Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: DAVIS, SHARON M

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2628 3619 3646 3648

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.0%
Allow Rate
+16.0% vs TC avg
653
Total Applications
+27.4%
Interview Lift
1281
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 606 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
3.2%
§102 Novelty
74.6%
§103 Obviousness
15.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18016777 REFUELLING AND/OR STORAGE NEUTRON-ABSORBING RODS Non-Final OA ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
18593446 Nuclear Reactor with Liquid Coolant and Solid Fuel Assemblies, Integrating a System of Evacuation of the Nominal Power with Liquid Metal Bath and Material(s) (MCP) for the Evacuation of the Residual Power in the Event of an Accident Non-Final OA COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
18260439 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A NEUTRON ABSORBER IN A FLUID Non-Final OA COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
18156629 LIGHT WATER NUCLEAR REACTOR (LWR), IN PARTICULAR PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR (PWR) OR BOILING WATER REACTOR (BWR), WITH A HEAT SINK ON THE GROUND AND INCORPORATING AN AUTONOMOUS DECAY HEAT REMOVAL (DHR) SYSTEM Non-Final OA COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
18158250 CERAMIC COATING FOR CORROSION RESISTANCE OF NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING Non-Final OA The Penn State Research Foundation
18522447 MOLTEN SALT REACTOR WITH HORIZONTALLY ACTUATED CONTROL BLADE Non-Final OA Natura Resources LLC
18623824 SEGMENTED FUEL ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN A NUCLEAR REACTOR Non-Final OA Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
18253982 CHROMIUM ALLOYS FOR COATING NUCLEAR FUEL RODS Non-Final OA Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
18037196 CYCLOTRON TARGET AND LANTHANUM THERANOSTIC PAIR FOR NUCLEAR MEDICINE Non-Final OA The Governors of the University of Alberta
18118206 FUEL BUNDLE WITH TWISTED RIBBON FUEL RODLETS FOR NUCLEAR THERMAL PROPULSION APPLICATIONS, STRUCTURES FOR MANUFACTURE, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE Non-Final OA BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC
18616833 ORGANIC IODINE TRAPPING APPARATUS AND ORGANIC IODINE TRAPPING METHOD Non-Final OA Hitachi GE Vernova Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
18596875 NEUTRON GENERATOR USING SUPERCONDUCTING COILS FOR ELECTROSTATIC HEATING AND MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT Non-Final OA Horne Technologies, Inc.
18514212 Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Electrode Non-Final OA Clandestine Materials Detection, Inc.
18556797 COMPONENTS FOR AN APPARATUS THAT PRODUCES A NEUTRON FLUX Non-Final OA OXFORD SIGMA LIMITED
18274927 Method and Device for Energy Production and Synthesis of Rare Metals by Transmutation and Nuclear Fusion Non-Final OA Morou Boukari
18264868 MOLTEN SALT FISSION REACTOR WITH INTEGRATED PRIMARY EXCHANGER AND ELECTROGENERATOR COMPRISING SUCH A REACTOR Non-Final OA NAAREA
18354637 Systems, Methods and Apparatus of an Experimental Nuclear Fusion Reactor having a Hollow Toroidal Interior Chamber with a Rifled Interior Surface Non-Final OA Kepler Fusion Inc.
18216539 A SENSOR DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR DETECTING FISSILE MATERIAL Final Rejection Focused Energy GmbH
18341760 POOL TYPE LIQUID METAL COOLED MOLTEN SALT REACTOR Final Rejection Alpha Tech Research Corp.
18329861 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPLICATIONS OF INTERSTITIAL PSEUDO-MUON FUSION Non-Final OA LEMMA HOLDINGS INC.
18039344 FLOATING MAINTENANCE PLATFORM FOR NUCLEAR FACILITY Final Rejection FRAMATOME
18018543 NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAID CLADDING ELEMENT Final Rejection FRAMATOME
18123205 Modular Space Reactor Systems and Methods of Use Non-Final OA Katalyst-Atomos Transition, LLC
18092833 RETROFIT FOR FISSION REACTOR Final Rejection Alpha Ring International, Ltd.
17290358 DUAL FLUID REACTOR - VARIANT WITH LIQUID METAL FISSIONABLE MATERIAL (DFR/M) Final Rejection Armin HUKE

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