Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: BAREFORD, KATHERINE A

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1715 1717 1718 1726 1792 3774

This examiner grants 14% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

13.7%
Allow Rate
-56.3% vs TC avg
1,015
Total Applications
+28.6%
Interview Lift
1404
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 941 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
7.8%
§102 Novelty
48.6%
§103 Obviousness
34.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17994181 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18644515 Semiconductor Device and Method of Coating a Semiconductor Wafer with High Viscosity Liquid Photoresist Using N2 Purge Final Rejection STATS ChipPAC Pte. Ltd.
17983166 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LIVERY REPAIR Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
18633076 POST DEPOSITION HEAT TREATMENT OF COATING ON SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA Rolls-Royce Corporation
18253510 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING A DUAL-MATERIAL TURBINE ENGINE DISC AND DISC PRODUCED USING SAID METHOD Final Rejection SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
18280390 REGENERATING METHOD FOR INNER MEMBER OF PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18277797 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BONDED BODY OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS, AND BONDED BODY OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18616504 VISION-CONTROLLED PRECISION PAINT TOUCH-UP SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18523369 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COATING A SUBSTRATE Final Rejection Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18396003 ELECTROLESS PLATING WITH A FLOATING POTENTIAL Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
18565489 FILM FORMATION METHOD AND FILM FORMATION APPARATUS Final Rejection TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
18554836 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
17759648 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
17037142 Systems and Methods for Spin Process Video Analysis During Substrate Processing Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18730160 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE USING CONDUCTIVE FLOATING MASK Non-Final OA SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
19071451 DECORATIVE MATERIAL WITH 3D TEXTURE STRUCTURE, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA BANFERT NEW MATERIALS CO., LTD.

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