Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1795 2877 3796

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

58.8%
Allow Rate
-11.2% vs TC avg
119
Total Applications
+37.6%
Interview Lift
1057
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 85 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.9%
§101 Eligibility
10.2%
§102 Novelty
53.7%
§103 Obviousness
31.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18537948 POLARIZING FILTER AND POLARIMETRIC IMAGE SENSOR INTEGRATING SUCH A FILTER Non-Final OA Commissariat à I'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
18160511 OPTICAL FILTER APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19040163 SPECTROSCOPIC DEVICE AND LIGHT EMISSION CONTROL METHOD OF LIGHT SOURCE IN SPECTROSCOPIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Konica Minolta, Inc.
18589707 SYSTEM AND PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER-BASED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSOR TO DETECT REFRACTIVE INDEX OF ANALYTE Final Rejection KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
18903584 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VERIFYING THE ALIGNMENT OF VEHICLE DEVICES Final Rejection Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18825152 LASER ALIGNMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA Alcon Inc.
18438222 PHASE MASKING FOR POLARIZATION AND OPTICAL SIGNAL CONTROL IN OPTICAL INSPECTION SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18198073 FINGERPRINTING AND PROCESS CONTROL OF PHOTOSENSITIVE FILM DEPOSITION CHAMBER Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
19169955 QUANTITATIVE FLOW CYTOMETRY LIGHT SCATTER DETECTOR ALIGNMENT Non-Final OA Becton, Dickinson and Company
18643796 ANGLE-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETER USING SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR AND THICKNESS MEASURING METHOD FOR THIN FILM Final Rejection SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
19213369 SPECTRALLY-ENCODED NON-SCANNING IMAGING THROUGH FIBER Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
18924362 CHARGE-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER FOR TIME-DOMAIN DUAL LIFETIME REFERENCING FOR A TRANSCUTANEOUS CARBON DIOXIDE MONITOR Non-Final OA Worcester Polytechnic Institute
18587228 METHOD AND MEASURING DEVICE FOR INSPECTING PHOTOMASKS, AND EUV CAMERA Final Rejection Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
18367208 Mesh Integrity Check Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
18599847 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TESTING FIBER OPTIC CABLE INSTALLATION WITH A LIGHT GENERATOR Non-Final OA Cox Communications, Inc.
18101275 Determination Of The Concentration Of One Or More Substances In A Fluid Final Rejection Fenwal, Inc.
18559942 DIFFRACTION GRATING FOR MEASUREMENTS IN EUV-EXPOSURE APPARATUSES Final Rejection ASML NETHERLANDS B.V
19003580 SUBSTRATE MODIFICATION REGION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD Non-Final OA KUN-HSIEN CHENG

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