Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3792

This examiner grants 53% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.3%
Allow Rate
-16.7% vs TC avg
66
Total Applications
+46.4%
Interview Lift
1130
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 15 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.4%
§101 Eligibility
29.2%
§102 Novelty
42.9%
§103 Obviousness
14.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18658442 DERIVATION OF ELECTRODERMAL ACTIVITY RESPONSE FROM AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM SIGNAL Non-Final OA University of Connecticut
18038414 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH ELECTROPOLISHED TUNGSTEN CABLE Final Rejection Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
18101503 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WRIST Non-Final OA Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
17922812 APPARATUS FOR A PROVIDING VISUAL GUIDANCE FOR A USER OF A PERSONAL CARE DEVICE Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18549147 Systems And Methods For Associating Components Of A Surgical Instrument For Navigation-Assisted Surgery Non-Final OA Stryker European Operations Limited
17902417 SLEEP SYSTEM WITH FEATURES FOR PERSONALIZED DAYTIME ALERTNESS QUANTIFICATION Non-Final OA Sleep Number Corporation
17944628 ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Stryker Corporation
18683002 METHOD TO CHECK A MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Non-Final OA BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
17921159 METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ECTOPIC SIGNAL IN AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM Non-Final OA BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
18501663 DEVICE FOR TREATMENT OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Regents of the University of Minnesota
18247482 SURGICAL ROBOT CALIBRATION DEVICE Non-Final OA CMR Surgical Limited
18324810 CANNULA REDUCER Final Rejection Auris Health, Inc.
18380750 CONTROL CIRCUIT AND MOTOR ASSEMBLY FOR SURGICAL HANDPIECE Non-Final OA Arthrex, Inc.
18191756 EYEBALL AND EYELID PROTECTOR Non-Final OA THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF KOREA INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
17931179 PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
18282957 SURGICAL OR ENDOSCOPIC INSTRUMENT AND PRODUCTION THEREOF Final Rejection KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG
18128937 ALTERNATING ELECTRIC FIELD WAVEFORM FOR ELECTROSENSATION REDUCTION Final Rejection Novocure GmbH
17627701 Selective laser stimulation of corneal stem cells Final Rejection BELKIN VISION LTD.
18163531 ABLATION PROBES WITH GUIDANCE INDICATORS TO SUPPORT LOCATION AND DIRECTION GUIDANCE SYSTEMS Final Rejection Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
17903156 Systems And Method For Optogenetically Controlling Insulin Secretion For Treating Type 1 Diabetes Final Rejection Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
18270437 MAGNETIC RESONANCE GUIDED LASER ABLATION TREATMENT SYSTEM Final Rejection SINOVATION (BEIJING) MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD
17793699 TRACKING TAGS FOR VENOUS CATHETERIZATION COMPLICATIONS Non-Final OA B. Braun Melsungen AG
18384735 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS HOLDING APPARATUS Non-Final OA ROEN Surgical, Inc.
18430050 Inflatable Balloon and Vessel Diameter Correlation System for an Intravascular Lithotripsy Device Non-Final OA BOLT MEDICAL, INC.
18293474 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSMENT OF ELECTROMECHANICAL REMODELING DURING CARDIAC FIBRILLATION Non-Final OA CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CARLOS III (F.S.P.)
18282125 SKIN TREATMENT DEVICE Final Rejection IPULSE LIMITED
18259242 CATHETER ROBOT Final Rejection ROBOCATH
18559328 METHOD FOR INTERVAL CLOSED LOOP ADAPTIVE TRANSCRANIAL PHOTOBIOMODULATION Non-Final OA SENS.AI INC.
18466030 TRANSCRANIAL DEVICE Non-Final OA SYMBYX Pty Ltd
18239012 Methods of Using Light Energy to Facilitate Oxidative Phosphorylation Non-Final OA Erchonia Corporation, LLC

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