Listed by the USPTO as CHAU, ALAIN
Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2834 3741
This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases
CHAU, ALAIN is assigned to tech center 3700 and art unit 2834, with 599 resolved cases. The profile shows an 80.6% allowance rate and a median of 987 days to allowance. The record indicates frequent allowance outcomes, although the time to allowance remains significant for applicants managing prosecution budgets and product timing.
Interviews correspond with a 25.5% lift in the allowance rate. The listed companies are Rolls-Royce, GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology, and General Electric. The leading firms are Barnes & Thornburg, Bookoff McAndrews, and Davidson Kappel. Counsel can use the recurring industrial focus to prepare technically specific discussions and to frame amendments around the examiner's identified distinctions.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19575281 | FUELDRAULIC HEAT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | ROLLS-ROYCE PLC |
| 18368460 | FASTENER APPARATUS, FASTENER ATTACHING DEVICE USING THE FASTENER APPARATUS, AND FASTENER ATTACHING METHOD USING THE FASTENER ATTACHING DEVICE | Final Rejection | SUBARU CORPORATION |
| 19223008 | SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING ISOTHERMAL COMBUSTION ALONG SET OF TURBINE BLADES VIA VARYING FLUID INJECTION ALONG SET OF TURBINE VANES | Non-Final OA | GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC |
| 18550373 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING A CARDBOARD WITH A LASER BEAM | Final Rejection | BOBST MEX SA |
| 19223102 | PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR JET NOISE REDUCTION | Non-Final OA | General Electric Company |
| 18966518 | POWER CONVERTER TOPOLOGY AND CONTROL SCHEME FOR MITIGATING THERMAL BOWING IN GAS TURBINE ENGINES | Non-Final OA | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY |
| 18550916 | LASER WELDING PENETRATION MONITORING | Non-Final OA | JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED |
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Build Your Strategy80.6% of resolved applications examined by Alain Chau were allowed (599 resolved cases), compared with 68.3% across Art Unit 2834 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +25.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Alain Chau took 987 days on average from filing to allowance.
Alain Chau examines applications in Art Unit 2834 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).
