Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: VOORHEES, CATHERINE M

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3762 3792

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

83.3%
Allow Rate
+13.3% vs TC avg
896
Total Applications
+14.4%
Interview Lift
942
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 852 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
3.0%
§102 Novelty
59.3%
§103 Obviousness
9.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19354755 CATHETER APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD ABLATION THERAPY Non-Final OA Alpfa Medical, Inc.
18604694 COMBINED RF FRACTIONAL AND NON-FRACTIONAL TREATMENT Non-Final OA Inmode Ltd.
18683400 DETECTING OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS OF MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT DEVICES Non-Final OA Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
19207303 TREATMENT PARADIGMS FOR NERVE STIMULATION Non-Final OA ElectroCore, Inc.
18277179 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING INPUT SIGNALS USING MACHINE LEARNING FOR NEURAL ACTIVATION Non-Final OA THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
18616827 PERCUTANEOUS CIRCULATORY SUPPORT DEVICE INCLUDING PROXIMAL GUIDEWIRE LUMEN Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18756903 INTRACARDIAC UNIPOLAR FAR FIELD CANCELATION USING MULTIPLE ELECTRODE CATHETERS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AN ECG DEPTH AND RADIAL LENS Non-Final OA Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
18424921 GUI TO DISPLAY LOCATIONS OF EARLY AND LATE LOCAL ACTIVATION TIMES (LAT) IN LAT MAP AND CORRECT THE MAP Non-Final OA BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
18707353 CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE MONITORING DEVICE Non-Final OA Medtronic, Inc.
18184813 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UNATTENDED TREATMENT OF A PATIENT Final Rejection BTL Healthcare Technologies A.S.
17518243 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UNATTENDED TREATMENT OF A PATIENT Non-Final OA BTL Healthcare Technologies a.s.
18435131 ACTIVELY INFLUENCING A STATE OF A USER OF A COMPUTING DEVICE Non-Final OA Nvidia Corporation
18460890 MODULE AND WEARABLE DEVICE Final Rejection CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
18692015 CLINICIAN TASK PRIORITIZATION Non-Final OA Cochlear Limited
18029500 ADVANCED SURGICALLY IMPLANTABLE TECHNOLOGIES Non-Final OA COCHLEAR LIMITED
18509207 WEARABLE INSOLE FOR ENHANCED DIABETIC FOOT ULCER WOUND HEALING Non-Final OA Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University
18752446 AORTIC STENOSIS SEVERITY QUANTIFICATION USING HEART SOUNDS Non-Final OA Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
18441857 SENSOR DATA DISPLAY BOUNDARY DETERMINATION Non-Final OA Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
18540388 HEADER BORE LABELING Final Rejection Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
18587564 EAR-WORN DEVICES INCLUDING DIAGNOSTICS AND MONITORING FEATURES FOR DENTAL HEALTH Non-Final OA Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
18716547 DEVICE FOR STIMULATING VITAMIN D PRODUCTION Non-Final OA Dyson Technology Limited
18692402 MEDICAL HANDLING SYSTEM Final Rejection Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
18727687 APPLICATOR AND APPLICATOR ASSEMBLY FOR MEDICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA l-SENS, INC.
18658543 Integrated Header-Based Data and Charging Antenna for an Implantable Medical Device Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
18645034 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING STIMULATION IN RESPONSE TO A CHANGE IN A SYMPTOM, THERAPEUTIC EFFECT, OR SIDE EFFECT Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
18757028 TRANSDUCERS FOR DELIVERY OF TUMOR TREATING FIELDS AND CAPABLE OF REDUCING CREASING Non-Final OA Novocure GmbH
18374080 Reducing Electrosensation While Treating a Subject Using Alternating Electric Fields by Deactivating Selected Electrode Elements Final Rejection Novocure GmbH
18716796 MONITORING SYSTEM, WEARABLE TERMINAL, MONITORING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA TEIKYO UNIVERSITY
18694702 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ARTICULATED END EFFECTOR ACTUATED BY ONE OR MORE ACTUATION TENDONS OF A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT OF A ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR SURGERY, AND RELATED ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR SURGERY Non-Final OA MEDICAL MICROINSTRUMENTS, INC.
18645220 METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND SYSTEMS FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE STATES AND DISORDERS Non-Final OA Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc.

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