Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2877

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.2%
Allow Rate
+16.2% vs TC avg
787
Total Applications
+11.1%
Interview Lift
927
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 755 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.0%
§101 Eligibility
22.1%
§102 Novelty
45.0%
§103 Obviousness
19.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18825641 METHODS AND APPARATUS OF DETERMINING A STRESS-RELATED CHARACTERISTIC OF A SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA CORNING INCORPORATED
18888068 OPTICAL SENSOR FOR THE DETECTION OF AN HEIGHT PROFILE OF AN OBJECT SURFACE Non-Final OA SICK AG
18681694 MULTI MODALITY ROTARY OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF THEIR USE Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18678469 SITU WAFER BOND PROPAGATION MEASUREMENT Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
17978256 DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, MIRROR CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
18180667 Method and System for Generating a Warp Field Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM
18571038 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTERROGATING A DROP OF SALIVA USING RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY Non-Final OA POLYVALOR, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
18819459 TOPOGRAPHICAL INSPECTION Non-Final OA SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.
18771040 SPECTROPHOTOMETERS AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.
18749755 Method And Apparatus For Mapping Distribution of Chemical Compounds in Soil Non-Final OA S4 Mobile Laboratories, LLC
18574553 LOCAL AREA PHOTOACTIVATION Non-Final OA LUMICKS CA HOLDING B.V.
18716746 MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SPECTROMETER CALIBRATION Non-Final OA Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH
18648345 SOLID-STATE QUASI-COLLIMATION STACK AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM CONTAINING THE SAME Non-Final OA Cerillo, INC
18617894 Plasmonic Device Non-Final OA Ostia Technologies Limited
18268130 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING OF PLANTS Final Rejection Terramera, Inc.
18694315 RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY PROBE AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY APPARATUS Non-Final OA CREO MEDICAL LIMITED
18579745 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYSING A SAMPLE BASED ON DATA Non-Final OA SENORICS GMBH
17938488 SMALL SAMPLE ACCESSORIES FOR OPTICAL SPECTROMETERS Non-Final OA SCIO SOLUTIONS LTD
18033247 A RAMAN PROBE AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR NON-INVASIVE IN VIVO MEASUREMENT OF ANALYTE PRESENCE OR CONCENTRATION Final Rejection RSP SYSTEMS A/S

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