Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: SHOSTAK, ANDREY

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2426 3735 3791 3794

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

52.2%
Allow Rate
-17.8% vs TC avg
477
Total Applications
+61.9%
Interview Lift
1285
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 416 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

17.3%
§101 Eligibility
6.5%
§102 Novelty
40.6%
§103 Obviousness
30.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18637372 PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AS HEALTH COMPANION Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18374245 ANALYTE MONITORING DEVICE AND METHODS Non-Final OA ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
17198950 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
18642153 Implant Connectivity Final Rejection Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
18513231 EMBEDDED SENSOR IMPLANT DEVICES Final Rejection EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18780914 DETECTION DEVICE AND BODY-WORN DEVICE Non-Final OA CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
18413578 GLUCOSE LEVEL CHANGE DETECTION IN EYES USING POLARIZED LIGHT Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
17827498 SPHYGMOMANOMETER Final Rejection OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
17557603 CONTACTLESS PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC IMAGE IMPROVEMENT Final Rejection Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
18642267 GLYCEMIC URGENCY ASSESSMENT AND ALERTS INTERFACE Non-Final OA Dexcom, Inc.
18538982 CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING SYSTEM INSIGHT NOTIFICATIONS Final Rejection Dexcom, Inc.
18208126 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING SENSOR DEPLOYMENT Final Rejection DexCom, Inc.
18280395 ORACLE - A PHM TEST & VALIDATION PLATFORM FOR ANOMALY DETECTION IN BIOTIC OR ABIOTIC SENSOR DATA Final Rejection Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
17259659 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING NEURAL SIGNALS Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
17233206 PHYSIOLOGICAL ACOUSTIC MONITORING SYSTEM Non-Final OA MASIMO CORPORATION
18103665 CONTACT FORCE SENSOR COMPRISING TUNED AMPLIFIERS Final Rejection BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
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.
18407501 iNPH PREDICTION METHOD BASED ON THE VISUAL ODDBALL PARADIGM Non-Final OA TIANJIN UNIVERSITY
18851588 ULTRASONIC OPHTHALMIC TONOMETER Non-Final OA NIDEK CO., LTD.

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