Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3612 3676 3679

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Analysis

Examiner Daniel Thomas Craig works in Art Unit 3612 within Tech Center 3600. He has 30 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 83.3%. The median days to allowance for these cases is 646 days. The data also shows an interview lift of 27.8%. This 27.8% lift indicates that cases involving an interview reach allowance at a higher rate than the 83.3% overall allowance rate. These figures provide a statistical overview of the prosecution environment for this examiner.

The 30 resolved cases in Tech Center 3600 establish the historical performance for Art Unit 3612. An allowance rate of 83.3% means that a majority of applications reached a successful conclusion. The median of 646 days to allowance represents the timeframe for the prosecution process. Because the interview lift is 27.8%, practitioners can see a benefit to conducting a formal discussion with the examiner. These data points from 30 resolved cases offer a factual summary of the outcomes for applications assigned to Daniel Thomas Craig.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

83.3%
Allow Rate
+31.3% vs TC avg
66
Total Applications
+27.8%
Interview Lift
646
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 30 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.8%
§101 Eligibility
19.6%
§102 Novelty
55.3%
§103 Obviousness
22.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18541754 VEHICLE BODY FRAME STRUCTURE Final Rejection SUBARU CORPORATION
18897241 MULTILATERAL FLUID LOSS DEVICE EMPLOYING DEGRADABLE MATERIAL Final Rejection Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18481734 DOWNHOLE TOOL INCLUDING A PACKER ASSEMBLY, A COMPLETION ASSEMBLY, AND A FIXEDLY COUPLED WHIPSTOCK ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18643570 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARBONATED WATER INJECTION FOR PRODUCTION SURVEILLANCE AND WELL STIMULATION Non-Final OA ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
18978390 Work Vehicle Non-Final OA Kubota Corporation
18659046 LOWER VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE Final Rejection HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18635037 VEHICLE SIDE STRUCTURE Final Rejection Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
18944798 JOINT STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE BODY Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
19026930 CONSOLE MODULE AND VEHICLE COCKPIT INCLUDING SAME Non-Final OA HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
18599985 RETRACTABLE BUMPER ASSEMBLY WITH LOCK Non-Final OA Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18938904 BI-DIRECTIONAL METAL TO METAL SEALING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
18575042 CONNECTOR ARRANGEMENT, DRILLING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRO PULSE DRILLING Non-Final OA SANDVIK MINING AND CONSTRUCTION OY
18563181 UNDERGROUND DRILLING RIG TRAMMING CONTROL Non-Final OA SANDVIK MINING AND CONSTRUCTION OY
18702468 DOWNHOLE INJECTION TOOL AND METHOD FOR INJECTING A FLUID IN AN ANNULUS SURROUNDING A DOWNHOLE TUBULAR Final Rejection SHELL USA, INC.
18728247 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEARING SOLIDS FROM A WELL Non-Final OA Production Technologies Australia Pty Ltd

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