Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: TEHRANI, DANIEL

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3792

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

58.3%
Allow Rate
-11.7% vs TC avg
83
Total Applications
+43.8%
Interview Lift
1374
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 48 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.5%
§101 Eligibility
21.2%
§102 Novelty
47.3%
§103 Obviousness
22.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17052483 WEARABLE, ERGONOMIC NEUROSTIMULATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Cala Health, Inc.
17617233 INTRAOPERATIVE 'NON-LIFTING' PERIPHERAL NERVE ACTION POTENTIAL RECORDING Final Rejection THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
17066523 Systems and Methods for Wireless Monitoring of Patient Parameters and Initiating Mitigations Based on Quality of Service (QoS) Measurements Non-Final OA Physio-Control, Inc.
17530409 MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT SYSTEM WITH INSERTION TOOL Final Rejection Kardion GmbH
18218888 DEVICE FOR STIMULATING A NERVE OR A PART OF A NERVOUS SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING STIMULATION Final Rejection Stichting IMEC Nederland
18080026 TRANSDUCER ARRAY WITH ADHESIVE LAYER SHAPED TO REDUCE SKIN IRRITATION Non-Final OA Novocure GmbH
18080306 TRANSDUCER ARRAY WITH SHAPE THAT CONTOURS TO A SUBJECT'S BODY AND METHOD OF DETERMINING SHAPE AND PLACEMENT OF TRANSDUCER ARRAYS Non-Final OA Novocure GmbH
18071933 Devices, Systems, And Methods For Applying Tumor-Treating Fields Non-Final OA NOVOCURE GMBH
17987787 Electrode Assembly with Non-Hydrogel Conductive Adhesive Layer and Methods of Applying Tumor Treating Fields Using Same Non-Final OA Novocure GmbH
17886382 TRANSDUCER APPARATUSES WITH ELECTRODE ARRAY SHAPED TO REDUCE EDGE EFFECT IN DELIVERING TUMOR TREATING FIELDS TO A SUBJECT'S BODY Non-Final OA Novocure GmbH
17698457 TRANSDUCER APPARATUSES FOR DELIVERING TUMOR TREATING FIELDS TO A SUBJECT'S BODY Non-Final OA Novocure GmbH
18730299 ELECTRICAL MUSCLE STIMULATION APPARATUS AND METHODS Non-Final OA LF Bolt Corp.
17378098 Devices, Systems, And Methods For Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Non-Final OA United States Government As Represented By The Department of Veterans Affairs
15778405 PROCESSING PHYSIOLOGICAL ELECTRICAL DATA FOR ANALYTE ASSESSMENTS Final Rejection B.G. NEGEV TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS LTD., AT BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY
17404502 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING STIMULATION ELECTRODES TO ENDOCARDIAL OR OTHER TISSUE Non-Final OA EBR Systems, Inc.
17465714 TWELVE-LEAD ELECTROCARDIOGRAM USING A REDUCED FORM-FACTOR MULTI-ELECTRODE DEVICE Non-Final OA AliveCor, Inc.
17116905 TWELVE-LEAD ELECTROCARDIOGRAM USING A THREE-ELECTRODE DEVICE Non-Final OA AliveCor, Inc.
17894683 SYSTEM FOR A DYNAMIC ELECTRICALLY STIMULATING ROD-LIKE ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT Non-Final OA Intelligent Implants Limited
18566964 ELECTRODE DEVICE Final Rejection INBRAIN Neuroelectronics S.L.
18000518 ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONNECTION ELEMENT FOR A TEMPORARY ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONNECTION TO AN ELECTRICAL CONSUMER Non-Final OA Technische Universität Dresden
18272042 Improvements Relating To Functional Electrical Stimulation Garments Non-Final OA MYGO4WARD LTD
17321685 NON-INVASIVE SENSOR APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING CARDIAC PERFORMANCE Non-Final OA ACCU-THERM SYSTEMS, INC.
17171784 CELLULITE AND FAT REDUCING DEVICE AND METHOD UTILIZING OPTICAL EMITTERS Non-Final OA BLUE WATER INNOVATIONS, LLC
17133853 Methods of Normalizing Aberrant Glycolytic Metabolism in Cancer Cells Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior Unviersity

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