Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: PORTILLO, JAIRO H

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3735 3791

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

54.0%
Allow Rate
-16.0% vs TC avg
377
Total Applications
+31.0%
Interview Lift
1652
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 335 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

20.5%
§101 Eligibility
9.3%
§102 Novelty
46.9%
§103 Obviousness
21.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17427005 Systems and Methods for Sound Mapping of Anatomical and Physiological Acoustic Sources Using an Array of Acoustic Sensors Final Rejection The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
17441540 INDUCTIVE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY VEST FOR A SMALL MAMMAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A VEST Non-Final OA UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES
17588723 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NON-CONTACT HEART RATE MONITORING Non-Final OA Covidien LP
17535666 BLOOD-VOLUME-BASED CUFF-LESS NON-INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING Final Rejection Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd.
18168251 OPTICAL SENSOR DEVICES AND METHODS FOR HEMORRHAGE DETECTION Non-Final OA HONEYWELL SAFETY PRODUCTS USA, INC.
17524277 BODY TEMPERATURE PREDICTION APPARATUS AND BODY TEMPERATURE PREDICTION METHOD, AND METHOD FOR TRAINING BODY TEMPERATURE PREDICTION APPARATUS Final Rejection Research & Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
18684137 Ovulation Monitoring Platform Non-Final OA University of Cincinnati
17945934 Magnetically Oriented Fiber Optic Three-Dimensional Shape Non-Final OA Bard Access Systems, Inc.
18643561 Blood Sample Collection System with Integrated Scrubbing Cap and Method of Use Thereof Non-Final OA Becton, Dickinson and Company
18390396 CANNULA INSERTION DETECTION Final Rejection Becton, Dickinson and Company
17631964 BLOOD COLLECTION DEVICE THAT SEQUESTERS AN INITIAL COLLECTED PORTION Final Rejection BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
17389437 SLEEVE WITH CONFIGURABLE ELECTRODES FOR FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION AND/OR ELECTROMYOGRAPHY Non-Final OA Battelle Memorial Institute
18434313 SIMULTANEOUS AND CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENT OF OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS ACROSS LEVEL AND FREQUENCY Non-Final OA University of Iowa Research Foundation
18579582 Seizure Forecasting in Subsutaneous Electroencephalography Data Using Machine Learning Non-Final OA King's College London
18717193 SYSTEM AND COMPUTER METHOD INCLUDING A DIGITAL BIOMARKER (DBM), CLART, FOR REMOTELY ASSESSING HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY FOR CIRROHTIC PATIENTS Non-Final OA CYBERLIVER LIMITED
18444096 VASCULAR FLOW DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM Final Rejection MOONRISE MEDICAL INC.
18685557 BLOOD COLLECTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA BD KIESTRA B.V.
18436204 ELECTRODE CATHETER, POTENTIAL DETECTION DEVICE, AND POTENTIAL DETECTION METHOD Non-Final OA Japan Lifeline Co., Ltd.
17288438 METHODS FOR SETTING UP A CONTROLLER OF AN ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD Non-Final OA Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
18385278 PRESSURE SENSING BRACE AND METHODS OF USING SAME Non-Final OA SE Watson & Associates, LLC
18240823 DEVICES FOR COLLECTING CAPILLARY BLOOD AND METHODS FOR SAME Non-Final OA Paulus Holdings Limited
17944648 IMAGING SYSTEM Non-Final OA VAN DAM, JACQUES
17081015 ENCLOSURE Non-Final OA Acurable Limited

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