Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3796

This examiner grants 6% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

5.6%
Allow Rate
-64.4% vs TC avg
67
Total Applications
+50.0%
Interview Lift
1201
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 18 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.4%
§101 Eligibility
0%
§102 Novelty
90.3%
§103 Obviousness
6.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18051271 SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE LASER GUIDANCE FOR LASER VITREOLYSIS Non-Final OA Alcon Inc.
17636829 IMAGING DEVICE, TREATMENT DEVICE, AND IMAGING METHOD Non-Final OA SHIMADZU CORPORATION
17728802 Strain-Sensing Systems, Indwelling Medical Devices, and Methods for Determining Physical Attributes Non-Final OA Bard Access Systems, Inc.
17874426 PUNCTURE DEVICE AND PHOTOTHERAPY METHOD Final Rejection OLYMPUS CORPORATION
17800767 FEEDTHROUGH WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRODE AND MEDICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
18207599 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL SYSTEMS AND LEADS WITH FRINGE ELECTRODES FOR SENSING BIOMARKER SIGNALS Non-Final OA MEDTRONIC, INC.
17960187 LIGHT APPLICATOR FOR THE EXECUTION OF A TRANSCUTANEOUS PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY (PDT) Final Rejection Richard Wolf GmbH
17868176 ELECTRICAL STIMULATION THERAPY APPARATUS FOR DYSPHAGIA AND METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA RS REHAB CO., LTD.
18722972 ASSISTED PROGRAMMING SYSTEM FOR NEURAL STIMULATION THERAPY Non-Final OA Saluda Medical Pty Ltd
17915971 PHOTODYNAMIC ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY DEVICE Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
18712551 VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION DEVICE FOR ANIMALS Non-Final OA NEURIVE Co., Ltd.
18555998 DEVICE FOR STIMULATING THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF VITAMIN D3 Non-Final OA JK-HOLDING GMBH
18003933 SURGICAL ROBOTIC ARM, FLEXIBLE ARM AND FLEXIBLE JOINT Final Rejection Precision Robotics (Hong Kong) Limited
18544172 LIGHT THERAPY SYSTEM Non-Final OA PLATINUM IP LLC
18509973 FULL-DUPLEX IPG SYSTEM AND ELECTRO-OPTICAL PERCUTANEOUS LEAD Non-Final OA Wavegate Corporation
17815494 FULL-DUPLEX EPG SYSTEM AND ELECTRO-OPTICAL PERCUTANEOUS LEAD Non-Final OA Wavegate Corporation
18487503 Headache Detection and Treatment System Non-Final OA Neurostim Technologies LLC
18010066 CONTINUUM INSTRUMENT AND SURGICAL ROBOT Non-Final OA BEIJING SURGERII ROBOTICS COMPANY LIMITED
17918603 APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT OF THE RETINA BY RADIATION Final Rejection CIROMED GMBH
17676776 LIGHT THERAPY DEVICE WITH FUNCTION OF RELEASING NEGATIVE ION Final Rejection Po-Chang LIU

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