Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3792 3796
This examiner grants 8% of resolved cases
Benjamin Allyn Schmitt examines applications in Art Unit 3792 within Tech Center 3700. He has 24 resolved cases, with a very low allowance rate pct of 8.3. This suggests an extremely difficult prosecution path for applicants. The median days to allowance is 1220, reflecting the time required to navigate his examination process. With only 24 cases, the 8.3 allowance rate pct indicates that grants are rare and likely require significant effort.
However, the interview lift pct of 40.0 offers a potential strategy for success. This high lift suggests that interviews are a critical mechanism for overcoming rejections, even when the baseline is low. Practitioners should prioritize interviews to leverage the 40.0 lift, as it represents a substantial improvement over the 8.3 baseline. The 1220-day median pendency should be factored into the overall strategy for this challenging art unit.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19043997 | ELECTRICAL STIMULATION CUFF LEADS WITH CONJOINED DISTAL END PORTIONS | Non-Final OA | Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation |
| 18804678 | INTEGRATION OF RELATED PROBABILITY SHELLS INTO DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION TARGETING | Non-Final OA | Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation |
| 18232649 | IMPLANTABLE PHOTOBIOMODULATION SYSTEMS EMPLOYING THERMAL MONITORING OR CONTROL AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING | Final Rejection | Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation |
| 18126731 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NEUROMODULATION GUIDANCE USING SYMPTOM-WISE SENSORY PROFILE | Non-Final OA | Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation |
| 17785265 | SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING GUIDED TELEOPERATION OF A NON-ROBOTIC DEVICE IN A SURGICAL SPACE | Final Rejection | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. |
| 17728802 | Strain-Sensing Systems, Indwelling Medical Devices, and Methods for Determining Physical Attributes | Final Rejection | Bard Access Systems, Inc. |
| 17916150 | ABLATION ZONE ASSESSMENT AND CONFIGURATION | Non-Final OA | KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. |
| 19043891 | ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18708798 | Computer Implemented Method and System for Protecting a Patient Critical Firmware Function of an Implantable Medical Device | Final Rejection | BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG |
| 17800767 | FEEDTHROUGH WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRODE AND MEDICAL DEVICE | Final Rejection | BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG |
| 18051271 | SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE LASER GUIDANCE FOR LASER VITREOLYSIS | Final Rejection | Alcon Inc. |
| 18207599 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL SYSTEMS AND LEADS WITH FRINGE ELECTRODES FOR SENSING BIOMARKER SIGNALS | Final Rejection | MEDTRONIC, INC. |
| 18148811 | LOW-FREQUENCY TREATMENT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH CONTROL PROGRAM IS STORED | Final Rejection | OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd. |
| 18089203 | MOVEMENT MONITOR SENSOR | Final Rejection | Industrial Technology Research Institute |
| 17604309 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NEURAL REGULATION | Final Rejection | RESHAPE LIFESCIENCES, INC. |
| 17801916 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING ALERTNESS | Final Rejection | ResMed Sensor Technologies Limited |
| 18555998 | DEVICE FOR STIMULATING THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF VITAMIN D3 | Final Rejection | JK-HOLDING GMBH |
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