Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3794

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

56.0%
Allow Rate
-14.0% vs TC avg
257
Total Applications
+49.4%
Interview Lift
1587
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 200 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
19.8%
§102 Novelty
57.0%
§103 Obviousness
15.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17728892 SENSOR INTEGRATION IN CARDIAC IMPLANT DEVICES Final Rejection Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
18410635 ABLATION SYSTEM HAVING PULMONARY VEIN PRESSURE SENSING AND DISPLAY Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
17632986 ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18406596 INTRAUTERINE MORCELLATION DEVICE Non-Final OA GYRUS ACMI, INC. D/B/A OLYMPUS SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA
17628709 INSTRUMENT FOR PLASMA SURGERY AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PLASMA Non-Final OA Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH
17485914 ELECTRODE UNIT AND RESECTOSCOPE APPARATUS Non-Final OA OLYMPUS CORPORATION
18587780 IRRIGATION SYSTEM FOR A CATHETER Non-Final OA Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
17566272 Basket Catheter Having Ablation Electrodes and Electro-Anatomical Sensing Electrodes Final Rejection Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
16713976 TISSUE PROXIMITY INDICATION BASED ON A SUBSET OF ELECTRODES Non-Final OA Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
17525590 STRETCHABLE NANO-MESH BIOELECTRODE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18390702 ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE Final Rejection Meditrina, Inc.
18488222 Electrode Support Structure Assembly Non-Final OA St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
15389781 Monitoring A Garment Final Rejection ZOLL Medical Corporation
18401817 THIN FILM ENDOVASCULAR ELECTRODE ARRAY AND METHOD OF FABRICATION Non-Final OA University of Southern California
18392425 METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRO SURGICAL GENERATOR Non-Final OA OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
17557007 BRAIN MONITORING AND STIMULATION DEVICES AND METHODS Final Rejection Genesis Intelligence, LLC
17198518 KINETIC INTELLIGENT WIRELESS IMPLANT/NEURONS ON AUGMENTED HUMAN Final Rejection Genesis Intelligence, LLC
17175680 KINETIC INTELLIGENT WIRELESS IMPLANT/NEURONS ON AUGMENTED HUMAN Final Rejection Genesis Intelligence, LLC
16842964 BRAIN-MACHINE INTERFACE (BMI) Non-Final OA Genesis Intelligence, LLC
17775603 TELESCOPIC STRUCTURE FOR ELECTROTOME CAPABLE OF EVACUATING SMOKE Non-Final OA Zhejiang Shuyou Surgical Instrument Co., Ltd.
18481370 EEG SIGNAL CAPTURE DEVICE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SENSORS DISTRIBUTED OVER THE HEAD Non-Final OA NAIXES
17421434 REMOVABLE INTEGRATED ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTROSURGICAL FORCEPS Final Rejection BIPAD, INC.
17287658 SAFETY ASSEMBLY FOR PERFORMING ENDODERMAL RADIOFREQUENC Y TREATMENTS Non-Final OA Roberta MAZZANTI

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