Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17106618 | SUCTION TOOL WITH INTEGRATED OPTICAL PROBE AND USE THEREOF | November 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17089425 | FLAG TABLE BASED BEAMFORMING IN A HANDHELD ULTRASOUND DEVICE | November 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17029143 | Sonogenic Stimulation of Cells | September 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16910998 | TUMOR TRACKING DURING RADIATION TREATMENT USING ULTRASOUND IMAGING | June 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16887258 | CARDIAC ELECTRICAL MAPPING AND ABLATION | May 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16879929 | Systems and Methods for Visualizing Ablated Tissue | May 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16876201 | THERMOCOUPLE COUPLED WITH A PIEZOELECTRIC CRYSTAL FOR FEEDBACK ON VIBRATION FREQUENCY | May 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16874065 | PLASMA CREATION VIA NONAQUEOUS OPTICAL BREAKDOWN OF LASER PULSE ENERGY FOR BREAKUP OF VASCULAR CALCIUM | May 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16871042 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A HEART RATE OF AN IMAGED HEART IN AN ULTRASOUND IMAGE FEED | May 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16870908 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NOISE REDUCTION | May 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16869157 | BIOLOGICAL TISSUE POSITION LOCATION AND MARKING | May 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16852552 | MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM | April 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 41 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16838183 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC PNEUMOTHORAX DETECTION | April 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16786848 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING | February 2020 | September 2022 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16630571 | BED AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE | January 2020 | October 2022 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16726868 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL IMAGING | December 2019 | January 2023 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16622698 | METHOD OF EVALUATION FOR DISTINGUISHING SLOW MUSCLE AND FAST MUSCLE USING MRI | December 2019 | September 2022 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16712211 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOTION TRACKING IN BRAIN IMAGING | December 2019 | July 2022 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16708221 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCANNING FOR A SECOND OBJECT WITHIN A FIRST OBJECT USING AN ADAPTIVE SCHEDULER | December 2019 | June 2022 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16703497 | SURGICAL EQUIPMENT CONTROL INPUT VISUALIZATION FIELD | December 2019 | June 2022 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16614889 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING MAGNETIC INDUCTION TOMOGRAPHY | November 2019 | August 2023 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16685688 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BIOPSY AND THERAPY | November 2019 | June 2022 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16570642 | HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS | September 2019 | February 2023 | Abandon | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16491695 | SENSOR CIRCUIT AND A SIGNAL ANALYZER FOR MEASURING AN IN-BODY PROPERTY | September 2019 | July 2022 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16544518 | COAPTATION ULTRASOUND DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE | August 2019 | September 2022 | Abandon | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16536811 | USE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD FOR TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING OF HEAD | August 2019 | February 2022 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16536887 | USE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD FOR TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING OF HEAD | August 2019 | February 2022 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16536665 | USE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD FOR TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING OF HEAD | August 2019 | January 2022 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16534178 | IMAGING PROBE HOUSING WITH FLUID FLUSHING | August 2019 | December 2022 | Allow | 41 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16532690 | ULTRASONIC PROBE WITH ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS ADDRESSABLE ON COMMON ELECTRICAL CHANNEL | August 2019 | February 2022 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16531503 | AI-BASED RENDERED VOLUME AUTO-CORRECTION FOR FIXED AND MOBILE X-RAY IMAGING MODALITIES AND OTHER IMAGING MODALITIES | August 2019 | March 2023 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16455311 | IMAGE PROCESSING CIRCUITS FOR REAL-TIME VISUALIZATIONS USING MRI IMAGE DATA AND PREDEFINED DATA OF SURGICAL TOOLS | June 2019 | December 2021 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16435757 | MATCHING OF INHALERS TO PATIENT VOCAL TRACT FOR OPTIMIZATION OF PARTICLE DISPERSION | June 2019 | September 2022 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16430356 | COHERENT SPREAD-SPECTRUM CODED WAVEFORMS IN SYNTHETIC APERTURE IMAGE FORMATION | June 2019 | June 2021 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16465629 | SIMPLIFIED NAVIGATION OF SPINAL MEDICAL IMAGING DATA | May 2019 | May 2022 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16422182 | METHOD FOR MEASURING BEHIND THE IRIS AFTER LOCATING THE SCLERAL SPUR | May 2019 | January 2022 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16420543 | USE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD FOR TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING OF HEAD | May 2019 | October 2021 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16346219 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING A FLUID WITH A CONSISTENT TOTAL VOLUMETRIC FLOWRATE | April 2019 | October 2020 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16384541 | ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY MAPPING AND VISUALIZATION SYSTEM | April 2019 | May 2022 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16341334 | NON-INVASIVE METHOD FOR PRESSURE MEASUREMENT | April 2019 | January 2022 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16371329 | OROGASTRIC CATHETER FOR LONGITUDINAL GASTRECTOMY | April 2019 | May 2023 | Abandon | 49 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16359381 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR IMAGE MANAGEMENT IN IMAGE-GUIDED MEDICAL PROCEDURES | March 2019 | May 2022 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16352215 | ULTRASONIC OPHTHALMIC DEVICE | March 2019 | April 2023 | Allow | 49 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16329458 | STABILIZATION OF ULTRASOUND IMAGES | February 2019 | March 2023 | Allow | 48 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16329451 | External RF Coil for High Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Prostate | February 2019 | June 2022 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16285920 | ENZYME-DEPENDENT FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY OF NADH AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING TO ASSESS DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY OF LIVING TISSUES | February 2019 | May 2022 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16274962 | BEAM STATION TREATMENT PLANNING AND RADIATION DELIVERY METHODS | February 2019 | April 2022 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16324675 | IMAGING SYSTEM | February 2019 | September 2021 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16270758 | FLUORESCENT IMAGING DEVICE | February 2019 | June 2022 | Allow | 40 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16253269 | PROVIDING A MEDICAL IMAGE | January 2019 | July 2022 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16242783 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF | January 2019 | May 2021 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16239734 | Contactless System and Method For Assessing Tissue Viability and Other Hemodynamic Parameters | January 2019 | August 2019 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16233935 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING TISSUE TEMPERATURE | December 2018 | September 2021 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16313654 | ULTRASONIC THERAPY DEVICE USING HIFU AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | December 2018 | April 2022 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16231895 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING FRACTIONAL FAT CONTENT OF AN OBJECT OF INTEREST | December 2018 | May 2021 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16230547 | Pericardial Space Imaging for Cardiac Support Device Implantation | December 2018 | September 2021 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16218873 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT MOUNTED DISPLAY SYSTEM | December 2018 | April 2022 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16217073 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR USE IN A SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH A ROBOT ARM | December 2018 | November 2021 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16309135 | STEERABLE INTRODUCER FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY | December 2018 | May 2022 | Abandon | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16302344 | A Medical Imaging System and Method | November 2018 | January 2020 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16179568 | ENDOLUMENAL OBJECT SIZING | November 2018 | January 2022 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16178002 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR IMAGE GUIDED SURGERY | November 2018 | May 2022 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16160935 | DEEP LEARNING-BASED DIAGNOSIS AND REFERRAL OF OPHTHALMIC DISEASES AND DISORDERS | October 2018 | March 2020 | Allow | 17 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16160596 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGING WITH DETECTORS HAVING MOVING DETECTOR HEADS | October 2018 | July 2021 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16093656 | NON-INVASIVE DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT OF INTRACRANIAL RESERVE SPACE | October 2018 | July 2021 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16157556 | X-RAY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | October 2018 | December 2021 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16150044 | INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING AND THERAPY | October 2018 | May 2021 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16126120 | System and Method for Ultra-High Frequency Ultrasound Treatment | September 2018 | September 2021 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16117124 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZING AN OCCLUDED VESSEL | August 2018 | January 2021 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16102416 | SURGICAL ACCESS ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USING SAME | August 2018 | May 2022 | Allow | 45 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16054276 | METHOD FOR FOCUSED ACOUSTIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (FACT) | August 2018 | January 2021 | Allow | 30 | 8 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16040265 | HYPERSPECTRAL TECHNOLOGY FOR ASSESSING AND TREATING DIABETIC FOOT AND TISSUE DISEASE | July 2018 | July 2022 | Abandon | 47 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16021431 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | June 2018 | September 2021 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16019858 | ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACQUISITION PARAMETER DETERMINATION | June 2018 | June 2022 | Abandon | 47 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16015581 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VARIABLE ULTRASOUND ARRAY PROCESSING IN A POST-STORAGE MODE | June 2018 | June 2021 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16014109 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM | June 2018 | July 2021 | Abandon | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16014793 | TRANSORAL ULTRASOUND PROBE AND METHOD OF USE | June 2018 | May 2021 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16002521 | PHOTOACOUSTIC PROBE AND PHOTOACOUSTIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | June 2018 | July 2021 | Abandon | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16002417 | METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING TRABECULAR RESERVE USING MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY | June 2018 | November 2020 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16001750 | CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE FOR DETERMINING LESION AREA AND RECEIVING DEVICE | June 2018 | March 2021 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16001649 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A MEDICAL DATA SET OF A MOVING BODY PART | June 2018 | February 2021 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15986970 | Systems and Methods for Visualizing Ablated Tissue | May 2018 | March 2020 | Allow | 22 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15983958 | System for Endovaginal Delivery of Therapeutic Energies | May 2018 | June 2021 | Abandon | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15978767 | PROTOPORPHYRIN IX (PPIX) IMAGING | May 2018 | April 2021 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15975846 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATED TO ROBOTIC GUIDANCE IN SURGERY | May 2018 | December 2021 | Allow | 44 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15525386 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS DEVICE | April 2018 | August 2020 | Allow | 39 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 15763124 | ULTRASOUND PROBE AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS DEVICE USING THE SAME | March 2018 | October 2020 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15934796 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC METHOD | March 2018 | October 2020 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15934921 | Portable Ultrasound Device | March 2018 | February 2021 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15916799 | REGISTRATION MAPS USING INTRA-CARDIAC SIGNALS | March 2018 | October 2020 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15909287 | SURGICAL SYSTEM WITH OBSTACLE INDICATION SYSTEM | March 2018 | June 2023 | Allow | 60 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15901072 | PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS AND INSERT | February 2018 | June 2020 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15877251 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED FLUID RESPONSE MEASUREMENT | January 2018 | January 2021 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15872037 | MONITORING APPARATUS FOR MONITORING AN ABLATION PROCEDURE | January 2018 | April 2021 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15863127 | OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS AND OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING METHOD | January 2018 | February 2022 | Abandon | 50 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15578892 | LOW INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOR TREATING CANCER AND METASTASIS | December 2017 | December 2020 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15578860 | UNIVERSAL FIBER-OPTICAL REALSHAPE INSERT | December 2017 | June 2021 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 15809802 | Machine-aided workflow in ultrasound imaging | November 2017 | November 2021 | Allow | 48 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 15809665 | COAPTATION ULTRASOUND DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE | November 2017 | November 2018 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15573353 | METHODS OF TREATING CELLULITE AND SUBCUTANEOUS ADIPOSE TISSUE | November 2017 | September 2021 | Allow | 46 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LUONG, PETER.
With a 60.0% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.
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, 42.9% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.
✓ Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner LUONG, PETER works in Art Unit 3793 and has examined 226 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 83.2%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 40 months.
Examiner LUONG, PETER's allowance rate of 83.2% places them in the 58% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by LUONG, PETER receive 2.12 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 LUONG, PETER is 40 months. This places the examiner in the 25% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +15.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LUONG, PETER. This interview benefit is in the 54% 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, 26.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 49% 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 33.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 50% 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.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 24% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 56.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 30% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 91.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 89% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 47% 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 53% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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