Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: DOWNES, NATHANAEL JASON

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1794

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

56.3%
Allow Rate
-8.7% vs TC avg
46
Total Applications
+25.0%
Interview Lift
1299
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 16 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
17.2%
§102 Novelty
51.2%
§103 Obviousness
28.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17881580 APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN GAS Non-Final OA KIA CORPORATION
17864334 LIGHT IRRADIATION DEVICE Non-Final OA HOYA CORPORATION
17525247 Air Purification Apparatuses, Systems, and Methods for Removing Particulates, Volatile Organic Compounds, and Nitrous Oxide-Containing Compounds Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
18017954 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CIRCUIT BOARD Final Rejection Resonac Corporation
18249828 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CERAMIC COATING ON THE SURFACE OF AN ALUMINUM ALLOY SUBSTRATE BY MEANS OF PLASMA ELECTROLYTIC OXIDATION Final Rejection Brembo S.p.A.
18298967 PULSED ELECTRODEPOSITION FOR REVERSIBLE METAL ELECTRODEPOSITION TO CONTROL METAL FILM MORPHOLOGY AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES Final Rejection The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate
17626833 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A GASEOUS PRODUCT COMPRISING HYDROGEN Non-Final OA Oxford University Innovation Limited
17994704 Microplasma Device and System Thereof Non-Final OA National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
18185483 ELECTROFORMING METHOD AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA Unison Industries, LLC
18018798 PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING SYSTEM RADIATING QUANTUM ENERGY Non-Final OA EUNHAE ENC CO, LTD.
18013381 RESOURCE UTILIZATION METHOD OF CRUDE SODIUM SULFATE Non-Final OA Hunan Fortune Environmental Technology Co., LTD.
17923952 PULSATING TIME VARYING FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE COMPONENTS FOR TASTE ENHANCEMENT OF FOODS AND BEVERAGES Non-Final OA Ecospec Noveltech Pte. Ltd.
17974516 Systems, Methods and Apparatus for Manufacturing Helium-3 from a Beam of Protons Non-Final OA Kepler Fusion Inc.
18048613 Ammonia Synthesis System and Method Non-Final OA InfraSalience Ltd.
17860426 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING OF STRUCTURES WITH ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SEGMENTS Non-Final OA Weinberg Medical Physics Inc
17782649 GREEN AND BROAD-SPECTRUM PROTEIN CROSS-LINKING METHOD Final Rejection LANZHOU UNIVERSITY
17695295 AIR SANITIZATION APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection JONIX S.P.A.
17541367 AIR TREATMENT SYSTEM USING PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATION (PCO) Final Rejection Leidos Engineering, LLC
17532113 METHOD FOR PREPARING A DEGRADATIVE SOL, A DEGRADATIVE SOL, A DEGRADATIVE SURFACE, A METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DEGRADATIVE SURFACE AND A METHOD FOR DEGRADING ORGANIC SUBSTANCES Non-Final OA TALOUSHALLINTO SARI HEIKKOLA OY
17608990 PLASMA SURFACE SANITIZER AND ASSOCIATED METHOD Final Rejection ALPHATECH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
17288114 METHOD TO PRODUCE LIGHT HYDROCARBONS BY COx HYDROGENATION IN A DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE PLASMA REACTOR SYSTEM Final Rejection Sogang University Research Foundation

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