Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19234899 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY | June 2025 | February 2026 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 19233793 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING MYOCARDIAL DAMAGE BASED ON IMAGING CHARACTERISTICS | June 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18222363 | THERMOACOUSTIC PROBE | July 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18222371 | THERMOACOUSTIC PROBE | July 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18118640 | NON-INVASIVE DETERMINATION OF PENNATION ANGLE AND/OR FASCICLE LENGTH | March 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18113829 | ATTENUATION ESTIMATION USING ULTRASOUND | February 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18111519 | FAIL-SAFE CIRCUIT FOR A LOW VOLTAGE DIFFERENTIAL SIGNALING RECEIVER | February 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18104063 | UNIVERSAL ULTRASOUND DEVICE AND RELATED APPARATUS AND METHODS | January 2023 | July 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18099342 | THERAPEUTIC APPARATUS FOR ULTRASONIC TREATMENT | January 2023 | July 2023 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18095166 | DRIVING UNIT, GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT, ARRAY SUBSTRATE, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | January 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18146028 | ULTRASOUND GUIDED OPENING OF BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER | December 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18145951 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPUTER AIDED SURGERY | December 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18086277 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MANAGING FLUID PRESSURE | December 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18084224 | SCAN DRIVER | December 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18067759 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT MOUNTED DISPLAY SYSTEM | December 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18081886 | ECHOCARDIOGRAM CLASSIFICATION WITH MACHINE LEARNING | December 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18008217 | ULTRASONIC ECHOGENIC DEVICE | December 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18074222 | FETAL HEART RATE TRANSDUCER | December 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18074091 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | December 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18060765 | DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE SAME | December 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18071655 | MALFUNCTION INSPECTION METHOD FOR ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM, AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM | November 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17989226 | Locating Content in an Environment | November 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18055552 | Multi-Frequency Ultrasound Therapy System with Data Encoder | November 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18055237 | HIGH RESOLUTION MICROENDOSCOPE EMPLOYING DIFFERENTIAL STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION AND METHOD OF USING SAME | November 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17986728 | Probe Head-Cover Applicator and Method Thereof | November 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18054072 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ALZHEIMER'S DIAGNOSIS ASSISTANCE INFORMATION USING MRI AND PET IMAGING | November 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17983054 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES OF A VISCOELASTIC MEDIUM | November 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17980067 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING INTRAVASCULAR DEVICE FAILURE | November 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17978594 | ALIGNMENT CT | November 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17976443 | DISPLAY DRIVER AND DISPLAY DEVICE | October 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17967546 | MEDICAL IMAGING TABLE, TABLE SUPPORT ASSEMBLY, PROBE SUPPORT ASSEMBLY, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF USE | October 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18046786 | ACOUSTIC WAVE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | October 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17965008 | ROTATIONAL INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND PROBE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME | October 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17965238 | SYNCHRONIZED TRACKING OF MULTIPLE INTERVENTIONAL MEDICAL DEVICES | October 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18046174 | AN ULTRASOUND PROBE | October 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17963416 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AN ALIGNMENT CT | October 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17961480 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUANTITATIVE AND DEPTH RESOLVED HYPERSPECTRAL FLUORESCENCE AND REFLECTANCE IMAGING FOR SURGICAL GUIDANCE | October 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17960443 | ZERO VERGENCE ULTRASOUND WAVES FOR SONODYNAMIC THERAPY | October 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17959228 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEFINING CUT LINES TO GENERATE A 3D FETAL REPRESENTATION | October 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17954549 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PULMONARY INTERVENTIONS | September 2022 | October 2023 | Abandon | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17915202 | ULTRASOUND PROBE, USER CONSOLE, SYSTEM AND METHOD | September 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17935877 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING ENERGY TO DENERVATE A PULMONARY ARTERY | September 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17953212 | PATIENT INTERFACE MODULE (PIM) POWERED WITH WIRELESS CHARGING SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATING WITH SENSING DEVICE AND PROCESSING SYSTEM | September 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17953087 | Estimation of Vibration Amplitude and Elastic Properties of Extra-capillary Tissue with Ultrasound Driven Vibration of Intra-capillary Gas Bubbles | September 2022 | December 2022 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17950295 | DETERMINING AN OUTER CONTOUR DURING MR IMAGING | September 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17949535 | ADAPTIVE REFOCUSING OF ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER ARRAYS USING IMAGE DATA | September 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17947275 | LIGHT ASSISTED NEEDLE PLACEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | September 2022 | December 2023 | Abandon | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17931928 | Color Doppler Imaging with Line Artifact Reduction | September 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17941328 | WIRELESSLY PROGRAMMABLE TRANSDUCER-BASED REMOTE CONTROL WITH INERTIAL SENSOR | September 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17941471 | HANDHELD THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND IMAGING METHOD | September 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17902439 | ULTRASONIC ENDOSCOPE | September 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17901571 | REGENERATING CAVERNOUS TISSUE TO REVERSE SEXUAL DISFUNCTION | September 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 12 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17900430 | Subcutaneous Hemodynamic Monitoring Devices, Systems and Methods | August 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17898401 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION DETERMINATION USING MOVEMENT OF AN OPTICAL LABEL FIXED TO A BONE USING A SPATIAL MAPPING CAMERA | August 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17896416 | SOLID SAMPLE MAGNETIC COUPLING HIGH RESOLUTION NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESOLUTION PROBE AND METHOD OF USE | August 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 7 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17891558 | Automatically-Registered Patient Fixation Device Images | August 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17820802 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING TISSUE AND SHEAR WAVES WITHIN THE TISSUE | August 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17889419 | HANDLING ECTOPIC BEATS IN ELECTRO-ANATOMICAL MAPPING OF THE HEART | August 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17820098 | High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Transducer Optimization | August 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17819101 | IMAGE SPACE CONTROL FOR ENDOVASCULAR TOOLS | August 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 9 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17884169 | BIOPSY MARKER WITH ANCHORING CAPABILITIES | August 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17818380 | HEAD COIL SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING AND/OR OPTIMIZING MRI | August 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17883028 | MULTI-PERSON VITAL SIGNS MONITORING USING MILLIMETER WAVE (MM-WAVE) SIGNALS | August 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17883149 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | August 2022 | September 2022 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17881755 | COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) IMAGE CORRECTION USING POSITION AND DIRECTION (P&D) TRACKING ASSISTED OPTICAL VISUALIZATION | August 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17881884 | INTRAVASCULAR DEVICE MOVEMENT SPEED GUIDANCE AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | August 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17879890 | SYSTEM & METHOD FOR MATCHING THE RESULTS OF A CT SCAN TO A NASAL-SINUS SURGERY PLAN TO TREAT MIGRAINE HEADACHES | August 2022 | August 2023 | Abandon | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17816566 | CONTEXT BASED ACTION MENU | August 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17874180 | UNIVERSAL ULTRASOUND DEVICE AND RELATED APPARATUS AND METHODS | July 2022 | September 2022 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17872203 | INTERLAVED TRANSMIT SEQUENCES AND MOTION ESTIMATION IN ULTRASOUND IMAGES, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS | July 2022 | September 2023 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17871885 | VISUALIZATION OF PREDICTED DOSAGE | July 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17794252 | Ultrasound Therapy System | July 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17813638 | SYSTEM FOR NEURONAVIGATION REGISTRATION AND ROBOTIC TRAJECTORY GUIDANCE, ROBOTIC SURGERY, AND RELATED METHODS AND DEVICES | July 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17868511 | Method, Computer Program and Apparatus for Controlling Operation of Two or More Configurable Systems of a Motor Vehicle | July 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17868395 | OLFACTORY STICKERS FOR CHAT AND AR-BASED MESSAGING | July 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17866752 | IMPLANTABLE ULTRASOUND GENERATING TREATING DEVICE FOR SPINAL CORD AND/OR SPINAL NERVE TREATMENT, APPARATUS COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE AND METHOD | July 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17865690 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING A CANCER STATUS OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUE | July 2022 | June 2023 | Abandon | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17865717 | REAL-TIME IMAGING SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND CONTROL OF THERMAL THERAPY TREATMENTS | July 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17865034 | RADIO FREQUENCY APPLICATOR FOR A THERMOACOUSTIC IMAGING SYSTEM | July 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17862124 | REGIONAL CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT BASED ON COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION TO REFLECTIVITY INFORMATION | July 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17811807 | OCCLUSION ACCESS METHOD | July 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17860314 | ULTRASOUND BASED TRACKING SYSTEM USING TRIANGULATION AND SPATIAL POSITIONING WITH DETACHABLE REFERENCE FRAME AND ULTRASOUND EMITTERS | July 2022 | December 2022 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17860240 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT USAGE DATA MANAGEMENT | July 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17811139 | INTRAVENOUS INJECTION AID FOR INDICATING VEIN | July 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17811249 | METHODS AND COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING ULTRASOUND IMAGE TO DETERMINE HEALTH OF SUBDERMAL TISSUE | July 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17858315 | SOFTWARE-IMPLMENTED PROCESS FOR PREVENTING REUSE OF A REPLACEABLE CLEASNING ATTACHEMENT | July 2022 | September 2023 | Abandon | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17858008 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESIDUAL CANCER CELL DETECTION | July 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17857859 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONAL REGISTRATION OF MEDICAL IMAGE DATA | July 2022 | June 2023 | Abandon | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17856977 | MICROSCOPY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE MICROSCOPY SYSTEM | July 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17855925 | INTEGRATED ILLUMINATION AND OPTICAL SURFACE TOPOLOGY DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | July 2022 | November 2023 | Abandon | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17855127 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING A PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS | June 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17810102 | VISION-BASED POSITION AND ORIENTATION DETERMINATION FOR ENDOVASCULAR TOOLS | June 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17851964 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR USE WITH IMAGE-GUIDED SKELETAL PROCEDURES | June 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17851810 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING LOCATION AND DEPTH OF ABNORMAL TISSUE IN BREAST OF SUBJECT | June 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17850558 | PROBE DATA MAPPING USING CONTACT INFORMATION | June 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17849072 | APPARATUS, METHODS AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIA FOR IN SITU THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION OF LUMINAL STRUCTURES | June 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17845398 | Wireless Pressure Measurement And Monitoring For Shunts | June 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17844958 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING ABSOLUTE BLOOD FLOW | June 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17842641 | RELATIVE FEATURE SCORES FOR BRAIN PARCELS | June 2022 | September 2022 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17841212 | MAGNETIC FIELD PROBE FOR DETERMINING A DISPOSITION OF AN IMPLANTABLE MARKER USING TWO OR MORE DETECTION ZONES | June 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 3793.
With a 47.5% 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 10,436 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 65.2%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 42 months.
Art Unit 3793's allowance rate of 65.2% places it in the 22% 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 2.76 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 92% percentile). The median prosecution time is 42 months (in the 10% percentile).
When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:
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