Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2117 2118 2126

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.8%
Allow Rate
+18.8% vs TC avg
385
Total Applications
+20.6%
Interview Lift
1155
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 351 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

21.2%
§101 Eligibility
14.7%
§102 Novelty
48.2%
§103 Obviousness
12.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18390260 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INDOOR APPLIANCES Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18198375 System and Method for Multi Image Matching for Outage Prediction, Prevention, and Mitigation for Technology Infrastructure Using Rules-Based State Machines Non-Final OA Bank of America Corporation
18283411 HYBRID MODEL CREATION METHOD, HYBRID MODEL CREATION DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18294590 OPERATION RULE DETERMINATION DEVICE, OPERATION RULE DETERMINATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18532250 AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL DEVICE AND AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
18214105 DEVICE FOR PERFORMING INTELLIGENT LINE PROCESS, SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
18519164 EXCURSION SCREENING MODELS FOR IMPROVING ACCURACY OF EXCURSION DETECTION WITHIN MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18387222 METHOD FOR APPLYING BMC ANALYTICAL LOCAL FAN CONTROL MODEL IN RUGGED ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Korea Electronics Technology Institute
17982994 DEVICE AND COMPONENT STATE PREDICTION AND FAILURE PREVENTION Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
17972538 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAULT DIAGNOSTIC OF PROGRAMMABLE ROBOT Final Rejection AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
18281232 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM Final Rejection DMG MORI CO., LTD.
17987868 ELECTRONIC CONTROL APPARATUS Final Rejection LAPIS Technology Co., Ltd.
18547758 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AN INITIAL VALUE OF AT LEAST ONE PARAMETER AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING A MASS FLOW CONTROLLER Non-Final OA Kuwana Metals, Ltd.
18312476 AGGREGATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Non-Final OA Superior Industries, Inc.
18209590 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE SEQUENCE OF PROGRAM PARTS, PROGRAMMING METHOD, PROGRAMMING DEVICE Non-Final OA Schneider Electric Industries SAS
18434217 Beehive Management System and Methods of Using Same Non-Final OA HiveTracks, Inc.
18482652 SANITARY SYSTEM Non-Final OA GEBERIT INTERNATIONAL AG
18470662 Neural Network Supported Augmented Reality for Technician Support Non-Final OA Bell Textron Inc,
18235736 INTELLIGENT INTEGRATED EQUIPMENT FOR A WHOLE PROCESS OF QUALITY INSPECTION AND TESTING OF ALUMINUM ALLOY AND ALUMINUM INGOTS Non-Final OA Guiyang Aluminum Magnesium Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd.
18168777 EFFICIENT ROBOTIC DEFECT CORRECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection INOVISION SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS, INC.

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