Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18700412 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION DETECTION SYSTEM | April 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18557555 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF AN APPROPRIATE POSITIONING OF A PATIENT-SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION WITH A DEPTH CAMERA | October 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18473885 | LOCATION AND ORIENTATION ESTIMATION OF DEVICES INCORPORATING PERMANENT MAGNETS | September 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18214570 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS THAT SIMULATE A VIRTUAL MOVING TRANSDUCER/RECEIVER TO IMPLEMENT A SYNTHETIC APERTURE ARRAY | June 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18256181 | Body Temperature Estimation Device | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18175679 | SURGICAL TOOL SYSTEMS AND METHODS | February 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17972889 | MACHINE DIFFERENTIATION OF ABNORMALITIES IN BIOELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS | October 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17971740 | OMNIDIRECTIONAL PHOTOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM | October 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17961810 | ULTRASOUND MARKER DETECTION, MARKERS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, METHODS AND ARTICLES | October 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17955077 | MAPPING AND QUANTIFYING SHEAR STRESS AND HEMOLYSIS IN PATIENTS | September 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17892692 | APPARATUS FOR VISUALIZING TISSUE PROPERTY | August 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17877876 | PORTABLE PROBE FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY AND REAL-TIME PHOTOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE | July 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17870909 | ECHOCARDIOGRAM CONTEXT MEASUREMENT TOOL | July 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17758845 | ULTRASOUND-EMITTING APPARATUS FOR APPLYING SELECTIVE TREATMENTS TO ADIPOSE TISSUE IN BODY REJUVENATION/REMODELLING PROCESSES | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17853827 | MULTIMODAL POSITION TRANSFORMATION DUAL-HELMET MEG APPARATUS | June 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17853769 | DUAL-HELMET MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY APPARATUS | June 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17789107 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING OF TISSUE AND ORGAN FIBROSIS | June 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17745384 | ROTATION DETERMINATION IN AN ULTRASOUND BEAM | May 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17734593 | Method And System For Monitoring Effectiveness Of A Treatment Regimen | May 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17679331 | ECHOGENIC NEEDLE | February 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 17540814 | INSERTION DEVICE POSITIONING GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD | December 2021 | January 2024 | Abandon | 25 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17516810 | VISUALIZATION, NAVIGATION, AND PLANNING WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC NAVIGATION BRONCHOSCOPY AND CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY INTEGRATED | November 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17401640 | FLUORO-ACOUSTIC MULTIPIPETTE ELECTRODE AND METHODS OF USE THEREFOR | August 2021 | October 2024 | Abandon | 38 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17295469 | LONG-TERM NON-INVASIVE SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND CHARACTERIZING ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIAS IN PATIENTS WITH POST-STROKE CONDITIONS | May 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 49 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17287623 | ADAPTIVE ULTRASOUND FLOW IMAGING | April 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17284860 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING USING COHERENCE CONTRIBUTION | April 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17283524 | BODY CAVITY INSERTABLE ULTRASOUND APPARATUS HAVING STRUCTURE FOR CIRCULATION OF ULTRASOUND TRANSMISSION MEDIUM | April 2021 | December 2024 | Abandon | 44 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17278962 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING GASTRIC LESION THROUGH DEEP LEARNING OF GASTROENDOSCOPIC IMAGES | March 2021 | August 2024 | Abandon | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17276784 | DEVICE FOR OPTOACOUSTIC IMAGING AND CORRESPONDING CONTROL METHOD | March 2021 | October 2024 | Abandon | 43 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17273707 | AUGMENTED REALITY USER GUIDANCE DURING EXAMINATIONS OR INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES | March 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 48 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17150866 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DISSIPATING HEAT FROM A HANDHELD MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICE | January 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 47 | 6 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17260793 | Systems and Methods for Removing Noise-Induced Bias in Ultrasound Blood Flow Imaging | January 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 53 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17115939 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND IMAGING USING SINGLE-ULTRASOUND PROBE | December 2020 | August 2024 | Allow | 44 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 17101616 | ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | November 2020 | January 2024 | Abandon | 38 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16949786 | ROBOTIC SURGERY DEPTH DETECTION AND MODELING | November 2020 | October 2024 | Allow | 47 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17084299 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF ATHEROMAS IN PERIPHERAL ARTERIES | October 2020 | December 2024 | Allow | 49 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16979420 | ACOUSTIC-OPTICAL IMAGING METHODS AND SYSTEMS | October 2020 | January 2024 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17027655 | ULTRASOUND APPARATUS WITH IMPROVED HEAT DISSIPATION AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SAME | September 2020 | December 2023 | Abandon | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17025309 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NON-CONTACT ULTRASOUND IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION | September 2020 | October 2024 | Abandon | 49 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16927876 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING VISUALIZATION OF ULTRASOUND IMAGE DATA | July 2020 | February 2025 | Allow | 55 | 5 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16960647 | ULTRASOUND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING LUNG CONSOLIDATION | July 2020 | December 2024 | Allow | 53 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16913947 | ULTRASOUND DEVICE | June 2020 | July 2024 | Allow | 48 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16911991 | COMPUTER-ASSISTED TISSUE NAVIGATION | June 2020 | July 2024 | Allow | 48 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 16670190 | ARTICULATING GUIDE WITH INTEGRAL POSITION SENSOR | October 2019 | January 2024 | Allow | 51 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16568415 | VERY NARROW PROBE WITH COIL | September 2019 | December 2023 | Allow | 51 | 6 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16553382 | HOLLOW TUBE SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH SINGLE AXIS SENSOR | August 2019 | January 2024 | Allow | 52 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16390078 | Simultaneous Multi-Slab Thermometry During MR-Guided Thermal Therapy | April 2019 | July 2025 | Allow | 60 | 9 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16237154 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR INCREASING TRANSMIT POWER DURING AN ULTRASOUND SCAN | December 2018 | January 2025 | Allow | 60 | 6 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16150546 | BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM, BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM CODE | October 2018 | September 2023 | Allow | 59 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16128180 | CONTROLLING AN EMITTER ASSEMBLY PULSE SEQUENCE | September 2018 | August 2024 | Allow | 60 | 6 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16051723 | PLANE SELECTION USING LOCALIZER IMAGES | August 2018 | December 2024 | Allow | 60 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15772121 | ULTRASOUND PROBE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING ARTERIAL PARAMETERS USING NON-IMAGING ULTRASOUND | April 2018 | October 2023 | Allow | 60 | 7 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15752116 | IMAGE GUIDED FOCUSED ULTRASOUND TREATMENT DEVICE AND AIMING APPARATUS | February 2018 | January 2025 | Allow | 60 | 8 | 1 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LI, JOHN DENNY.
With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. 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, 40.0% 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 LI, JOHN DENNY works in Art Unit 3798 and has examined 52 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 80.8%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 40 months.
Examiner LI, JOHN DENNY's allowance rate of 80.8% places them in the 44% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by LI, JOHN DENNY receive 3.00 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 95% 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 LI, JOHN DENNY is 40 months. This places the examiner in the 9% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +25.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LI, JOHN DENNY. This interview benefit is in the 76% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 23.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 22% 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 6.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 3% 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, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 21% 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 71.4% of appeals filed. This is in the 55% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 20.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 85.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 94% 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 45% 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 44% 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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