Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SURGAN, ALEXANDRA L

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3779 3795 3799

This examiner grants 47% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

47.1%
Allow Rate
-22.9% vs TC avg
538
Total Applications
+27.2%
Interview Lift
1461
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 497 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
4.0%
§102 Novelty
91.1%
§103 Obviousness
3.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18631562 VISUALIZATION OF DEPTH AND POSITION OF BLOOD VESSELS AND ROBOT GUIDED VISUALIZATION OF BLOOD VESSEL CROSS SECTION Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18164616 ENDOSCOPE Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
18057151 OPERATION UNIT AND ENDOSCOPE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18030434 SIDE VIEWING ENDOSCOPIC ENDCAP Non-Final OA Vanderbilt University
18685797 IMAGING DEVICE WITH ELONGATE ARM AND PIVOTABLE CAMERA Non-Final OA MOMENTIS SURGICAL LTD.
18054824 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYBRID IMAGING AND NAVIGATION Final Rejection Noah Medical Corporation
18754795 IMAGING INSTRUMENT AND METHODS OF IMAGING A TARGET LOCATION Non-Final OA Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
18788376 ELEVATORS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18670292 ATTACHMENT FOR AN IMAGING DEVICE Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18588336 MEDICAL SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS FOR ROTATABLY OR PIVOTABLY COUPLING MEDICAL DEVICES Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18517090 CHAMBERED HANDLE FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18133537 ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM Non-Final OA OLYMPUS CORPORATION
18118342 ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, MANIPULATION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND MANIPULATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Non-Final OA OLYMPUS CORPORATION
18093022 SURGICAL SYSTEM Final Rejection OLYMPUS CORPORATION
17324201 ENT GUIDE WITH ADVANCEABLE INSTRUMENT AND ADVANCEABLE ENDOSCOPE SHAFT Final Rejection Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
18055546 ENDOSCOPE AND METHOD OF USE Final Rejection Meditrina, Inc.
18679121 REPROCESSING CONFIRMATION METHOD FOR ENDOSCOPE, REUSE PREVENTION TOOL, AND ENDOSCOPE Non-Final OA OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
18093896 ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE PRODUCING METHOD Final Rejection OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
18695339 AN ENDOSCOPE Non-Final OA AMBU A/S
18027568 MEDICAL DEVICE INCLUDING A TUBE Non-Final OA AMBU A/S
18629921 Intelligent in vivo Capsule Device with Electrodes Non-Final OA CAPSOVISION, Inc.
18607419 SCOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING SAME Non-Final OA Sinus Clear Innovations, LLC
17793063 Distal head for an endoscope, said distal head being provided with an enlarged working channel Non-Final OA AXESS VISION TECHNOLOGY
17801771 DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR BODY CAVITIES AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Drive Medical, Inc.
18091723 Apparatuses and Methods for Registering a Real-Time Image Feed From an Imaging Device to a Steerable Catheter Final Rejection Veran Medical Technologies, Inc.
17923271 INTUBATION AID Non-Final OA Reiner KUNZ
17629224 A SCOPE Final Rejection Tympany Medical Limited
17647835 MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE Non-Final OA Tsunami MedTech, LLC

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