Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: AMARA, MOHAMED K

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1718 2800 2817 2877 2886 2899 3723

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Analysis

Mohamed K Amara is assigned to Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 1718. The examiner has 714 resolved cases, maintaining an allowance rate of 75.8 percent. This 75.8 percent rate indicates a generally positive outlook for patent grants, with a high majority of applications being successful. The median days to allowance is 930, which is an efficient timeframe for this volume of cases.

An interview lift of 29.8 percent demonstrates the value of direct communication with this examiner. This 29.8 percent lift can be a decisive factor in securing an allowance within the 930-day median timeframe. With 714 resolved cases, the examiner's statistics are based on a large sample size, suggesting consistent performance over time. The 75.8 percent allowance rate remains a strong baseline, and the added benefit of an interview makes it a highly recommended strategy for practitioners. The data indicates a predictable and applicant-friendly prosecution environment.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

75.8%
Allow Rate
+5.8% vs TC avg
758
Total Applications
+29.8%
Interview Lift
930
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 715 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.1%
§101 Eligibility
8.2%
§102 Novelty
59.7%
§103 Obviousness
28.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18647240 DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFORMING MEASUREMENT DATA Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19091540 OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS WITH MULTI-WAVELENGTH EMISSION Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
19082374 Laser Interferometer And Spectroscopic Apparatus Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18122759 SPECTROSCOPE AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM Final Rejection RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
17578858 INTERFEROMETER OPTIC MATERIAL AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
18026059 SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING AGENT Final Rejection DAICEL CORPORATION
19220961 QUANTITATIVE PHASE IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, QUANTITATIVE PHASE IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NIKON CORPORATION
19175014 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEASURING DEVICE, AND MEASURING METHOD Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18574020 ANALYSIS DEVICE AND ANALYSIS METHOD Non-Final OA HORIBA, LTD.
18544117 Non-Contact Dynamic Displacement Measurement of Structures Using a Moving Laser Doppler Vibrometer Non-Final OA UNM Rainforest Innovations
18926083 PHOSPHOR COMPOSITIONS AND LIGHT SOURCES FOR SWIR SPECTROSCOPY Non-Final OA LUMILEDS LLC
18706789 WAVEFRONT MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND WAVEFRONT MEASUREMENT METHOD Final Rejection HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
18863624 CONTAMINATION MEASUREMENT Final Rejection ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
18568585 INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR RETICLE PARTICLE DETECTION USING A STRUCTURAL ILLUMINATION WITH APERTURE APODIZATION Final Rejection ASML Netherlands B.V.
19078319 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING A PARTICLE Non-Final OA Q.ant GmbH
18014701 INTERFEROMETRIC SCATTERING CORRELATION (ISCORR) MICROSCOPY Non-Final OA Cambridge Enterprise Limited
18368000 Device For Monitoring Properties of A Laser Beam Non-Final OA II-VI Delaware, Inc.
18611339 APPARATUS FOR TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENT USING BANDWIDTH-LIMITED DIGITAL-PULSE LIGHT MODULATION AND METHODS Final Rejection The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
18939115 AUTOFOCUS FUNCTIONALITY IN OPTICAL SAMPLE ANALYSIS Non-Final OA Illumina, Inc.
18983330 OPTICAL SPECKLE RECEIVER Non-Final OA ROCKLEY PHOTONICS LIMITED
18736769 Relative intensity noise Cat's-eye swept source laser for OCT and spectroscopy Final Rejection KineoLabs, Inc.

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