Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: CARLEY, JEFFREY T.

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2834 2837 3722 3729 4128

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.7%
Allow Rate
+13.7% vs TC avg
832
Total Applications
+26.9%
Interview Lift
1182
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 795 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
17.5%
§102 Novelty
72.0%
§103 Obviousness
9.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17240656 INTEGRATED MAGNETIC DEVICE WITH LAMINATE EMBEDDED MAGNETIC CORE Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18061063 APPARATUS INCLUDING A NON-CONTACT DIE HEAD AND A SUBSTRATE CHUCK AND A METHOD OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18157172 Method Of Forming Conductive Pattern Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18072988 Method For Manufacturing Vibrator Element Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
17988775 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT BOARD Final Rejection Innolux Corporation
17984426 COMPOSITE MAGNET CARRIER Non-Final OA Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
17707078 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE THEREOF Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
18110012 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER ELECTRONIC COMPONENT Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
18489422 ENCAPSULATING ELECTRONICS ON FLEXIBLE FLUOROELASTOMER SUBSTRATES Non-Final OA University of Massachusetts
17975415 METHOD TO MINIMIZE ROUGHNESS ON CABLE END INSULATION SURFACES Final Rejection NEXANS
18069057 METHOD OF MAKING ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE WITH VERTICALLY MASS LOADED MULTI-LAYER INTERDIGITAL TRANSDUCER ELECTRODE FOR TRANSVERSE MODE SUPPRESSION Non-Final OA Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
18064860 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE WITH THROUGH VIA ON MULTILAYER PIEZOELECTRIC SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
18265680 AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRIC AUXILIARY UNIT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
18081536 PIEZOELECTRIC ELECTRODES, UNITIZED REGENERATIVE FUEL CELL HAVING THE PIEZOELECTRIC ELECTRODES AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THEREOF Non-Final OA L&T TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED
18339005 WIRING CIRCUIT BOARD Non-Final OA NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
17919737 METHOD OF FABRICATING PROGRAMMABLE AND/OR REPROGRAMMABLE MAGNETIC SOFT DEVICE, UNTETHERED PROGRAMMABLE AND/OR REPROGRAMMABLE, IN PARTICULAR 3D, MAGNETIC SOFT DEVICE, METHOD OF ENCODING A PROGRAMMABLE AND/OR REPROGRAMMABLE MAGNETIC SOFT DEVICE, AND USE OF A PROGRAMMABLE AND/OR REPROGRAMMABLE MAGNETIC SOFT DEVICE Final Rejection MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
18181141 HANDLE ASSEMBLY FOR INSERTING AND REMOVING AN EXPANSION CARD Non-Final OA Quanta Computer Inc.
18761561 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING A SECURED SUBSTRATE Final Rejection BroadPak Corporation
18650147 OSCILLATOR FREQUENCY MODULATION METHOD AND OSCILLATOR PIEZOELECTRIC STRUCTURE Final Rejection National Central University
18220666 FERROELECTRIC MATERIAL, MEMS COMPONENT COMPRISING A FERROELECTRIC MATERIAL, MEMS DEVICE COMPRISING A FIRST MEMS COMPONENT, METHOD OF PRODUCING A MEMS COMPONENT, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A CMOS-COMPATIBLE MEMS COMPONENT Non-Final OA Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel
18167702 COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE OF FILTER, METHOD FOR MAKING COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE OF FILTER, AND TEMPERATURE COMPENSATED SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE FILTER Non-Final OA FUJIAN JING'AN OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18103251 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING SPACERS ON SPANS OF WIRE Non-Final OA FT HOLDINGS INC.

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