Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1732 1733 1735 1738

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Analysis

Danielle Marie Carda serves as an examiner in Tech Center 1700 and Art Unit 1732. She has 345 resolved cases. The allowance rate for these cases is 83.2%, and the interview lift is 13.0%. This 13.0% lift indicates that interviews are associated with an increase in the probability of allowance. Practitioners can use the 83.2% allowance rate to evaluate the likelihood of success for applications in her docket.

The median days to allowance is 1014 for the 345 resolved cases. This 1014-day figure provides a timeline for applications that reach a grant. The 13.0% interview lift suggests that direct communication is a tool for reaching the 83.2% allowance rate. With 345 cases resolved, these metrics offer a basis for managing expectations regarding both the outcome and the 1014-day duration of prosecution in Art Unit 1732.

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

Performance Statistics

83.2%
Allow Rate
+18.2% vs TC avg
368
Total Applications
+13.0%
Interview Lift
1014
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 345 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
16.5%
§102 Novelty
49.6%
§103 Obviousness
26.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18414521 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SMOOTHING A CONTOUR OF AN OBJECT FORMED DURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA General Electric Company
18531672 LATTICE CURRENT COLLECTOR WITH BOTH FUNCTIONS OF STRAIN SENSING AND HIGH-TEMPERATURE CIRCUIT BREAKING AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18837633 STEEL SHEET FOR HOT STAMPING AND HOT STAMPED PART Non-Final OA NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
18413467 COMPLEX CONCENTRATED SOFT MAGNETIC AMORPHOUS ALLOYS WITH MULTI-COMPLEX QUENCHED-IN NUCLEI AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
18685250 METHOD FOR RECOVERING VALUABLE METALS Non-Final OA SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
18580943 AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA POSCO CO., LTD
18285178 GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MAGNETIC-DOMAIN-REFINEMENT THEREOF Non-Final OA POSCO Co., Ltd
18681366 VACUUM DISTILLATION FURNACE, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING HIGH-PURITY COPPER PARTICLES Non-Final OA KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18490533 TILE-BASED PRINTING WITH DYNAMIC BEAM SHAPING Non-Final OA Divergent Technologies, Inc.
18268520 LIGHTWEIGHT CORROSION-RESISTANT WEAR-RESISTANT BRAKE DISC, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA OERLIKON METCO (US) INC.
18536652 R-T-B BASED PERMANENT MAGNET MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA YANTAI ZHENGHAI MAGNETIC MATERIAL CO., LTD.

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