Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2877

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Analysis

Dominic Joseph Bologna serves in Tech Center 2800 and Art Unit 2877, having handled 780 resolved cases. His allowance rate is 83.8 percent. The median days to allowance for cases under his review is 857, which provides an expectation for the duration of the prosecution cycle. With 780 resolved cases, the statistics are grounded in a body of work. This 857 figure is a metric for planning the timing of patent filings.

The data shows an interview lift of 11.8 percent. This metric indicates that conducting an interview with Bologna increases the likelihood of allowance beyond the 83.8 percent baseline. For practitioners, the 11.8 percent lift suggests that personal engagement is a strategy to resolve outstanding issues. The median days to allowance suggests the pace for Art Unit 2877. The combination of the allowance rate and the interview lift makes Bologna an examiner with whom communication is a component of the process.

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

Performance Statistics

83.8%
Allow Rate
+15.8% vs TC avg
811
Total Applications
+11.8%
Interview Lift
857
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 780 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.6%
§101 Eligibility
18.6%
§102 Novelty
49.2%
§103 Obviousness
20.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19223979 RESOLVE PATH OPTICAL SAMPLING ARCHITECTURES Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18888068 OPTICAL SENSOR FOR THE DETECTION OF AN HEIGHT PROFILE OF AN OBJECT SURFACE Final Rejection SICK AG
18781520 METAMATERIAL SENSING PLATFORM BASED ON NANODISK STRUCTURE Non-Final OA KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18775876 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TRANSILLUMINATION Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
18843344 DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
19202888 TWO-PHOTON FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY AT EXTREMELY LOW EXCITATION INTENSITY Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
19123123 OPTICAL COATING FOR ELIMINATING GHOST IMAGES IN OPTICAL METROLOGY TOOLS Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18674470 CALIBRATION KIT FOR RETARDING ENERGY ANALYZER SENSORS Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18998129 DUAL SELF-MIXING INTERFEROMETRY DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA ams-OSRAM Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
18881824 SPECTROMETRY DEVICE, AND SPECTROMETRY METHOD Non-Final OA HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
18879964 LIGHT IRRADIATION DEVICE, MEASUREMENT DEVICE, OBSERVATION DEVICE, AND FILM THICKNESS MEASUREMENT DEVICE Non-Final OA HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
18935934 MOBILE ALBEDO MEASUREMENT BENCH Final Rejection RIO PARANÁ ENERGIA S.A.

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