Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: AHMED, JAMIL

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2636 2877 2886

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.8%
Allow Rate
+13.8% vs TC avg
711
Total Applications
+15.2%
Interview Lift
821
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 683 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.9%
§101 Eligibility
21.5%
§102 Novelty
53.8%
§103 Obviousness
12.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18409718 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE EVALUATION OF NEAR-EYE DISPLAYS Final Rejection JADE BIRD DISPLAY (SHANGHAI) LIMITED
18451145 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTION OF UNITARY PROTRUSIONS IN A SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
17996271 SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, SENSING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18717860 Optical Inspection System for Detecting Surface Profile Defects in Manufactured Webs Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18790793 METHOD OF FAST SURFACE PARTICLE AND SCRATCH DETECTION FOR EUV MASK BACKSIDE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18739798 OPTICAL FIBER CHARACTERISTIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND OPTICAL FIBER CHARACTERISTIC MEASUREMENT METHOD Final Rejection Yokogawa Electric Corporation
18293625 DIFFERENTIAL PATH LENGTH SENSING USING MONOLITHIC, DUAL-WAVELENGTH LIGHT EMITTING DIODE Final Rejection Analog Devices, Inc.
18809402 OPTICAL FILTER FOR AN OPTICAL SENSOR DEVICE Non-Final OA VIAVI Solutions Inc.
18848085 A METHOD FOR DETERMINING A VERTICAL POSITION OF A STRUCTURE ON A SUBSTRATE AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUSES Non-Final OA ASML Netherlands B.V.
18728004 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ILLUMINATION ADJUSTMENT Non-Final OA ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
18224937 LIGHTING MODULE FOR BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA BECKMAN COULTER, INC.
18225657 LIDAR AND LIDAR DESIGN METHOD Non-Final OA SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18884939 MULTI-COMPONENT GAS AND VAPOR MONITORING SENSOR Non-Final OA SAAM, Inc.
18846664 PROCESSING SYSTEM AND PROCESSING METHOD CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY MONITORING SURFACE FEATURES OF OBJECT Non-Final OA GLORY STEEL ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
18884929 RAPIDLY TUNEABLE DIODE LIDAR FOR METHANE DETECTION Non-Final OA QLM Technology Ltd
18813339 METHOD FOR GENERATING DATA FOR PARTICLE ANALYSIS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR GENERATING DATA FOR PARTICLE ANALYSIS, AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING DATA FOR PARTICLE ANALYSIS Non-Final OA HORIBA, Ltd.
18704347 ANALYSIS DEVICE AND ANALYSIS METHOD Non-Final OA HORIBA, LTD.
18835932 PARTICLE ANALYSIS Non-Final OA Malvern Panalytical Limited
18721612 PEAK POSITION MEASUREMENT OFFSET IN A TWO-DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL SPECTRUM Non-Final OA Thermo Fisher Scientific (Shanghai) Instruments Co., Ltd.
18619903 METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR COMPACT OPTICAL GAS ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS Non-Final OA Servomex Group Limited
18611731 OPTICAL INSPECTION SYSTEM OF ELIMINATING IMAGE NOISE Final Rejection Gudeng Equipment Co., LTD.
18029076 DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A DISTANCE, SURFACE THICKNESS AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF AN OBJECT AND RELATED METHOD Non-Final OA LMI TECHNOLOGIES INC.

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