Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: CHEN, PATRICK C

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2816 2842 2844

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

82.2%
Allow Rate
+14.2% vs TC avg
605
Total Applications
+9.5%
Interview Lift
858
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 569 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
15.1%
§102 Novelty
78.8%
§103 Obviousness
3.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18659611 ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA CARUX TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD.
18924210 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CROSS-CONDUCTION DETECTION Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18899286 ACTIVE ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE FILTER WITH DAMPING NETWORK Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18498576 DYNAMIC SIGNAL SLOPE COMPENSATION Final Rejection TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18936301 DIMMERS WITH AN IMPROVED GATE DRIVER CIRCUIT Non-Final OA EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
17816602 FRONT-END CIRCUITRY FOR CELLULAR VEHICLE-TO-EVERYTHING (C-V2X) STATIONARY OBJECT DETECTION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18866714 OBTAINING LOCATIONS OF LIGHT SOURCES OF A LIGHT STRING WRAPPED AROUND AN OBJECT Non-Final OA SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
18557076 An electrical circuit comprising a galvanic isolation between a High Voltage, HV, circuit part and a Low Voltage, LV, circuit part and having an increased creepage distance Non-Final OA SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
18957942 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18288832 PARTICLE BEAM ACCELERATOR AND PARTICLE THERAPY SYSTEM Final Rejection Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18580546 SYNTHETIC LIGHT SOURCE GENERATION APPARATUS, PUPIL DIAMETER VARIATION INDUCING APPARATUS, METHODS, AND PROGRAMS THEREOF Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18502043 POWER SUPPLY UNIT OF AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE Non-Final OA Japan Tobacco Inc.
18531062 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ADAPTIVE HIGH BEAM CONTROL FOR A VEHICLE Final Rejection ZENSEACT AB
18887575 ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA SEMES CO., LTD.
18388851 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING COATING FILM AND INSPECTION METHOD OF COATING FILM FOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING Non-Final OA SEMES CO., LTD.
18977216 ION SOURCE Non-Final OA NISSIN ION EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
18973862 GLITCH MITIGATION IN SWITCHED REACTANCE PHASE SHIFTERS Non-Final OA pSemi Corporation
18866870 LINEAR ACCELERATOR SYSTEM Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER
18936558 POWER OVER ETHERNET (POE++) LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED) DRIVER AND A FIVE-CHANNEL CONTROLLER ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA SGi Technology Group Limited
18309237 FIELD-EMISSION PHOTOCATHODES FOR HIGH-POWER HIGH-FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS Non-Final OA Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
18156171 VOLTAGE DIVIDER CIRCUITS UTILIZING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES Final Rejection TetraMem Inc.
18077270 Inductively Coupled Plasma Light Source with Direct Gas Injection Non-Final OA Energetiq Technology, Inc.

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