Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: DOAN, NGHIA M

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2189 2825 2851

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

86.9%
Allow Rate
+18.9% vs TC avg
1028
Total Applications
+17.4%
Interview Lift
971
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1004 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.2%
§101 Eligibility
26.4%
§102 Novelty
27.6%
§103 Obviousness
19.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18442152 MULTI-CELL BATTERY FAULT INDICATOR Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18512792 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETECT CELL-INTERNAL DEFECTS Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18089546 SCAN CHAIN DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY USING HIGH VOLUME MANUFACTURING FUNCTIONAL TESTING Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18301289 Storage Medium, Quantum Chemical Computing Method, and Quantum Chemical Computing Device Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
18315904 Learning-Based Macro Placement with Quality of Human Experts Non-Final OA MediaTek Inc.
18087443 DIGITAL ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
18065053 SYNTHETIC DATA FOR 2D PATHFINDING Final Rejection THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
18814428 MASK OPTIMIZATION FOR LAYER ACCOUNTING FOR OVERLAP WITH OTHER LAYERS Non-Final OA D2S, Inc.
18028413 HOLDING DEVICE FOR ARRANGEMENT ON A BATTERY PACK OF A MACHINE TOOL Non-Final OA Festool GmbH
18203662 LAYOUT METHOD AND APPLICATION OF SCALABLE MULTI-DIE NETWORK-ON-CHIP FPGA ARCHITECTURE Non-Final OA SHANGHAITECH UNIVERSITY
18305350 METHOD FOR FULL-CHIP QUICK SIMULATION OF NEGATIVE TONE DEVELOPMENT PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY PROCESS, NEGATIVE TONE DEVELOPMENT PHOTORESIST MODEL, OPC MODEL, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA DONGFANG JINGYUAN ELECTRON CO., LTD.
17863500 QUANTUM CIRCUIT FOR SIMULATING BOUNDARY OPERATOR Non-Final OA University of the Witwatersrand

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