Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1774 1797

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.1%
Allow Rate
-4.9% vs TC avg
962
Total Applications
+17.2%
Interview Lift
1101
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 919 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
8.0%
§102 Novelty
75.1%
§103 Obviousness
10.2%
§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 Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18021459 ANTIMICROBIAL METHOD AND ANTIMICROBIAL DEVICE Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18248560 AROMA CHEMICAL PRESENTATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
17971118 CARTRIDGE WITH DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS Non-Final OA Sanofi
18555742 SEALED ELECTRIC BATTERY HOUSING Non-Final OA RENAULT S.A.S
18740072 DISINFECTION SYSTEM OF CONTACT LENS Final Rejection MENICON CO., LTD.
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
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.
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.
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
16855136 VENTILATOR Final Rejection Loewenstein Medical Technology S.A.
18036649 AIR-CLEANING DEVICE AND AIR-CLEANING METHOD Non-Final OA PURESPACE INC.
18303756 MULTIFUNCTIONAL AROMA-DIFFUSOR Non-Final OA MMAS LLC
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
17919117 LASER SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES OF PROCESSING AND SANITIZING AIR FLOW AND SURFACES Final Rejection Nuburu, Inc.
17617666 PLASMA TREATMENT Non-Final OA Loughborough University
17502884 METHOD FOR PROTECTING AND UNPROTECTING THE FLUID PATH IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT ENCLOSURE Non-Final OA VANRX PHARMASYSTEMS INC.
17426527 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING A PATHOGEN POPULATION Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Standford Junior University

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