Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3795
This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases
Christen Alicia Sharpless examines applications in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 3795. Across 113 resolved cases, the examiner has maintained an allowance rate of 50.4 percent. The median days to allowance for these successful cases is 1211. This 1211 median days figure provides a specific timeline for practitioners to use when managing expectations for applications in this art unit.
The data highlights the impact of interviews in this docket. Sharpless shows an interview lift of 27.4 percent, which is an increase over the 50.4 percent baseline allowance rate. Practitioners should view this 27.4 percent lift as a signal to prioritize examiner interviews as a part of their strategy to secure an allowance.
The 113 resolved cases provide a foundation for understanding the examiner's habits. With a median days to allowance of 1211, applicants can anticipate a prosecution timeline that spans these results. The 50.4 percent allowance rate, combined with the 27.4 percent interview lift, offers a roadmap for navigating Art Unit 3795.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17638903 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE OF STEREOSCOPY AND COLOR CHANGE MAGNIFICATION TO ENABLE MACHINE LEARNING FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE ROBOTIC SURGERY | Non-Final OA | Covidien LP |
| 18941845 | MEDICAL SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS FOR COUPLING MEDICAL DEVICES | Final Rejection | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. |
| 18451468 | MEDICAL DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS THEREOF | Non-Final OA | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. |
| 17747667 | ENDOSCOPIC DEVICES, ACCESS SHEATHS, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | Final Rejection | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. |
| 17852986 | MEDICAL DEVICE HANDLES WITH MULTIPLE DEGREES OF FREEDOM | Non-Final OA | Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited |
| 18167020 | INTEGRATED CABLE CONNECTOR FOR LUMINOUS EFFICIENCY | Non-Final OA | Cilag GmbH International |
| 18482011 | PROCESSING DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE DEVICE, AND PROCESSING METHOD | Final Rejection | FUJIFILM Corporation |
| 18948666 | OPERATION SECTION AND INSERTION DEVICE | Non-Final OA | OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. |
| 18944806 | IMAGE PICKUP UNIT, ENDOSCOPE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGE PICKUP UNIT | Non-Final OA | OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. |
| 18223935 | ENDOSCOPE, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ENDOSCOPE | Final Rejection | OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. |
| 18133072 | INSERTION APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF ILLUMINATING INSIDE OF SUBJECT | Final Rejection | OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. |
| 18976762 | ADAPTER FOR CONNECTING A PORT OF A CHANNEL OF A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT TO A CLEANING FLUID SUPPLY | Final Rejection | OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbH |
| 18872062 | MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME, AND METHOD OF MEDICAL IMAGING | Final Rejection | KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG |
| 18566694 | AN ENDOSCOPE | Final Rejection | AMBU A/S |
| 17100025 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH INTEGRATED LIGHTING SYSTEMS | Final Rejection | GYRUS ACMI, INC. D/B/A OLYMPUS SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA |
| 17642395 | ENDOSCOPE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ENDOSCOPE | Non-Final OA | HOYA CORPORATION |
| 17824857 | Endoscope | Final Rejection | PSIP2 LLC |
| 18860508 | Bed-Mounted Surgical Tool Organization System | Final Rejection | University of Cincinnati |
| 17770731 | A LARYNGOSCOPE FOR OROTRACHEAL INTUBATION | Non-Final OA | MEDSNIPER S.R.L. |
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