Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1685 3793 3798

This examiner grants 49% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

48.6%
Allow Rate
-21.4% vs TC avg
196
Total Applications
+58.2%
Interview Lift
1283
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 146 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.4%
§101 Eligibility
14.5%
§102 Novelty
40.8%
§103 Obviousness
30.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17634024 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMANCE OF EXTERNAL BODY WALL DATA AND INTERNAL DEPTH DATA-BASED PERFORMANCE OF OPERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGICAL SYSTEM Final Rejection Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
18858191 Wearable Computing Device Having Optical Sensors to Indirectly Determine a Location of a Force Applied to a User Interface Final Rejection Google LLC
19255201 ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
19400364 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18827457 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18991688 METHOD FOR ACQUIRING IMAGE DATA USING PILOT TONE Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18926483 LASER SPECKLE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA Covidien LP
19205291 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTRAST FLOW MODELING WITH DEEP LEARNING Final Rejection GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18645253 ULTRASOUND IMAGING BASED MEDICAL DEVICE TRACKING Final Rejection GE Precision Healthcare LLC
16960530 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING USING MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY Non-Final OA New York University
17929595 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CEREBRAL IMPLANTATION STRATEGIES FOR DELIVERY OF ALTERNATING ELECTRIC FIELD THERAPY Non-Final OA Medtronic, Inc.

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