Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: TURCHEN, ROCHELLE DEANNA

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3737 3777 3793 3797

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

55.6%
Allow Rate
-14.4% vs TC avg
673
Total Applications
+30.7%
Interview Lift
1529
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 642 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.0%
§101 Eligibility
17.9%
§102 Novelty
48.2%
§103 Obviousness
22.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18633979 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD OF ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18949201 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REGISTRATION OF A MEDICAL DEVICE USING A REDUCED SEARCH SPACE Non-Final OA INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
19206590 MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
18982975 METHODS TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY OF TRANSCRANIAL ULTRASOUND STIMULATION PROCEDURES Final Rejection Sanmai Technologies, PBC
18779338 Extending Reach Inside The MRI-Bore: A 7-DOF Low-Friction, Hydrostatic Teleoperator Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
19190125 ULTRASONIC PROBE Non-Final OA GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18424309 ULTRASOUND PROBE HANGER AND METHOD FOR SUSPENDING A WIRELESS ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER WITHIN A CHAMBER OF AN ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER HIGH-LEVEL DISINFECTION (HLD) SYSTEM Non-Final OA GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18120953 APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM FOR HOLDING AND CHARGING WIRELESS ULTRASOUND PROBES Non-Final OA GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18560872 Surgical Fluorescence Probe For Tumor Detection Final Rejection Stryker European Operations Limited
19075323 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR MULTI-MODAL IMAGING AND ANALYSIS Non-Final OA MolecuLight Inc.
19023919 ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD OF ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA OLYMPUS CORPORATION
19025659 PATH PLANNING BASED ON WORK VOLUME MAPPING Non-Final OA Mazor Robotics Ltd.
18931260 CONNECTED IMPLANT WITH REFLECTOR Non-Final OA NuVasive, INC.
17726193 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPENING TISSUES Final Rejection THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
18276868 MEDICAL VISUALISATION DEVICE WITH WIRELESS TRANSMISSION Final Rejection AMBU A/S
18683702 SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED REAL-TIME DETECTION, OUTLINING, TRACKING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BLOOD VESSELS IN ULTRASOUND IMAGING Non-Final OA Exo Imaging, Inc.
18727901 MICRONEEDLE AND NEURAL INTERFACE SYSTEM Non-Final OA WUHAN NEURACOM TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD
18659410 SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ATTACHING ACCESSORY COMPONENTS TO ENDOSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS Final Rejection GI SCIENTIFIC, LLC
18703310 SYSTEM FOR LOCALISING LIGHT IN LIGHT-SCATTERING MEDIA Final Rejection DEEP LIGHT VISION AB
18221749 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AN ORIENTATION OF A MEDICAL OBJECT Final Rejection Siemens Healthcare GmbH
18160267 AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL PLANNING AND GUIDANCE USING REMOVABLE RESECTION GUIDE MARKER Final Rejection PolarisAR, Inc.
18160280 AUGMENTED REALITY HEADSET SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL PLANNING AND GUIDANCE FOR KNEE SURGERY Final Rejection PolarisAR, Inc.

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