Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17139810 | MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND METHOD | December 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17139877 | HYBRID APPROACH TO DISTORTION DETECTION | December 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17137647 | MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYZING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | December 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17247922 | STIFF SHEATH FOR IMAGING PROBE | December 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17136081 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOTION DETECTION | December 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17136410 | MALIGNANT TISSUE DETECTION IN BREASTS AND OTHER SYMMETRICAL BODY PARTS COMPARING DIFFERENT NON-IONIZING SIGNALS, INCLUDING MICROWAVES | December 2020 | February 2023 | Abandon | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17136294 | CLOSURE AND SYSTEM FOR NMR SAMPLE CONTAINERS WITH A SECONDARY LOCKING SEAL | December 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17135066 | Methods and Devices for Color Detection to Localize the Blood Mass of an Intracerebral Hematoma | December 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17134812 | NON-PRESSURE CONTINUOUS BLOOD PRESSURE MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD | December 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17134599 | Magnetometer Surgical Device | December 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17134622 | Magnetometer Surgical Device | December 2020 | April 2023 | Abandon | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17256248 | ACOUSTICALLY TRANSPARENT WINDOW FOR INTRALUMINAL ULTRASOUND IMAGING DEVICE | December 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 32 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17135760 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FUSING ULTRASOUND WITH ADDITIONAL SIGNALS | December 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17256384 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASOUND IMAGING | December 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17134655 | MODELLING A STRUCTURE IN A BODY | December 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17131949 | STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAM IMAGING COMPARISON TOOL | December 2020 | December 2022 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17255806 | ULTRASOUND METHOD AND APPARATUS | December 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17131386 | Integrated Medical Imaging And Surgical Robotic System | December 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17130587 | BIOPHOTONIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A CHROMOPHORE AND A GELLING AGENT FOR TREATING WOUNDS | December 2020 | October 2023 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17130585 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPTICAL IMAGING OR EPITHELIAL LUMINAL ORGANS BY BEAM SCANNING THEREOF | December 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17254603 | PLANNING OF SURGICAL ANCHOR PLACEMENT LOCATION DATA | December 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17129133 | System and Method for the Visualization and Characterization of Objects in Images | December 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17127888 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANATOMIC MOTION COMPENSATION | December 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17253978 | MECHANICAL INTERFACE DEVICE TO BONE STRUCTURE WITH AN INTEGRATED TARGETING REFERENCE, ALLOWING FOR SURGICAL DEVICE ATTACHMENT | December 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17127691 | ENERGY BASED FAT REDUCTION | December 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17127705 | PROBE FOR ULTRASOUND TISSUE TREATMENT | December 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17127721 | ULTRASOUND PROBE FOR TREATING SKIN LAXITY | December 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17127881 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED THERMOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION | December 2020 | March 2022 | Abandon | 15 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17126944 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING THEREIN COMPUTER-READABLE PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS | December 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 33 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17254160 | MULTI-POSITION ULTRASOUND SYSTEM | December 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 31 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17127903 | METHOD FOR GENERATING TRAINING DATA FOR USE IN MONITORING THE BLOOD PRESSURE OF A PERSON THAT UTILIZES A PULSE WAVE SIGNAL GENERATED FROM RADIO FREQUENCY SCANNING | December 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17125785 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SCANNING PROBE | December 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17123952 | ARTHRITIS TREATMENT APPARATUS USING ULTRASONIC WAVE AND FAR-INFRARED RAY | December 2020 | December 2023 | Abandon | 36 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17124182 | IMAGE-BASED AIRWAY ANALYSIS AND MAPPING | December 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17120790 | ANATOMICAL FEATURE IDENTIFICATION AND TARGETING | December 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17121721 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING TISSUE TREATMENT | December 2020 | June 2023 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17251985 | ULTRASOUND PROBE WITH MOVEABLE HEAT SPREADER AND CABLE STRAIN RELIEF | December 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17121742 | Needle Guide Including Enhanced Visibility Entrance | December 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17120235 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER, ULTRASONIC PROBE, AND ULTRASONIC DETECTION APPARATUS | December 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17119505 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | December 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17251499 | CHROMATIC BIOLUMINESCENCE AS A CELLULAR LEVEL READOUT SYSTEM OF NEURAL ACTIVITY | December 2020 | April 2021 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17117612 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME | December 2020 | September 2023 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17116827 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD OF PRECISION FUNCTIONAL MAPPING-GUIDED INTERVENTIONAL PLANNING | December 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17115669 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ALIGNMENT OF A SUBJECT FOR MEDICAL IMAGING | December 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17113385 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRODE ORIENTATION DETERMINATION IN DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION (DBS) | December 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17247327 | IDENTIFICATION OF A TRUE FEBRILE STATE IN HUMANS THROUGH COMPARISON OF SIMULTANEOUSLY MEASURED CORE AND PERIPHERAL TEMPERATURES | December 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17250150 | INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND ROTATION TRACKING | December 2020 | November 2022 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17113035 | Method and means to measure heart rate with fitbit devices | December 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17112725 | Needle-Guidance Systems, Components, and Methods Thereof | December 2020 | November 2023 | Abandon | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17112004 | Ultrasonic CT Device | December 2020 | December 2022 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17112424 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD THEREOF | December 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17112298 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING VESSELS WITHIN TISSUE | December 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17112159 | ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT DEVICE, CONTACT DETERMINATION SERVER DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING CONTACT DETERMINATION PROGRAM, AND CONTACT DETERMINATION METHOD | December 2020 | April 2023 | Abandon | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17109475 | REAL-TIME PERIODIC ARTIFACT EXTRACTION FROM A PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL | December 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17108529 | ULTRASONIC GENERATOR | December 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17108587 | GUIDEWIRE | December 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15733902 | SYNCHRONIZED TRACKING OF MULTIPLE INTERVENTIONAL MEDICAL DEVICES | December 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17109050 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR FACILITATING NOISE REMOVAL IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING | December 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 20 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17106834 | IMAGING AND DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR GUIDING MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS | November 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17059530 | INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND POSITION IDENTIFICATION | November 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 26 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17106618 | SUCTION TOOL WITH INTEGRATED OPTICAL PROBE AND USE THEREOF | November 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17059811 | SYNCHRONIZED TRACKING OF MULTIPLE INTERVENTIONAL MEDICAL DEVICES | November 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17106019 | POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR SWALLOWABLE DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF | November 2020 | September 2023 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17104396 | IMAGING APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND PROGRAM | November 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17105310 | Optical Tip-Tracking Systems and Methods Thereof | November 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17105420 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TISSUE ANALYSIS, LOCATON DETERMINATION AND TISSUE ABLATION | November 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17104599 | BIO IMAGING SYSTEMS AND BIO IMAGING METHODS | November 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17104230 | CONTACTLESS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING AND/OR DETERMINING HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS AND/OR VITAL SIGNS | November 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17104197 | Methods and Systems for Controlling Acoustic Energy Deposition Into A Medium | November 2020 | December 2023 | Abandon | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17104558 | SURGICAL GUIDANCE SYSTEM WITH VIRTUAL MODELS | November 2020 | December 2023 | Abandon | 37 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17104309 | DENTAL OVERVIEW MAP COMPILATION | November 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17105270 | MEDICAL DATA ACQUISITION | November 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17103225 | DEVICE FOR REMOVING SENESCENT CELLS COMPRISING ULTRASOUND OUTPUT UNIT | November 2020 | November 2023 | Abandon | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17103612 | DEVICE AND METHODS FOR TREATING NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND BRAIN CONDITIONS | November 2020 | April 2023 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17102838 | PULMONARY ARTERY PRESSURE CHANGE MONITOR | November 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17102260 | ENERGY DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE | November 2020 | October 2023 | Abandon | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17101591 | MOTION CORRECTION AND MOTION REDUCTION DURING DEDICATED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING | November 2020 | November 2023 | Abandon | 36 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17101100 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING BIO-INFORMATION, AND BIO-SIGNAL MEASURING SENSOR | November 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17057942 | ULTRASONIC PROCESSING APPARATUS COMPRISING MEANS FOR IMAGING CAVITATION BUBBLES | November 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17057958 | MULTI-LEVEL POSITIONAL TRACKING | November 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17057764 | ULTRASOUND PROBE POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF HANDS-FREE CONTROLLING THE PRESSURE APPLIED BY AN ULTRASOUND PROBE TO AN EXTERNAL OBJECT | November 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17101908 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOTION COMPENSATION IN HYBRID PET-MR IMAGING | November 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17100799 | CATHETER WITH BUILT-IN ULTRASOUND IMAGING SENSORS | November 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17100084 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR DETECTING PASSIVELY INDUCED RF EMISSIONS FROM SPIN POLARIZED ELECTRONS | November 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17100615 | HANDHELD SKIN MEASURING OR MONITORING DEVICE | November 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16953803 | MEDICAL CAMERA ASSEMBLY COMPRISING RANGE CAMERA AND THERMOGRAPHIC CAMERA | November 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16952829 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE DETECTION AND PREDICTION | November 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16951194 | SYSTEM FOR TRACKING AND IMAGING A TREATMENT PROBE | November 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17056456 | REAL-TIME LOCATION SYSTEM FOR MINIMUM LIGHT, PROBE OR LASER FIBER SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS FOR INTERNAL SURGERY | November 2020 | November 2022 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16951538 | SCANNING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEM | November 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16951558 | SURGICAL GUIDANCE SYSTEM WITH ANATOMICAL FEATURE MOVEMENT DETECTION | November 2020 | August 2023 | Abandon | 33 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16950877 | NON-THERMAL PLASMA GENERATOR FOR DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF MALADIES | November 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16949839 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING COMPLETENESS OF CO-REGISTERED MEDICAL IMAGE DATA | November 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16950119 | METAL DETECTION DEVICE AND METHODS OF OPERATION THEREOF | November 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16950178 | FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING BIO-INFORMATION USING THE SAME | November 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17098981 | METHOD FOR DETECTING PULSATILE DYNAMICS OF THE OPTIC NERVE SHEATH, DIAGNOSTIC METHODS, MEDICAL USES, NON-INVASIVE MARKERS, SYSTEMS AND TRANSDUCER DEVICES | November 2020 | April 2023 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17099675 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING BLUSH IN MYOCARDIAL TISSUE | November 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17099116 | CONCAVE ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS AND 3D ARRAYS | November 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17055569 | SYNTHETIC TRANSMIT FOCUSING ULTRASOUND SYSTEM WITH SPEED OF SOUND ABERRATION CORRECTION | November 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17098315 | SYSTEM FOR VISUALIZATION AND CONTROL OF SURGICAL DEVICES UTILIZING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE | November 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 3793.
With a 47.7% 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, 34.0% 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.
Art Unit 3793 is part of Group 3790 in Technology Center 3700. This art unit has examined 9,954 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 64.4%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 43 months.
Art Unit 3793's allowance rate of 64.4% places it in the 21% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a significantly lower allowance rate than most art units at the USPTO.
Applications in Art Unit 3793 receive an average of 2.83 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 94% percentile). The median prosecution time is 43 months (in the 7% percentile).
When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:
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