AND/OR BOWEL DYSFUNCTION Non-Final OA INSPIRE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
16419327 QUANTITATIVE MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF SEIZURES Non-Final OA FLINT HILLS SCIENTIFIC, LLC
18480603 ILLUMINATION DEVICES FOR INDUCING BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS Non-Final OA KNOW Bio, LLC
18250532 DIRECTIONAL AND SCALABLE ELECTRODE ARRAY Final Rejection BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
18468441 VENOUS NEEDLE MONITORING DEVICE Final Rejection Quanta Dialysis Technologies Limited
18274159 MULTI-CONTACT INTRACEREBRAL FUNCTIONAL EXPLORATION PROBE Non-Final OA NEXT NEUROTECH
18219613 SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AN ESTIMATE OF BATTERY CAPACITY FOR AN IMPLANTABLE DEVICE Non-Final OA Axonics, Inc.
18253519 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING DISEASE USING ELECTRICAL STIMULATION Final Rejection Phagenesis Limited
18250090 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING GASTROINTESTINAL DYSMOTILITY Final Rejection Flinders Medical Center
18041980 TRANSVENOUS PACING SYSTEM Final Rejection Puneet Khanna

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