Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: BAREFORD, KATHERINE A

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1715 1717 1718 1726 1732 1762 1782 1792 3774

This examiner grants 14% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

13.8%
Allow Rate
-56.2% vs TC avg
1,022
Total Applications
+28.4%
Interview Lift
1404
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 949 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
7.8%
§102 Novelty
49.0%
§103 Obviousness
33.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18253510 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING A DUAL-MATERIAL TURBINE ENGINE DISC AND DISC PRODUCED USING SAID METHOD Final Rejection SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
18147733 METHODS OF MANUFACTURING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES USING CARBONYL COMPOUNDS Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17994181 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19215817 DRY FILM Non-Final OA Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A., Inc.
18826714 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID PEROVSKITE LAYER OF CONTROLLED COMPOSITION Non-Final OA Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
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
18277797 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BONDED BODY OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS, AND BONDED BODY OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
19354637 METHOD OF FORMING A PATTERN FOR MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES Non-Final OA Oregon State University
18280390 REGENERATING METHOD FOR INNER MEMBER OF PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech 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
19185246 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
18565489 FILM FORMATION METHOD AND FILM FORMATION APPARATUS Final Rejection TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
18550535 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
17759648 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
18730160 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE USING CONDUCTIVE FLOATING MASK Non-Final OA SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
17753281 OPTICAL FILMS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SUCH OPTICAL FILMS Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18554074 AMORPHOUS AND GRAPHITIC CARBON AEROGELS FROM COMPRESSED XEROGEL POWDERS Non-Final OA THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
18250000 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PARTICULATE CARRIER MATERIAL PROVIDED WITH ELEMENTARY SILVER AND ELEMENTARY RUTHENIUM Final Rejection Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
19220039 HIGH-PERFORMANCE CERIUM-RICH MISCH-METAL PERMANENT MAGNETIC MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Zhejiang University
18550252 METHOD FOR PRODUCING WIRING CIRCUIT BOARD Non-Final OA NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
17956099 METHOD FOR DETERMINING PRINT PATH, PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING METHOD FOR DETERMINING PRINT PATH AND PRINTING METHOD Non-Final OA SEMES CO., LTD.

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