Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3793 3797

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

62.0%
Allow Rate
-8.0% vs TC avg
165
Total Applications
+32.9%
Interview Lift
1325
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 121 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.2%
§101 Eligibility
17.3%
§102 Novelty
46.5%
§103 Obviousness
27.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18975570 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE HEART VALVE SIMULATION Non-Final OA Ohio State Innovation Foundation
17304969 SURGERY SUPPORT SYSTEM AND SURGERY SUPPORT METHOD Final Rejection CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
19077171 INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS, CATHETERS, AND METHODS WITH A MANUAL PULLBACK ARRANGEMENT Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18431740 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ULTRASOUND ANGLE VISUALIZATION Final Rejection GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18574775 SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES FOR FOR NAVIGATION AND PROCEDURAL GUIDANCE OF LASER LEAFLET RESECTION UNDER INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18690239 REAL-TIME SUPER-RESOLUTION ULTRASOUND MICROVESSEL IMAGING AND VELOCIMETRY Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
16527641 Medical Device with Structured Echogenic Coating Application and Method for Preparing Same Non-Final OA Avent, Inc.
16858197 METHODS OF FLUID ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT Final Rejection The General Hospital Corporation
18872962 TRACKING SYSTEM FOR 3D TRANSCRANIAL TRACKING OF A MEDICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTÉ ET DE LA RECHERCHE MÉDICALE (INSERM)
18859151 METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ON M-MODE ULTRASOUND IMAGE, AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ON M-MODE ULTRASOUND IMAGE BY USING SAME Non-Final OA ONTACT HEALTH CO., LTD.
18858497 METHOD FOR DETERMINING MECHANICAL TISSUE PARAMETERS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND DEVICES Non-Final OA UNIVERSITE PARIS CITE
18854331 ULTRASOUND-BASED INTERMITTENT OR CONTINUOUS INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA The Government of the United States, as represented by The Secretary of the Army
17997332 magnetic resonance measurement on a set of teeth Non-Final OA Siemens Healthcare GmbH
18180252 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GUIDING A USER IN ULTRASOUND ASSESSMENT OF A FETAL ORGAN Non-Final OA DIAGNOLY
17916659 SELECTIVE AND REVERSIBLE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER BREAKDOWN BY ULTRASOUND EMISSION Final Rejection BRAINWAVES

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