Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3794

This examiner grants 41% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

40.9%
Allow Rate
-29.1% vs TC avg
137
Total Applications
+46.0%
Interview Lift
1554
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 88 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
18.9%
§102 Novelty
44.2%
§103 Obviousness
32.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17623575 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCALIZED ENDOLUMINAL THERMAL LIQUID TREATMENT Final Rejection Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
18164019 MEDICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
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.
17234625 IRE Ablation Systems and Protocols Using a Basket Catheter Non-Final OA Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
18332953 PROJECTION OF PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD (PEF) INDEX Final Rejection Medtronic, Inc.
17552448 INTEGRATED IMAGING ABLATION CATHETER Non-Final OA CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
17542641 TREATMENT DEVICE Final Rejection OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
17624029 IMPROVED ELECTRODE DESIGN Final Rejection St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
17623765 LESION PREDICTING FLEX TIP Final Rejection St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
17511029 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ABLATION USING NON-ADJACENT BIPOLES Final Rejection St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
18151331 SYSTEM OF MEDICAL DEVICES AND METHOD FOR PERICARDIAL PUNCTURE Final Rejection Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
18477388 PORTABLE ABLATION APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
17671654 BIPOLAR HF APPLICATOR AND HF APPLICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
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.
18426039 THERMAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CRYSTALLINE LENS REMOVAL Non-Final OA Lhotse Medical, Inc.
18257760 CARDIAC ABLATION CATHETER AND SYSTEM THEREOF Non-Final OA CathRx Ltd
18462098 ABLATION CATHETERS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Affera, Inc.
17589043 ELECTROCAUTERY APPARATUS AND METHOD FEATURING ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE Final Rejection Little Engine LLC
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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