Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3794

This examiner grants 44% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

43.6%
Allow Rate
-26.4% vs TC avg
138
Total Applications
+49.7%
Interview Lift
1470
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 94 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
4.0%
§102 Novelty
90.0%
§103 Obviousness
2.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17623575 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCALIZED ENDOLUMINAL THERMAL LIQUID TREATMENT Final Rejection Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
17671654 BIPOLAR HF APPLICATOR AND HF APPLICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
18164019 MEDICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
17746236 Energy Delivery System, Method and Device Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
16999790 SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS FOR TISSUE ABLATION Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18652292 EXPANDABLE BASKET ASSEMBLIES AND EXPANDABLE BASKET ASSEMBLIES WITH ELECTRODE WIRE STRAIN RELIEF Non-Final OA Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
18544835 MAPPING AND ABLATION CATHETER Non-Final OA Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
18216165 BIPOLAR TISSUE ABLATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PREDEFINED PERIODIC SET OF TIME SLOTS Non-Final OA BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
18065876 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR C-SHAPED SPINES FORMING A SPHERICAL BASKET FOR IMPROVED TISSUE CONTACT AND CURRENT DELIVERY Non-Final OA Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
18332953 PROJECTION OF PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD (PEF) INDEX Final Rejection Medtronic, Inc.
17542641 TREATMENT DEVICE Final Rejection OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
17552448 INTEGRATED IMAGING ABLATION CATHETER Non-Final OA CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
17624029 IMPROVED ELECTRODE DESIGN Non-Final OA St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
17623765 LESION PREDICTING FLEX TIP Final Rejection St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
18182821 USING CHARACTERISTICS OF NATIVE OR EVOKED SENSED NEURAL ACTIVITY TO SELECT DENERVATION PARAMETERS Non-Final OA Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd.
18179849 CATHETER Final Rejection Japan Lifeline Co., Ltd.
18477388 PORTABLE ABLATION APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
17465079 MULTI-LUMEN CRYOGENIC PROBE Final Rejection AtriCure, Inc.
18443944 Surgical Instruments including Expandable Electrodes and Methods for Ablating Tissue in a Patient with the Surgical Instruments Final Rejection PainLab Ltd.
16482721 CRYOTHERAPY DEVICE FLOW CONTROL Final Rejection Vessi Medical Ltd.
18426039 THERMAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CRYSTALLINE LENS REMOVAL Non-Final OA Lhotse Medical, Inc.
18462098 ABLATION CATHETERS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Affera, Inc.
17903202 MEDICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEMS, OPERATION METHODS AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME Non-Final OA AVRA Medical Robotics, Inc.
17400873 DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR INTRACORPOREAL SMOOTH MUSCLE STIMULATION Non-Final OA Northgate Technologies Inc.
17239210 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VENOUS DISEASE TREATMENT Non-Final OA VENCLOSE, INC.

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