Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 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
834
Total Applications
+24.8%
Interview Lift
1183
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 772 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.4%
§101 Eligibility
25.8%
§102 Novelty
35.4%
§103 Obviousness
21.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18690237 SIMULTANEOUS ASSESSEMENT OF AFFERENT AND EFFERENT VISUAL PATHWAYS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18251702 Systems and Methods for Evaluating Gestational Progress and Applications Thereof Final Rejection 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
18177736 OXIMETRY MONITORING IN A WEARABLE MEDICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA West Affum Holdings DAC
18119659 ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY RESTORATION BY OPERATIONAL CYCLE-GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA QATAR UNIVERSITY
18491670 MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TACHYARRYTHMIA DETECTION Non-Final OA Medtronic, Inc.
18370166 PACING ARTIFACT MITIGATION Non-Final OA Medtronic, Inc.
18265663 SIGNAL ANALYZING APPARATUS, SIGNAL ANALYZING METHOD AND PROGRAM Final Rejection NTT, Inc.
18182018 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTION AND DESIGN OF NEURAL STIMULATION Final Rejection Duke University
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
18529468 DETERMINING CRT RESPONSE Non-Final OA Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
16830846 HEARTBEAT ANALYZER Final Rejection NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
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.
18248496 SELF-FITTING OF PROSTHESIS Final Rejection Cochlear Limited
18118654 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTERLEAVING WAVEFORMS FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION AND MEASUREMENT Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
18642751 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A STIMULATION THRESHOLD FOR CLOSED LOOP SPINAL CORD STIMULATION Final Rejection Pacesetter, Inc.
18644501 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR HIS BUNDLE CARDIAC PACING Final Rejection EPQuant, LLC
18631076 DELIVERY APPARATUS FOR ELONGATED MEDICAL INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA SHENZHEN INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIOMEDICAL ROBOT CO., LTD.
18429391 PHOTON BEAUTY MIRROR Non-Final OA SHENZHEN YUYI ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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
18274159 MULTI-CONTACT INTRACEREBRAL FUNCTIONAL EXPLORATION PROBE Non-Final OA NEXT NEUROTECH
18008875 SYSTEM FOR CONTROL AND RESPIRATORY FUNCTION MAINTENANCE Non-Final OA Igor Aleksandrovich LAVROV
14271669 METHOD AND NEUROPROSTHETIC DEVICE FOR MONITORING AND SUPPRESSION OF PATHOLOGICAL TREMORS THROUGH NEUROSTIMULATION OF THE AFFERENT PATHWAYS Final Rejection GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITAT GOTTINGEN

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