Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: FABIAN JR, ROBERTO

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2811 2877

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.5%
Allow Rate
+3.5% vs TC avg
176
Total Applications
+26.2%
Interview Lift
893
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 123 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.5%
§101 Eligibility
1.3%
§102 Novelty
95.2%
§103 Obviousness
1.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18774473 SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETER AND SUBSTRATE ANALYSIS METHOD USING THE SAME Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18487567 HYPERSPECTRAL COMPRESSIVE IMAGING WITH INTEGRATED PHOTONICS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18543780 ADVANCED CRYSTALLIZATION TESTING APPARATUS FOR PIPELINE APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18689525 Raman Photometer for Simultaneous Multi-Component Analysis, Measuring System and Computer Program Product Non-Final OA Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
18886953 OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18752507 Systems and Accessories for Optical Analysis of Samples on Portable Electronic Devices Final Rejection Apple Inc.
17940970 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-POINT RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS VIA OPTICAL MULTIPLEXING Non-Final OA Purdue Research Foundation
18686416 MICROSCOPIC RAMAN DEVICE Final Rejection SHIMADZU CORPORATION
17952104 AEROSOL DETECTION SYSTEMS Final Rejection Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
18280452 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CALIBRATED LABEL-FREE SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY Non-Final OA Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
18689539 SPECTROMETER AND METHOD OF DETECTING A SPECTRUM Final Rejection NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
17886053 INSPECTION METHOD FOR PELLICLE MEMBRANE OF LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18571281 ANALYSIS METHOD AND ANALYSIS DEVICE Non-Final OA HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
17958005 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR PHENOTYPING OF SINGLE CELLS WITH MULTIPLEXED VIBRATIONAL PROBES Non-Final OA The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
18646553 Spectroscopic Ellipsometry With Detector Resolved Numerical Aperture For Deep Structure Metrology Final Rejection KLA Corporation
18387015 Methods And Systems For Measurement Of Semiconductor Structures With Active Tilt Correction Non-Final OA KLA Corporation
18343390 EUV In-Situ Linearity Calibration for TDI Image Sensors Using Test Photomasks Final Rejection KLA Corporation
18377504 DEVICE MEASURING THE DEFOCUS CURVE OF A MULTIFOCAL INTRAOCULAR LENS Final Rejection THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF KOREA INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
18549192 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTION OF RADICAL SPECIES Final Rejection Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd.
18806648 ALIGNING A LASER AND A WAVEGUIDE USING A SPECTRAL SIGNATURE Non-Final OA DustPhotonics
18560906 ARC SCANNING METHODS FOR LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Thermo Fisher Scientific (Ecublens) SARL
18557497 MONITORING A MILK MACHINE Non-Final OA GEA Farm Technologies GmbH
18421050 FLUID ANALYSIS USING OPTICAL SYSTEMS Non-Final OA STRATEC SE
18634669 IDENTIFYING SUBSTANCES STORED IN CONTAINERS UTILIZING A PORTABLE RAMAN PROBE Final Rejection Wasatch Photonics, Inc.
18619846 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN OPTICAL GAS ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS Final Rejection Servomex Group Limited
18694001 INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING FAULTS Final Rejection WICKON HIGHTECH GMBH
18684676 CLEANING SYSTEM FOR PROBE UNIT Final Rejection PROANALYSIS AS
18684664 SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING GROWTH OF A PLANT Non-Final OA SYMPHONI BIOTECH INC.
18400939 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING SENSITIVITY OF VACUUM TESTING OF VACUUM SWITCH Final Rejection XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
17431754 HIGH-SPEED, DENTAL OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Dental Imaging Technologies Corporation

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