Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: TOICH, SARA KATHERINE

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3785

This examiner grants 46% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

46.4%
Allow Rate
-23.6% vs TC avg
128
Total Applications
+44.1%
Interview Lift
1339
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 84 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
3.3%
§102 Novelty
83.0%
§103 Obviousness
6.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17747205 WALKING ASSIST DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17630873 FAST ACTING HUMIDIFIER Final Rejection FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE LIMITED
17981973 CAPSULES HAVING ELECTRICAL CONTACT PADS WITH SURFACE DISCONTINUITIES AND HEAT-NOT-BURN (HNB) AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME Final Rejection Altria Client Services LLC
18219881 ACOUSTIC SHOCK WAVE TREATMENT AND DEVICES FOR EXCESS, SAGGING SKIN Non-Final OA Softwave Tissue Regeneration Technologies, LLC
18234482 Mobile Tethered Pelvic Assist Device for Generating Timed Frontal Plane Pelvic Moments During Overground Walking Non-Final OA The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
18267325 WEARABLE AIR PURIFIER Non-Final OA Dyson Technology Limited
18254831 PRESSURE MODULE AND THERMOTHERAPY APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME Non-Final OA CERAGEM CO., LTD.
18059912 MASSAGING APPARATUS CONVERTIBLE USAGE STATUS Final Rejection CERAGEM Co., Ltd.
17766446 ACOUSTIC NEBULISER FOR DELIVERY OF ACTIVE AGENTS Final Rejection Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
17684452 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VAPORIZATION AND INHALATION OF ISOLATED SUBSTANCES Non-Final OA Syqe Medical Ltd.
18461870 HEALTH-PROMOTING FUNCTIONAL SHOE HAVING FUNCTION OF STIMULATING SOLAR PLEXUS POINT Non-Final OA SHOEALLS CO., LTD.
18271668 Method and device for solving ventilator off-line problems on patients based on mixed gases Non-Final OA GUANGZHOU LANSWICK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17539081 Breathing Apparatus Monitoring System Final Rejection Loewenstein Medical Technology S.A.
18181380 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PNEUMATIC GLOVE AND DEVICE FOR POWER-ASSISTED TRAINING FOR HAND OF PATIENT Non-Final OA Shanghai Siyi Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
18024454 IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO PATIENT CARE Non-Final OA PENINSULA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LTD
17916628 NOVEL FILTER MATERIAL, FACE MASK COMPRISING THE SAME AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Non-Final OA KING'S FLAIR INNOVATIVE MARKETING LIMITED
17765343 MULTI-FUNCTION FRAME POSITIONING DEVICE Final Rejection Spine Care Technologies, Inc.
17555041 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING AGAINST RESPIRATORY HAZARDS USING DIFFERENT MODES Final Rejection HUMANSYSTEMS INCORPORATED

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