Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: CHEN, PATRICK C

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2625 2816 2836 2842 2844

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

82.4%
Allow Rate
+14.4% vs TC avg
616
Total Applications
+9.5%
Interview Lift
859
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 575 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
29.7%
§102 Novelty
44.5%
§103 Obviousness
20.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18172530 ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT AND CALCULATING DEVICE Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
17816602 FRONT-END CIRCUITRY FOR CELLULAR VEHICLE-TO-EVERYTHING (C-V2X) STATIONARY OBJECT DETECTION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18288832 PARTICLE BEAM ACCELERATOR AND PARTICLE THERAPY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18924210 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CROSS-CONDUCTION DETECTION Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
18899286 ACTIVE ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE FILTER WITH DAMPING NETWORK Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
17223835 ACTIVE ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE (EMI) FILTER FOR COMMON-MODE EMI REDUCTION Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18406435 START-UP OF STEP-UP POWER CONVERTER WITH SWITCHED-CAPACITOR NETWORK Final Rejection pSemi Corporation
19254164 IMPEDANCE MATCHING CIRCUIT AND METHOD Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
19250906 Systems and Methods for Phase Locked Loop Realignment With Skew Cancellation Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18660479 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
18534224 PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18640785 CIRCUITRY TO CONTROL COMMON CATHODE BI-COLOR LEDS IN STORAGE DEVICES Non-Final OA SanDisk Technologies LLC
18309237 FIELD-EMISSION PHOTOCATHODES FOR HIGH-POWER HIGH-FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS Non-Final OA Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
18901402 DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE DEVICE CONFIGURATIONS Non-Final OA AEROJET ROCKETDYNE, INC.

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