Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2116 2117 2121 3724 3725 4100

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

83.7%
Allow Rate
+23.7% vs TC avg
881
Total Applications
+23.0%
Interview Lift
942
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 858 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.1%
§101 Eligibility
22.1%
§102 Novelty
58.6%
§103 Obviousness
7.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18887824 AIR CONDITIONER INCLUDING RADAR SENSOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF AIR CONDITIONER Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18935667 MACHINING CONDITION DETERMINATION METHOD AND DETERMINATION DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18816088 WHOLE BUILDING AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18574199 SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18774684 INTERLEAVED SAMPLING POWER CALIBRATION FOR POWER STEALING IN SMART HOME DEVICES Non-Final OA Google LLC
17953539 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL LOOP Non-Final OA Intel Corporation,
18442572 SYSTEMS AND METHODS PROVIDING SURFACE OFFSETS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA General Electric Company
18848007 SPEED-DEPENDANT BLENDING BETWEEN BLOCKS WITH DISCONTINUOUS TRAJECTORIES Non-Final OA Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
18381342 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A CONTROLLER FOR A TECHNICAL SYSTEM Non-Final OA Siemens Schweiz AG
18692028 POWER PROCUREMENT PLAN CREATING SYSTEM, POWER PROCUREMENT PLAN CREATING METHOD, DEALING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA HITACHI, LTD.
18725931 DISPLAY DEVICE, NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE, MACHINING SYSTEM, DISPLAY METHOD, NUMERICAL CONTROL METHOD, AND MACHINING METHOD Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18793711 NETWORK DEVICES FEATURING BATTERY UNITS Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18600768 Heat flow control method and heat flow control system Non-Final OA Inventec Corporation
18556674 IMAGING ENVIRONMENT ADJUSTING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA FANUC CORPORATION
18574405 AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME Final Rejection Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
18281724 OPTIMIZING MANUFACTURING PLANT DEVICES Non-Final OA Andritz Inc.

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