Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BROWN, MICHAEL J

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2115 2116 3631

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

88.0%
Allow Rate
+36.0% vs TC avg
1,055
Total Applications
+9.0%
Interview Lift
960
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1038 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.7%
§101 Eligibility
20.8%
§102 Novelty
62.1%
§103 Obviousness
1.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18556471 AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROLLER AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18308397 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING THE COOLING OF A DISTRIBUTED COOLING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18798656 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING BUILDING HEALTH Non-Final OA State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
18325672 TARGET DEVICE, METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING RESONANCE RESPONSE OF TARGET DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
18017177 PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA NIKON CORPORATION
18517741 System and Method of Managing Complexity in Factory Planning Non-Final OA Blue Yonder Group, Inc.
18340268 Method and Device for the Additive Manufacturing of a Workpiece Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH
18429542 ENERGY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM INCLUDING SOURCE PRIORITIZATION Non-Final OA GM Global Technology Operations LLC
18418460 FLOOR CLEANING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A FLOOR CLEANING APPARATUS Non-Final OA ALFRED KÄRCHER SE & CO. KG
18530957 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING ELECTRICAL GRID PRIMARY FREQUENCY RESPONSE VIA A FLEXIBLE DATA CENTER Non-Final OA US Data Mining Group, Inc. (dba US Bitcoin Corp.)
18491516 ADVANCED CONTROL AND RELATED METHODS FOR A LOW CARBON AMMONIA FACILITY Non-Final OA KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT LLC
18511560 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL FOR OPERATING A PLANT Non-Final OA Schneider Electric Systems USA, Inc.
18313624 AUTOMATED METHOD FOR EXTRUSION SYSTEM PARAMETER SELECTION IN MATERIAL EXTRUSION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA Shanghai Fusion Tech Co., Ltd.

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