Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19018351 | OSTOMY WAFER AND METHOD | January 2025 | September 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18372319 | MEDICAL DEVICE INSERTERS AND PROCESSES OF INSERTING AND USING MEDICAL DEVICES | September 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18347522 | SENSOR ASSEMBLY OF A MICRONEEDLE ARRAY-BASED CONTINUOUS ANALYTE MONITORING DEVICE | July 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18048021 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POWER MANAGEMENT IN ANALYTE SENSOR SYSTEM | October 2022 | August 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18047535 | PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL MONITORING DEVICE AND SENSOR HOLDER THEREOF | October 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17930342 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ESTIMATION SYSTEM, ESTIMATION METHOD, AND ESTIMATION PROGRAM | September 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17899520 | PRECONNECTED ANALYTE SENSORS | August 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17801239 | HIGHLY INTEGRATED ANALYTE DETECTION DEVICE | August 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17820305 | SWEAT RATE MEASUREMENT DEVICES | August 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17820213 | ANALYTE SENSOR ANTIMICROBIAL CONFIGURATIONS AND ADHESIVES | August 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 39 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17880334 | PRECONNECTED ANALYTE SENSORS | August 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17861872 | PRE-CONNECTED ANALYTE SENSORS | July 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17841331 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASURING APPARATUS AND BLOOD PRESSURE MEASURING METHOD | June 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17806244 | INSERTER FOR ANALYTE SENSORS | June 2022 | January 2024 | Abandon | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17834143 | CUMULATIVE BIOSENSOR SYSTEM TO DETECT ALCOHOL | June 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 22 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17774024 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE THAT PROVIDES RECOMMENDED COLOR INFORMATION AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | May 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17770906 | BIOSENSOR | April 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 44 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17680093 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING A USER'S OXYGEN-CONSUMPTION | February 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17584870 | NON-INVASIVE ANALYTE SENSOR WITH MULTIPLE SENSOR ASSEMBLIES | January 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 44 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17585499 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS RELATED TO KETONE SENSORS | January 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 47 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17581844 | WEARABLE CONTINUOUS ANALYTE MEASUREMENT DEVICES, BIOSENSOR INSERTERS, AND METHODS OF USE | January 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17622615 | BREATH SAMPLING DEVICE | December 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17545151 | THREAD-BASED OXYGEN SENSOR | December 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17614262 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING MOVEMENTS | November 2021 | January 2026 | Allow | 50 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17534589 | Forearm Assessment and Training Devices, Systems, Kits, and Methods | November 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17612346 | A BIOPSY TOOL AND METHOD FOR REMOVING A TISSUE SAMPLE | November 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17453868 | SPHYGMOMANOMETER, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SPHYGMOMANOMETER, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING EFFECTIVE PULSE WAVE | November 2021 | January 2026 | Abandon | 50 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17603431 | HEARING ASSESSMENT USING A HEARING INSTRUMENT | October 2021 | September 2025 | Abandon | 47 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17497561 | ELECTROCHEMICAL PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSOR | October 2021 | December 2024 | Abandon | 38 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17449380 | IN-VIVO GLUCOSE SPECIFIC SENSOR | September 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17486660 | SMART BANDAGE | September 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17480666 | IN VIVO SENSOR | September 2021 | May 2023 | Abandon | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17467158 | METHODS AND APPARATUS ENABLING COUPLING OF AN ELECTRONICS UNIT TO A BASE UNIT OF A CONTINUOUS ANALYTE MONITORING DEVICE | September 2021 | May 2025 | Allow | 45 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17465110 | INTERCHANGEABLE SENSOR AND SYSTEM | September 2021 | January 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 3 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17310945 | SIMULTANEOUS BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING AND GASTRIC EMPTYING SCINTIGRAPHY | September 2021 | October 2025 | Allow | 50 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17410651 | BLOOD PRESSURE ESTIMATING APPARATUS AND BLOOD PRESSURE ESTIMATING METHOD | August 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17429055 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SCREENING SWALLOWING IMPAIRMENT | August 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17370860 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BACKGROUND SIGNAL REDUCTION IN BIOSENSORS | July 2021 | November 2025 | Allow | 52 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17315099 | ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS AND METHODS FOR MAKING ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS USING ADVANCED PRINTING TECHNOLOGY | May 2021 | September 2025 | Abandon | 52 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17285240 | QUALITY ASSURANCE OF COLLECTED INTERSTITIAL FLUID SAMPLES | April 2021 | January 2024 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17283687 | SMART BED SYSTEM | April 2021 | May 2025 | Allow | 49 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17282334 | ANALYTE DETECTION SYSTEM | April 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 47 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17271385 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE, BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, AND INSERTER | February 2021 | May 2025 | Abandon | 50 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17127775 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER IN A PERSON THAT INVOLVES COHERENTLY COMBINING DATA GENERATED FROM AN RF-BASED SENSOR SYSTEM | December 2020 | July 2024 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17109905 | WEARABLE MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING BIOLOGICAL TARGETS USING THE SAME | December 2020 | October 2022 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17107057 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING INJURY RISK AND ATHLETIC READINESS | November 2020 | May 2024 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17053117 | MEASURING ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE, CONTACT FORCE, AND TISSUE PROPERTIES | November 2020 | September 2024 | Abandon | 46 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17086171 | LOW-PROFILE WEARABLE MEDICAL DEVICE | October 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17032810 | NON-INVASIVE HYDRATION AND ELECTROLYTE MONITORING | September 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17025570 | IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT RELEASING COATINGS | September 2020 | November 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17024544 | SWALLOWING SENSOR DEVICE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | September 2020 | August 2025 | Allow | 59 | 4 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 17014947 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION GATHERING, ERROR DETECTION AND ANALYTE CONCENTRATION DETERMINATION DURING CONTINUOUS ANALYTE SENSING | September 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16977415 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING RESPIRATORY AIR FLOW | September 2020 | January 2024 | Abandon | 40 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16970250 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ESTIMATION SYSTEM, ESTIMATION METHOD, AND ESTIMATION PROGRAM | August 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16983055 | BIOSENSOR AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING DIMENSION OF COUNTER ELECTRODE AND PROLONGING USAGE LIFETIME OF THE SAME | August 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16983214 | CONTAINER FOR CARRYING SENSOR AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | August 2020 | January 2026 | Allow | 60 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16944783 | PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL MONITORING DEVICE | July 2020 | September 2025 | Allow | 60 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 16945555 | PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL MONITORING DEVICE AND SENSOR HOLDER THEREOF | July 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16945292 | MICRO BIOSENSOR AND MEASURING METHOD THEREOF | July 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16945305 | PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL MONITORING DEVICE AND SENSOR HOLDER THEREOF | July 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16944540 | PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL MONITORING DEVICE | July 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16945216 | MICRO BIOSENSOR AND MEASURING METHOD THEREOF | July 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16945634 | PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL MONITORING DEVICE AND SENSOR HOLDER THEREOF | July 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16942838 | Method and System for Automatically Requesting Medical Assistance | July 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16962119 | SENSOR INSERTION DEVICE | July 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16917421 | DIABETES PREDICTION USING GLUCOSE MEASUREMENTS AND MACHINE LEARNING | June 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16911877 | COMPUTATIONAL FABRICS FOR MONITORING HUMAN JOINT MOTION | June 2020 | July 2024 | Abandon | 49 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16954226 | SWEAT RATE MEASUREMENT DEVICES | June 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16900874 | Non-Invasive Transdermal Sampling and Analysis Device Incorporating an Electrochemical Bioassay | June 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16892866 | LINER FOR ADHESIVE SKIN PATCH | June 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16885894 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING BIO-INFORMATION | May 2020 | January 2024 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16764691 | IMPLANTABLE INTEGRATED SENSOR DEVICE | May 2020 | May 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16875577 | INTEROPERABILITY VALIDATION IN AN ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEM | May 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16759771 | NOVEL BIOSENSOR AND RELATED WOUND DRESSING SYSTEM | April 2020 | January 2026 | Allow | 60 | 7 | 0 | No | No |
| 16859289 | PRESSURE-COMPENSATING NON-INVASIVE BLOOD-COMPONENT MEASUREMENT | April 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16858209 | CATHETER INCLUDING ONE OR MORE SENSORS | April 2020 | January 2024 | Abandon | 45 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16854337 | PRECONNECTED ANALYTE SENSORS | April 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16854664 | PRECONNECTED ANALYTE SENSORS | April 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16854647 | PRECONNECTED ANALYTE SENSORS | April 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16756229 | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM MEASUREMENT METHOD, PROGRAM, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM | April 2020 | January 2025 | Abandon | 57 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16756056 | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, REHABILITATION SUPPORT SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM | April 2020 | March 2024 | Abandon | 47 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16843104 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING BIO-INFORMATION | April 2020 | April 2024 | Allow | 48 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16651755 | A glucose monitoring apparatus and method based on a fluorescence sensor | March 2020 | January 2022 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16651191 | FLUID HANDLING DETECTORS | March 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16830217 | PORTABLE SYSTEM FOR MAINSTREAM CAPNOGRAPHY THAT IS CAPABLE OF HANDS-FREE OPERATION | March 2020 | October 2023 | Abandon | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16829815 | DEVICE NETWORKS FOR CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITION MANAGEMENT | March 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16829825 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT VALIDATION FOR CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITION MANAGEMENT | March 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16803817 | Non-Invasive Transdermal Sampling and Analysis Device for Detection of Multiple Analytes | February 2020 | April 2024 | Abandon | 49 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16774909 | ANALYTE SENSORS AND SENSING METHODS FOR DUAL DETECTION OF GLUCOSE AND ETHANOL | January 2020 | September 2024 | Allow | 56 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16742391 | BIOCOMPATIBLE SLEEVE FOR GLUCOSE SENSORS | January 2020 | November 2023 | Abandon | 46 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16739981 | PERSONALIZED BIO-INFORMATION CORRECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD | January 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16728676 | ANALYTE SENSOR WITH IMPEDANCE DETERMINATION | December 2019 | April 2025 | Allow | 60 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16719895 | SYSTEMS FOR SKIN PATCH GRAVITY RESISTANCE | December 2019 | April 2022 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16622759 | MEDICAL DEVICES | December 2019 | June 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 16621510 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND SENSOR DEVICES FOR MEASURING CHANGES IN ANALYTE-SENSITIVE HYDROGELS | December 2019 | December 2023 | Abandon | 48 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16704275 | ANALYTE LEVEL RATE OF CHANGE ALERTS IN AN ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEM | December 2019 | May 2022 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16699314 | WEARABLE BIOSENSORS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF | November 2019 | June 2023 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16696035 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS TO MONITOR SUBJECT COMPLIANCE WITH A PHARMACEUTICAL TREATMENT REGIMEN | November 2019 | December 2022 | Abandon | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16692785 | SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SENSOR | November 2019 | June 2023 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16615702 | SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | November 2019 | June 2021 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ZOU, ALICE LING.
With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.
Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.
In this dataset, 25.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.
⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.
⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner ZOU, ALICE LING works in Art Unit 3791 and has examined 116 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 66.4%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 38 months.
Examiner ZOU, ALICE LING's allowance rate of 66.4% places them in the 27% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by ZOU, ALICE LING receive 2.03 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 53% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by ZOU, ALICE LING is 38 months. This places the examiner in the 31% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +16.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ZOU, ALICE LING. This interview benefit is in the 56% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 25.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 40% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 45.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 69% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 33.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 5% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 100.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 66.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 75% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 48% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments less often than average. You may need to make most claim amendments yourself.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 50% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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