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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Alg Intellectual Property | Isrg

18 pending office actions • 1 client

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
3
Final Rejections
15
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. 18

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18703920 Untitled Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. CASTIAUX, BRENT D 2623 Non-Final OA
19088154 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING TISSUE CONTACT BY AN ULTRASOUND PROBE Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. SEBASTIAN, KAITLYN E 3797 Non-Final OA Mar 24, 2025
19064458 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMANCE OF DEPTH SENSOR AND AUXILIARY SENSOR-BASED OPERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGICAL SYSTEM Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. SAKAMOTO, COLIN T 3798 Non-Final OA Feb 26, 2025
19000109 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIFURCATED NAVIGATION CONTROL OF A MANIPULATOR CART INCLUDED WITHIN A COMPUTER-ASSISTED MEDICAL SYSTEM Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. LAROSE, RENEE MARIE 3657 Non-Final OA Dec 23, 2024
18962441 BEACON-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ACCESS TO APPLICATION FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH A MEDICAL SESSION Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. SIOZOPOULOS, CONSTANTINE B 3686 Non-Final OA Nov 27, 2024
18948203 SYSTEMS AND METHODS IMPLEMENTING DISTANCE-BASED IMAGE SENSOR WINDOWING Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. MUNG, ON S 2486 Non-Final OA Nov 14, 2024
18830209 MULTIPLE BAND PASS BAYER PATTERN FILTER Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. HANNETT, JAMES M 2639 Non-Final OA Sep 10, 2024
18800636 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MANAGING AUTO-EXPOSURE OF IMAGE FRAMES DEPICTING SIGNAL CONTENT AGAINST A DARKENED BACKGROUND Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. GARCES-RIVERA, ANGEL L 2637 Non-Final OA Aug 12, 2024
18773097 DETECTING AND REPRESENTING ANATOMICAL FEATURES OF AN ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. CHOW, JEFFREY J 2618 Non-Final OA Jul 15, 2024
18712072 IMAGE ARTIFACT MITIGATION IN A DISPLAY SYSTEM HAVING A FOLDED OPTICAL PATH Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. NGUYEN, LAUREN 2871 Non-Final OA May 21, 2024
18704649 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING MATERIAL PROPERTY VALUES FOR A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL MODEL OF AN ANATOMICAL OBJECT Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. PRINGLE-PARKER, JASON A 2617 Non-Final OA Apr 25, 2024
18286873 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING NOISE IN IMAGERY IN A COMPUTER-ASSISTED MEDICAL SYSTEM Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. WOO, JAE KYUN 3795 Final Rejection Oct 13, 2023
18266770 FLUORESCENCE EVALUATION APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. ALABI, OYELEYE A 1797 Non-Final OA Jun 12, 2023
18035993 MULTI-VIEW MEDICAL ACTIVITY RECOGNITION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M 2661 Non-Final OA May 09, 2023
18035989 VISIBILITY METRICS IN MULTI-VIEW MEDICAL ACTIVITY RECOGNITION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. CHEN, CHIA WEI A 2637 Non-Final OA May 09, 2023
18015480 IMAGE-BASED DETERMINATION OF A PROPERTY OF A FLUORESCING SUBSTANCE Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M 2671 Final Rejection Jan 10, 2023
18014467 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DISCOUNTING AN OBJECT WHILE MANAGING AUTO-EXPOSURE OF IMAGE FRAMES DEPICTING THE OBJECT Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. GARCES-RIVERA, ANGEL L 2637 Non-Final OA Jan 04, 2023
17911290 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING AUTOMATED OPERATION OF A DEVICE IN A SURGICAL SPACE Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. BARNES JR, CARL E 2178 Final Rejection Sep 13, 2022

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