Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: TEMPLETON, MARINA DELANEY

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3794

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

62.1%
Allow Rate
-7.9% vs TC avg
147
Total Applications
+49.7%
Interview Lift
1491
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 95 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
25.7%
§102 Novelty
49.7%
§103 Obviousness
22.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
16625709 ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH COMPLIANT ELASTOMERIC ELECTRODE Final Rejection Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
18442251 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING A BODY LUMEN Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
17711157 ENERGY BASED SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Covidien LP
18719132 Electrosurgical Devices, Methods of Use, and Methods of Manufacture Non-Final OA Stryker European Operations Limited
17615461 Electrosurgical Electrode and Electrosurgical Tool for Conveying Electrical Energy Non-Final OA Stryker European Operations Limited
18650737 BASKET CATHETER DISTAL END FEATURE Non-Final OA Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
18426078 USING SIGNED DISTANCE FUNCTIONS TO VISUALIZE PULSED FIELD ABLATION (PFA) TAGS Non-Final OA Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
18357828 CATHETER END EFFECTOR WITH NONPLANAR SUBSTRATE Final Rejection Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
17404088 ENT INSTRUMENT WITH EXPANDABLE ABLATION FEATURE Final Rejection Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
17371000 Flex Circuit and Surface Mounted Electrode Catheter Non-Final OA Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
17104823 SINGLE FREQUENCY SWITCH MODE POWER SUPPLY GENERATOR WITH PHASE SHIFTER Non-Final OA Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
18308476 CRYOABLATION PROBE ASSEMBLY HAVING FLUID SHEATH AND METHODS Final Rejection Medtronic, Inc.
16639343 TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRODE Final Rejection St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
18704302 PLASMA TREATMENT DEVICE FOR PLASMA TREATMENT OF A SKIN SURFACE Non-Final OA CINOGY GMBH
18742467 ELECTRODE FOR AN ELECTROSURGICAL HANDHELD INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
18414919 RF ABLATION SYSTEMS WITH AT LEAST ONE DIRECTIONAL ELEMENT AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING Final Rejection Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
18756852 TISSUE MODIFICATION DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA Trice Medical, Inc.
18250323 BRAIDED OR WOVEN ELECTRODES Final Rejection PULSE BIOSCIENCES, INC.
16945077 CATHETER FOR PERI-VASCULAR FLUID INJECTION Final Rejection Ablative Solutions, Inc.
18537148 ELECTRODE CATHETER Non-Final OA Japan Lifeline Co., Ltd.
18356751 CATHETER Final Rejection Japan Lifeline Co., Ltd.
18416726 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD TREATMENT OF THE DUODENUM Final Rejection Endogenex, Inc.
18314155 TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR ENDOSCOPES AND EXPANDABLE FRAMES Final Rejection HANGZHOU AGS MEDTECH CO., LTD.
18020435 Expandable multilayered electrode elements for thrombectomy procedures Non-Final OA MAGNETO THROMBECTOMY SOLUTIONS LTD.
17566388 Coated Microelectrodes Final Rejection Biosense Webster (Isreal) Ltd.

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