Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: CHIN, PAUL T

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3619 3651 3652 3654 3679

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.6%
Allow Rate
+19.6% vs TC avg
1,193
Total Applications
+15.3%
Interview Lift
863
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1161 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
15.1%
§102 Novelty
65.6%
§103 Obviousness
11.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17932371 Robotic Gripping Device for Grasping Handles and Objects Non-Final OA X Development LLC
17801883 Spherical Dexterous Hand for Object Grasping and Within-Hand Manipulation Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17954057 ARRAYED VACUUM END OF ARM TOOL Non-Final OA ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
18154790 END EFFECTOR Non-Final OA YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17926697 DEVICE FOR ROTATING UTILITY POLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POSITION Non-Final OA NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
18768507 Drone mechanism including foldable arm and compressible gripper Non-Final OA IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY
18724524 THIN WAFER TRANSFER METHOD Non-Final OA ACM RESEARCH (SHANGHAI), INC.
18622854 APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE DELIVERY OF ITEMS ONTO SURFACES INCLUDING ELEVATED SURFACES Non-Final OA NILEC SOLUTIONS, LLC
17781359 Spreader Structures for Lifting Loads Non-Final OA Subsea 7 Limited
17971533 ATTACHMENT FOR WORKING MACHINE Non-Final OA J.C. BAMFORD EXCAVATORS LIMITED
17930763 LIFT DEVICE Non-Final OA SMC CORPORATION
18073838 CLAMPING LINEAR ACTUATOR Non-Final OA RAY GIVENS
18071815 Animal Waste Collection Assembly And Methods Of Use Thereof Non-Final OA AMA Innovations LLC
17894846 HIGH-FLEXIBILITY GRIPPER Non-Final OA ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.
17970655 PET LITTER SCOOP ASSEMBLY AND LITTER SIEVE Non-Final OA Jinhua Jiu Miao Enterprise Management Co., Ltd.
17913127 A GRIPPING TOOL, A SYSTEM, A CLAMPING UNIT, AND A METHOD OF HANDLING OBJECTIONS IN A PROCESS Non-Final OA Fynbo Technology A/S
17912225 Adaptor Block For Use With A Vacuum Material Handler Non-Final OA Vacuworx Global, LLC
17841824 Robotic Cell and Method of Operating Same Non-Final OA TECHJIG INC.

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