Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: AKANBI, ISIAKA O

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2877 2884 2886

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.2%
Allow Rate
+8.2% vs TC avg
1,107
Total Applications
+23.2%
Interview Lift
911
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1080 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
37.3%
§102 Novelty
55.5%
§103 Obviousness
1.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18882312 MEASUREMENT OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR METROLOGY INSPECTION AND METHOD OF MEASURING OVERLAY USING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18578067 OBJECTIVE LENS AND SAMPLE ANALYZER Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18828801 METHOD TO DETERMINE LINE ANGLE AND ROTATION OF MULTIPLE PATTERNING Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18330751 ACOUSTIC TWEEZER Final Rejection KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18476551 MODULE PACKAGING ARCHITECTURE TO REDUCE CROSSTALK IN AN OPTICAL SENSOR Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics International N.V.
18846219 APPARATUS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE MEASUREMENT Non-Final OA UIF (UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY FOUNDATION), YONSEI UNIVERSITY
18830278 INSPECTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Brooks Automation (Germany) GmbH
18710879 MISALIGNMENT MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, WELDED STEEL PIPE MANUFACTURING FACILITY, IMAGING TERMINAL, IMAGING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, MISALIGNMENT MEASUREMENT METHOD, WELDED STEEL PIPE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND WELDED STEEL PIPE QUALITY CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection JFE STEEL CORPORATION
18884050 NONLINEAR OPTICAL STOKES ELLIPSOMETERS Non-Final OA FemtoMetrix, Inc.
18282759 CHROMATIC CONFOCAL MEASURING SYSTEM FOR HIGH-SPEED DISTANCE MEASUREMENT Non-Final OA PRECITEC OPTRONIK GMBH
18485286 METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PHASE AND/OR REFRACTIVE INDEX OF A REGION OF AN OBJECT, AND MICROSCOPE FOR DETERMINING THE PHASE AND/OR REFRACTIVE INDEX OF A REGION OF AN OBJECT Final Rejection Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
18705294 Optical Article Inspection Apparatus and Method Final Rejection Transitions Optical, Ltd.
18690967 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUALITY CONTROL OF OPHTHALMIC LENSES Final Rejection Schneider GmbH & Co. KG
18117722 APPARATUS FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF GRAPHENE OXIDE COATINGS Final Rejection Via Separations, Inc.

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