Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: BACA, MATTHEW WALTER

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2855 2857 2863 4100

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.6%
Allow Rate
+13.6% vs TC avg
157
Total Applications
+4.5%
Interview Lift
1044
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 121 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

20.6%
§101 Eligibility
12.2%
§102 Novelty
43.7%
§103 Obviousness
23.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18316774 TIRE PERFORMANCE MONITORING SYSTEM Final Rejection AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
18576889 FLUXING CALIBRATION Non-Final OA Illinois Tool Works Inc.
18176292 DATA ANALYSIS APPARATUS, DATA ANALYSIS METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18492212 REAL-TIME FEEDBACK AND MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM FOR DOWNHOLE ENVIRONMENTS Final Rejection HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
18652407 SELF-SUPERVISED VELOCITY MODEL BUILDING WITH UPHOLES AND REFRACTION TRAVEL TIME DATA Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18661009 QUANTIFYING MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES IN THERMAL SPRAY COATINGS USING IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES Non-Final OA Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc.
17921404 AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND MAINTENANCE METHOD IN AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS APPARATUS Final Rejection HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
18439031 Software-controlled Battery Charging and Monitoring of Access CPE Devices Non-Final OA Charter Communications Operating, LLC
18325700 APPARATUSES, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR IMPROVED MAINTENANCE IDENTIFICATION AND SCHEDULING Non-Final OA Honeywell International Inc.
18470157 Condition-Based Method for Malfunction Prediction Final Rejection HITACHI ENERGY LTD
18679865 SWEPT PATTERN PROBABILITY CALCULATION FOR SPEED AND DEFECT IDENTIFICATION Non-Final OA Aktiebolaget SKF
18690838 BINARY CLASSIFICATION OF EQUIPMENT SIGNATURES Non-Final OA Resideo USA LLC
18121941 BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM WITH REMOTE ADVISORY SERVICES Non-Final OA Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
18251977 PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT Final Rejection Lam Research Corporation
18592378 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND IDENTIFYING SHALLOW-STRATUM FOREIGN OBJECTS BASED ON DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING Non-Final OA NANJING UNIVERSITY
18492672 SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR GENERATING A DIGITAL REPRESENTATION OF AN ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection BrightAI Corporation
18108313 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA TeraWatt Technology K.K

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