Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: SHOSTAK, ANDREY

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2426 3735 3791 3794

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Analysis

Examiner SHOSTAK, ANDREY works in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 2426. The examiner has handled 422 resolved cases. The allowance rate for these applications is 52.1 percent. The median time to allowance is 1288 days, which provides a benchmark for the expected duration of the prosecution process. This 1288-day figure is a central metric for applicants to use when planning their timelines in this art unit.

The interview lift for this examiner is 61.8 percent. This figure is larger than the 52.1 percent baseline allowance rate. The 61.8 percent lift indicates that cases involving an interview have a higher probability of allowance. This suggests that oral advocacy is a method for resolving issues with this examiner. Practitioners in Art Unit 2426 should prioritize interviews, given the 61.8 percent lift and the 1288-day median, to improve their chances of success in Tech Center 3700.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

52.2%
Allow Rate
-17.8% vs TC avg
480
Total Applications
+61.8%
Interview Lift
1289
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 423 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

17.0%
§101 Eligibility
6.3%
§102 Novelty
41.2%
§103 Obviousness
29.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19002227 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING IMPACT ON BODY PART AND RECOMMENDING EXERCISE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18642153 Implant Connectivity Final Rejection Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
18374245 ANALYTE MONITORING DEVICE AND METHODS Non-Final OA ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
19041501 CARDIAC MONITOR USING GAIT INFORMATION Non-Final OA Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
17557603 CONTACTLESS PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC IMAGE IMPROVEMENT Non-Final OA Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
18413578 GLUCOSE LEVEL CHANGE DETECTION IN EYES USING POLARIZED LIGHT Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18103665 CONTACT FORCE SENSOR COMPRISING TUNED AMPLIFIERS Final Rejection BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
17233206 PHYSIOLOGICAL ACOUSTIC MONITORING SYSTEM Non-Final OA MASIMO CORPORATION
19029581 GLYCEMIC URGENCY ASSESSMENT AND ALERTS INTERFACE Non-Final OA Dexcom, Inc.
18538982 CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING SYSTEM INSIGHT NOTIFICATIONS Final Rejection Dexcom, Inc.
18208218 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING SENSOR DEPLOYMENT Non-Final OA DexCom, Inc.
18228347 ACCESSIBILITY DIAGNOSIS FOR COSMETIC APPLICATOR CONFIGURED FOR USERS WITH LIMITED MOBILITY Final Rejection L'OREAL
19058735 BLOOD PRESSURE MEASURING DEVICE Non-Final OA OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd.
17827498 SPHYGMOMANOMETER Final Rejection OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
17380694 MONITORING BASED ON CONTINUOUS INTRACRANIAL EEG ACTIVITY Non-Final OA Biogen MA Inc.
18647432 TISSUE SAMPLE HOLDER WITH ENHANCED FEATURES Non-Final OA Devicor Medical Products, Inc.
18635398 DIABETIC FOOT EXAMINATION DEVICE Final Rejection The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
18712459 PULSE WAVE MEASURING DEVICE Final Rejection MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
18972757 BODY ATTACHABLE UNIT FOR CONTINUOUS BLOOD GLUCOSE MEASUREMENT Non-Final OA I-SENS, INC.
18407584 INTRAVASCULAR DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS HAVING SEPARATE SECTIONS WITH ENGAGED CORE COMPONENTS Non-Final OA PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION
17781738 INTRAORAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Oxford University Innovation Limited
18407501 iNPH PREDICTION METHOD BASED ON THE VISUAL ODDBALL PARADIGM Non-Final OA TIANJIN UNIVERSITY
17429923 DEVICE FOR SKIN BIOPSY Non-Final OA Singapore University of Technology and Design
18614248 BLOOD HEALTH MONITORING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING AN ANALYTE EXCRETED BY HUMAN SKIN Non-Final OA Scosche Industries, Inc.
18205598 BLOOD HEALTH MONITORING METHOD AND DEVICE Non-Final OA SCOSCHE INDUSTRIES, INC.
17342753 STRESS DISORDER TRAINING Final Rejection The Medical Research, Infrastructure and Health Services Fund of the Tel Aviv Medical Center
17319265 RESILIENCE TRAINING Final Rejection The Medical Research, Infrastructure and Health Services Fund of the Tel Aviv Medical Center

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