Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: RODDEN, JOANNE M

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3723 3737 3761 3762 3763 3777 3793 3794

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.4%
Allow Rate
-5.6% vs TC avg
276
Total Applications
+47.8%
Interview Lift
1359
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 247 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
1.9%
§102 Novelty
94.0%
§103 Obviousness
2.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17190582 WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18888959 BIODEGRADABLE PIEZOELECTRIC NANOFIBERS Non-Final OA University of Connecticut
17771607 ELECTROSURGICAL GENERATOR Non-Final OA OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
17217554 ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEM, ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND ELECTROSURGICAL GENERATOR Final Rejection OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
17403112 PHRENIC NERVE WARNING Non-Final OA BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
17169183 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALIGNMENT OF BALLOON ABLATION CATHETER IN PULMONARY VEIN Final Rejection Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
17018111 CARDIAC MAPPING CATHETER WITH SQUARE-SPACED ELECTRODES Non-Final OA Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
18017420 SYSTEMS AND METHODOLOGIES FOR PERFORMING BRAINWAVE ENTRAINMENT USING NESTED WAVEFORMS Non-Final OA Reversal Solutions, Inc.
18924906 SUBCUTANEOUS TRANSCRANIAL FOCUSED ULTRASOUND Non-Final OA Blackrock Microsystems, Inc.
18816299 TREATMENT HANDPIECE, TREATMENT TIP AND ULTRASONIC THERAPEUTIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA SHENZHEN PENINSULA MEDICAL GROUP
17708758 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED SHOULDER ACTIVITY MONITORING SYSTEM Final Rejection OrthoKinetic Track LLC
17592475 ASSEMBLABLE CRYONEEDLE AND METHOD FOR USING SAME Non-Final OA LIFE BY ICE LTD.

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