Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1774 1797

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.0%
Allow Rate
-5.0% vs TC avg
954
Total Applications
+17.0%
Interview Lift
1118
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 907 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
21.1%
§102 Novelty
41.5%
§103 Obviousness
30.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17924549 AIR CLEANER Non-Final OA Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
18115793 SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR SANITIZING THE AIR Final Rejection The Procter & Gamble Company
18176952 INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM AND INFORMATION ENCODING ARTICLE Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18021459 ANTIMICROBIAL METHOD AND ANTIMICROBIAL DEVICE Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18032589 LIGHTING SYSTEM Non-Final OA SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
18740072 DISINFECTION SYSTEM OF CONTACT LENS Final Rejection MENICON CO., LTD.
18555742 SEALED ELECTRIC BATTERY HOUSING Non-Final OA RENAULT S.A.S
18253524 DEVICE AND METHOD TO DISTRIBUTE AIR TREATMENT SUBSTANCE Non-Final OA Discovery Purchaser Corporation
18469853 PLASMA-ACTIVATED GAS DISINFECTION DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA Xi’an Jiaotong University
17451311 MODULAR LIGHT DEVICE FOR A BIOLOGICAL FLUID TREATMENT SYSTEM Final Rejection Cerus Corporation
17919117 LASER SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES OF PROCESSING AND SANITIZING AIR FLOW AND SURFACES Final Rejection Nuburu, Inc.
18506209 TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ENCLOSED CHAMBERS Non-Final OA GCMG COMPANIES, LLC
18284390 HYDROGEN PEROXIDE VAPORIZATION AND DECOMPOSITION APPARATUS Non-Final OA WOOJUNG BIO, INC.
18244865 ADAPTIVE AIR QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM Non-Final OA Steven Paperno
18463424 BATTERY ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Battery Graphene Corp Pty Ltd
18277935 DISINFECTION ROBOT SYSTEM AND DISINFECTION METHOD USING SAME Final Rejection CASE LAB CO., LTD
18452245 CORROSION INHIBITOR COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA ChampionX USA Inc.
18272761 AEROSOL SPRAYS, METHODS OF GENERATING AEROSOL SPRAYS, AND AEROSOL DISPENSING SYSTEMS Final Rejection MEDSPRAY B.V.
18346204 FRAGRANCE MACHINE Non-Final OA Guangdong Yeniu Technology Co., Ltd.
17786401 DEVICE FOR DIFFUSING VOLATILE SUBSTANCES Non-Final OA ZOBELE HOLDING SPA
17276977 VOLATILE SUBSTANCE EVAPORATION DEVICE Final Rejection ZOBELE HOLDING SPA
18036649 AIR-CLEANING DEVICE AND AIR-CLEANING METHOD Non-Final OA PURESPACE INC.
18303756 MULTIFUNCTIONAL AROMA-DIFFUSOR Non-Final OA MMAS LLC
18121153 BIOREACTORS CONFIGURED FOR UV STERILIZATION, AND METHODS OF USING UV STERILIZATION IN BIOPROCESSES Non-Final OA ARCOLOGY INC. DBA BIOSPHERE
18043759 DEVICE FOR GENERATING HYDROXYL RADICALS Non-Final OA NOVOA DIZ, Susana
18165537 ANTI-VIRAL GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON FOR GAS PHASE FILTRATION APPLICATIONS Final Rejection CALGON CARBON CORPORATION
18019820 DECONTAMINATION DEVICE, DECONTAMINATION ASSEMBLY, DECONTAMINATION SYSTEM, AND RELATED METHODS Final Rejection GERMFLARE APS
18060885 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING SCENT ORIGINATING IN ENCLOSED STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Manifold Investments, LLC
17916576 REACTION DEVICE, MICROSPHERE PREPARATION DEVICE AND EXTRACTION METHOD AND LIPOSOME DRUG LOADING METHOD Final Rejection BIODOSAGE TECH CO., LTD.
17617666 PLASMA TREATMENT Non-Final OA Loughborough University

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