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| Art Unit: | 3797 — Surgery |
|---|---|
| Group: | 3790 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices |
| Classes: |
600 — Surgery 604 — Surgery 601 — Surgery: kinesitherapy 382 — Image analysis 706 — Data processing: artificial intelligence |
| Phone: | (571) 272-7296 |
| Email: | james.mcdonald@uspto.gov |
| Location: | VA 22314 |
| Title: | Pat Examnr(Biomedical Engrg) |
| Service: | 5 years |
| Grade: | GS-09 |
| 3-Year Grant rate: | 37% over 57 cases |
|---|---|
| Difficulty: | Very Hard |
| Difficulty Percentile: | 87th
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With Examiner Mcdonald, you have a 37% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Mcdonald is a very hard examiner and in the 87th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).
Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Mcdonald, where the timeline is relative to the date of the first office action. The three-year grant rate is the percentage of applications granted at three years after the first office action.
Examiner Mcdonald's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 3797 and lower than that of the USPTO.
| Average Office Actions Per Grant | |
|---|---|
| Examiner Mcdonald | 2.5 |
| Art Unit 3797 | 2.0 |
Examiner Mcdonald has granted 10 of 37 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 27%.
Examiner Mcdonald has granted 11 of 20 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 55%.
With Examiner Mcdonald, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 104%.
| Number | Title | OA Rejections | Status | IFW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17222387 | Methods And Systems For An Invasive Deployable Device Using A Shape Memory Material To Reconfigure Transducer Elements In Response To Stimuli | Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. | Patented | View |
| 18140195 | Systems And Methods For Determining Tissue Inflammation Levels Of The Eye From Blood Vessel Characteristics | Patented | View | |
| 17583473 | Phase Change Insert For Ultrasound Imaging Probe | Patented | View | |
| 18436597 | Ultrasound Diagnostic Apparatus And Method For Diagnosing Ultrasound Probe | Abandoned | View | |
| 16646103 | System, Method, And Apparatus For Temperature Asymmetry Measurement Of Body Parts | Patented | View | |
| 17575716 | Ultrasound Imaging Apparatus And Ultrasound Imaging Method | Abandoned | View | |
| 18501559 | Acoustic Shock Wave Or Pressure Pulse Treatment And Methods Of Use For Brain Fungal Infection | Abandoned | View | |
| 17165325 | Ultrasound Imaging Apparatus For Biplane Imaging And Control Method Thereof | Patented | View | |
| 17580916 | Detecting Pathologies Using An Ultrasound Probe | Abandoned | View | |
| 17205482 | System And Method For Anatomically Aligned Multi-Planar Reconstruction Views For Ultrasound Imaging Using A Geometrical Model | Patented | View | |
| 17568405 | Ultrasound System And Method Of Controlling Ultrasound System | Abandoned | View | |
| 18397826 | Computing Device And Methods Of Implementing An Ultrasound Sytem For Guiding Instrument Insertion | Patented | View | |
| 18477995 | Ultrasound Probe, Ultrasound Diagnostic Apparatus, And Manufacturing Method Of Ultrasound Probe | Patented | View | |
| 18444380 | Wearable Ultrasound Device | Abandoned | View | |
| 17258478 | Electrical Wire Connection In Ultrasound Imaging Devices, Systems, And Methods | Patented | View | |
| 17220000 | Medical Imaging Device Such As A Tee Probe For Uv Disinfection And A Design Method | Abandoned | View | |
| 18480563 | Method And System For Optimizing A Projected Vein Image And Identifying Vein Locations Using Vein Scanner | Patented | View | |
| 18508398 | Vein Scanner With Housing Configured For Single-Handed Lifting And Use | Patented | View | |
| 17696675 | Medical System And Method For Monitoring Medical Device Insertion And Illumination Patterns | Patented | View | |
| 18293092 | Electronic Endoscope System For Attenuating Noise In Ultrasound Images Using Filter Processing And Pulse Duration Adjustment | Patented | View | |
| 16612767 | Device For Determining A Parameter For Diagnosing Hydrocephalus And Other Disorders Of Intracranial Pressure | Patented | View | |
| 17236930 | Methods And Systems For Ultrasound Imaging With Pulse-Inversion Scheme And Retrospective Transmit Techniques | Patented | View | |
| 18472327 | Ultrasound, Photoacoustic, And Viscoelastic Imaging Systems And Methods For Cervical Analysis To Assess Risk Of Preterm Delivery | Patented | View | |
| 17223143 | Vein Scanner With Limited Photodiode Fov Moving Synchronously With Scanned Laser Light | Patented | View | |
| 18235217 | Ipsilateral Ulcer And Pre-Ulcer Detection Method And Apparatus | Patented | View | |
| 17423318 | Vascular Treatment Systems And Devices Including Intravascular Imaging Capabilities | Abandoned | View | |
| 17359453 | Method And System For Identifying A Tendon In Ultrasound Imaging Data And Verifying Such Identity In Live Deployment | Patented | View | |
| 17251130 | Method And Apparatus For Ultrasound Imaging With Improved Beamforming | Abandoned | View | |
| 16967929 | Ultrasound Blood-Flow Monitoring | Patented | View | |
| 17031786 | Methods And Apparatus For Configuring An Ultrasound System With Imaging Parameter Values | Abandoned | View | |
| 17192005 | Method And System For Automatically Detecting An Ultrasound Image View And Focus To Provide Measurement Suitability Feedback | Patented | View | |
| 16631760 | Systems And Methods For Positioning An Intracranial Device Using Brain Activity | Abandoned | View | |
| 17575141 | System And Method For Displaying Position Of Ultrasound Probe Using Diastasis 3d Imaging | Patented | View | |
| 15930290 | Methods For Forming An Invasive Deployable Transducer Using Shape Memory Polymer | Patented | View | |
| 16495593 | Annular Integrated Circuit Controller For Intraluminal Ultrasound Imaging Device | Patented | View | |
| 17630244 | Data Processing Method For Ultrasonic Imaging System, Ultrasonic Imaging System And Storage Medium | Abandoned | View | |
| 16428716 | Sensor Interface Device Providing Digital Processing Of Intravascular Flow And Pressure Data | Patented | View | |
| 17817211 | Method And System Of Pulse-Echo Ultrasound Imaging Using Pseudo-Random Sparse Arrays | Abandoned | View | |
| 17397486 | System And Method For Generating Virtual Blood Vessel Representations In Mixed Reality | Patented | View | |
| 16986681 | Ultrasound Diagnosis Apparatus And Operating Method Thereof For Displaying Ultrasound Elasticity Images | Patented | View | |
| 17488722 | Functional Ultrasound Imaging Of The Brain Using Deep Learning And Sparse Data | Patented | View | |
| 16691388 | Thermal Field Scanner | Abandoned | View | |
| 17154415 | Ultrasound Diagnostic Apparatus, Ultrasound Probe Switching Method, And Storage Medium | Abandoned | View | |
| 16753887 | Coherence Gated Photoacoustic Remote Sensing (Cg-Pars) | Abandoned | View | |
| 17190180 | Ultrasound Image Generation Apparatus, Ultrasound Image Generation Program, And Ultrasonic Diagnosis Apparatus | Abandoned | View | |
| 17401024 | Method For Determining Ventricle Contractility Independently Of Load | Patented | View | |
| 17486913 | Respiratory Variation In Internal Jugular Vein Diameter As A Method For Estimating Patient's Volume Status And Ventricular Function | Abandoned | View | |
| 16848244 | Medical Analyzer Using Mixed Model Inversions | Patented | View | |
| 17869748 | Ultrasound Endoscope | Abandoned | View | |
| 16898635 | Ultrasound Diagnosis Apparatus And Program | Abandoned | View |
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