Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2812 2884 3791

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

82.8%
Allow Rate
+12.8% vs TC avg
82
Total Applications
+10.1%
Interview Lift
885
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 58 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.5%
§101 Eligibility
6.6%
§102 Novelty
81.8%
§103 Obviousness
5.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18755559 DETERMINATION OF MINERALOGY AND LITHOLOGY FROM ELEMENTAL DATA Non-Final OA Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18733693 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE QUALITY PROTOCOL OPTIMIZER Non-Final OA GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18472533 ROTATING FRAME FOR THE GANTRY OF A COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY UNIT, GANTRY, AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY UNIT Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18748716 PHOTON COUNTING CT APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
18725840 RADIATION DETECTOR AND RADIATION DETECTOR ARRAY Non-Final OA HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
18291467 RADIATION DETECTION Final Rejection MBDA UK LIMITED
18836554 Method and Device for Determining Whether an Oilseed, a Nut, in Particular a Hazelnut, or a Seed Is Rancid Non-Final OA Insort GmbH
18755842 PORTABLE X-RAY AND CT SCAN SYSTEM Non-Final OA FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
18649168 DISTRIBUTED MULTI-CAMERA REAL-TIME TUMOR POSITIONING AND TRACKING METHOD BASED ON VISUAL POSITION-AWARE MARK AND TRACKING SYSTEM THEREOF Non-Final OA Fujian Medical University Union Hospital
18279791 SCINTIGRAPHIC DETECTION DEVICE WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF COMPACTNESS AND SIMPLIFIED ELECTRONICS Final Rejection CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
18546898 SCINTIGRAPHIC MEASUREMENT DEVICE WITH EXTENDED AREA Non-Final OA CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
18474924 RADIATION DETECTOR AND METHOD OF FORMING A RADIATION DETECTOR Final Rejection Thermo Fisher Scientific Messtechnik GmbH
18550394 GAS DETECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA TOKYO GAS ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18237241 MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGING MODULE THEREOF Non-Final OA ORBBEC INC.
18040670 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMIZING VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY (VMAT) TREATMENT PLANS Non-Final OA Health Research, Inc.
18064704 CONNECTION DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING X-RAY SOURCE Final Rejection NANOVISION TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD

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