Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18795036 | On-Screen Markers For Out-Of-Plane Needle Guidance | August 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18712887 | PERSONALIZED MOTION-GATED CORONARY CTA SCANNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | May 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18659313 | COMPATIBLE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZED WORKING OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AND FOCUSED ULTRASOUND THERMAL ABLATION | May 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18630329 | INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND PATIENT INTERFACE MODULE (PIM) FOR DISTRIBUTED WIRELESS INTRALUMINAL IMAGING SYSTEMS | April 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18428163 | MEDICAL SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD | January 2024 | December 2025 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18426712 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM PROVIDING NEEDLE INSERTION GUIDANCE | January 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 18490906 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROCESS ELECTRONIC MEDICAL IMAGES FOR DIAGNOSTIC OR INTERVENTIONAL USE | October 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18483729 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GUIDING AN INVASIVE DEVICE | October 2023 | October 2025 | Abandon | 24 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18473281 | ULTRASONIC ENDOSCOPE | September 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18473370 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM | September 2023 | July 2025 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18351221 | On-Screen Markers For Out-Of-Plane Needle Guidance | July 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18256176 | Systems and Method for PPG Using an Audio Sensor with a Wearable Device | June 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18316716 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRACKING A MEDICAL ULTRASONIC OBJECT | May 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18300213 | ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ULTRASOUND SYSTEM | April 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18028941 | ULTRASONOGRAPHIC DEVICE | March 2023 | November 2025 | Abandon | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18026458 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SKIN PARAMETER VALUE | March 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18121719 | Method for Determining a Position of at Least One Coil Element of a Radiofrequency Coil That Can Be Inserted in a Patient Placement Region of a Magnetic Resonance Apparatus | March 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18024547 | CHARACTERISING TINNITUS USING FUNCTIONAL NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY | March 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18169902 | SWITCHED CAPACITOR FOR ELASTICITY MODE IMAGING WITH ULTRASOUND | February 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18090850 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING MEDICAL IMAGING | December 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18081371 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A TISSUE RESECTION MARGIN MEASUREMENT DEVICE | December 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18081367 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A TISSUE RESECTION MARGIN MEASUREMENT DEVICE | December 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17991664 | System and Method for Determining a Safe Access Trajectory to a Surgical Site | November 2022 | February 2026 | Abandon | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17984917 | ULTRASOUND SCANNER EYE PIECE | November 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17996722 | METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING THE BOUNDARIES OF A BLOOD VESSEL | October 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17914653 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGING AND MEASURING EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE | September 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17913866 | A Device for Determining a Position of a Metal Object in or at a Patient Body | September 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17810555 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES DIRECTED TO ULTRASONIC NEEDLE POSITIONING APPARATUS | July 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17835061 | CONTROL HANDLE FOR STERRABLE MEDICAL DEVICES | June 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 34 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17756731 | Intraoperative Ultrasound Probe System and Related Methods | June 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17774960 | FETAL GROWTH RESTRICTION INSPECTION APPARATUS | May 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17633493 | Shockwave-Enhanced Drug-Delivery Catheter | February 2022 | February 2025 | Abandon | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17631905 | HIGH RESOLUTION DIFFUSE OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY USING SHORT RANGE INDIRECT IMAGING | February 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 44 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 17590216 | SYSTEM FOR A TISSUE RESECTION MARGIN MEASUREMENT DEVICE | February 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 46 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17587202 | TISSUE LOCALIZATION MARKER WITH BICONVEX-SHAPED CROSS-SECTION AND SYSTEM FOR LOCALIZING TISSUE | January 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17608525 | MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM, MEDICAL IMAGING PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | November 2021 | October 2025 | Allow | 48 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17487627 | Hands-Free Ultrasound Assembly and System | September 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 44 | 5 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17464955 | REAL-TIME REGISTRATION USING NEAR INFRARED FLUORESCENCE IMAGING | September 2021 | April 2025 | Abandon | 44 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17380248 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS, OPERATING METHOD OF ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | July 2021 | December 2023 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17422079 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING DEVICE AND ULTRASOUND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING DEGREE OF DELIVERY PROGRESS OF FETUS | July 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17421570 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL NAVIGATION | July 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 44 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17358865 | PUNCTURE NEEDLE, ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD OF ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS | June 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17304359 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | June 2021 | September 2024 | Abandon | 39 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17233904 | ULTRASONIC WAVE IMAGING APPARATUS, THERAPY SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD | April 2021 | September 2024 | Abandon | 41 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 17280983 | Quantifying an Embedded PPG Signal to Noise Ratio Definition to Exploit Mediation of PPG Signal Quality on Wearable Devices | March 2021 | August 2025 | Abandon | 52 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17275035 | LARGE DYNAMIC RANGE DETECTOR FOR GINGIVITIS DETECTION | March 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 53 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17270461 | SPECTRAL DUAL-LAYER CT-GUIDED INTERVENTIONS | February 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17270173 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A DEVICE | February 2021 | April 2024 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17268838 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ULTRASOUND BEAM SHAPING | February 2021 | June 2025 | Abandon | 52 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17266599 | TRACKING AN INTERVENTIONAL DEVICE WITHIN AN ULTRASOUND IMAGE PLANE | February 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17128702 | BODY MOLD FOR A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEM | December 2020 | June 2025 | Allow | 54 | 4 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 17060926 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, REGION DISPLAY METHOD, AND REGION DISPLAY PROGRAM | October 2020 | April 2025 | Abandon | 55 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17044354 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATED TO ELONGATE DEVICES | October 2020 | November 2025 | Allow | 60 | 6 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16979542 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING PLANE ALIGNMENT GUIDANCE FOR NEURAL NETWORKS AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | September 2020 | March 2026 | Allow | 60 | 8 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16991745 | MULTIPLE SENSOR CATHETER ASSEMBLY | August 2020 | July 2025 | Allow | 60 | 5 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16968300 | HYBRID SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING A MAGNETIC RESONANCE TOMOGRAPHY AND A RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION, AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF | August 2020 | April 2025 | Abandon | 56 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16985493 | IMAGE BASED ULTRASOUND PROBE CALIBRATION | August 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 37 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16944696 | Airway Detection Using Ultrasound | July 2020 | September 2024 | Allow | 50 | 6 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16963859 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM PROVIDING NEEDLE INSERTION GUIDANCE | July 2020 | October 2023 | Allow | 39 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 16917570 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCALIZING MARKERS WITHIN A BODY | June 2020 | May 2024 | Allow | 47 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 16757755 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD FOR POSITION TRACKING | April 2020 | March 2025 | Abandon | 58 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16837187 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING TEMPORAL MEASUREMENTS OF LOCALIZED RADIATION TO ESTIMATE THE MAGNITUDE, LOCATION, AND VOLUME OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL IN THE BODY | April 2020 | March 2025 | Allow | 60 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 16824718 | DIFFUSION TENSOR MR TO MONITOR GLYMPHATIC SYSTEM | March 2020 | July 2024 | Allow | 52 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16643505 | ENHANCED ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS AND METHODS | February 2020 | September 2024 | Abandon | 55 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16717920 | INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS, CATHETERS, AND METHODS WITH A MANUAL PULLBACK ARRANGEMENT | December 2019 | March 2025 | Allow | 60 | 6 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 16706325 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR VASCULAR INTERVENTIONS | December 2019 | December 2024 | Allow | 60 | 5 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16607509 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE, TARGETED OPENING OF THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER | October 2019 | October 2023 | Allow | 47 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 16496095 | INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND PATIENT INTERFACE MODULE (PIM) FOR DISTRIBUTED WIRELESS INTRALUMINAL IMAGING SYSTEMS | September 2019 | December 2023 | Allow | 50 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16548153 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BRAIN CLOT CHARACTERIZATION USING OPTICAL FIBERS HAVING DIFFUSIVE ELEMENTS AND BRAIN CLOT REMOVAL | August 2019 | December 2023 | Allow | 52 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16539339 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INTERACTION WITH A VISUAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ULTRASOUND IMAGE SEGMENTATION MODULE | August 2019 | July 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16478611 | RAPID PULSE ELECTROHYDRAULIC (EH) SHOCKWAVE GENERATOR APPARATUS WITH IMPROVED ACOUSTIC WAVEFRONTS | July 2019 | September 2025 | Allow | 60 | 6 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16387901 | SURGICAL ACCESS SYSTEM WITH NAVIGATION ELEMENT | April 2019 | February 2026 | Allow | 60 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16357074 | DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION ELECTRODE WITH PHOTOACOUSTIC AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING CAPABILITIES | March 2019 | July 2024 | Allow | 60 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16261624 | MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND X-RAY IRRADIATION CONTROLLER | January 2019 | March 2024 | Abandon | 60 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 16212863 | ULTRASOUND PROBE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | December 2018 | May 2025 | Allow | 60 | 8 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA.
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, 50.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA works in Art Unit 3797 and has examined 40 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 67.5%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 52 months.
Examiner TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA's allowance rate of 67.5% places them in the 29% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA receive 4.10 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 98% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA is 52 months. This places the examiner in the 4% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +25.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA. This interview benefit is in the 72% 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, 17.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 16% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show lower effectiveness with this examiner compared to others. Consider whether a continuation application might be more strategic, especially if you need to add new matter or significantly broaden claims.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 15.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 17% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 200.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 100% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 83.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 77% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 40.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 0.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 7% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 49% 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 51% 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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