Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: FABIAN JR, ROBERTO

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2811 2877

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.3%
Allow Rate
+4.3% vs TC avg
174
Total Applications
+27.5%
Interview Lift
893
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 119 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.0%
§101 Eligibility
18.0%
§102 Novelty
67.1%
§103 Obviousness
9.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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 Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
17448069 Interferometric Cartridge System and Related Methods Non-Final OA GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
18621001 ELECTRIC FIELD ENHANCING ELEMENT AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC DEVICE Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18886953 OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
17940970 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-POINT RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS VIA OPTICAL MULTIPLEXING Non-Final OA Purdue Research Foundation
18689525 Raman Photometer for Simultaneous Multi-Component Analysis, Measuring System and Computer Program Product Non-Final OA Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
18400939 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING SENSITIVITY OF VACUUM TESTING OF VACUUM SWITCH Final Rejection XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
17478120 OPTICAL FIBER STATE DETECTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
19127207 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING DIFFUSING SINGLE PARTICLES Non-Final OA Cambridge Enterprise Limited
18686416 MICROSCOPIC RAMAN DEVICE Final Rejection SHIMADZU CORPORATION
18687813 Raman Spectroscopy Device Final Rejection SHIMADZU CORPORATION
18280452 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CALIBRATED LABEL-FREE SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY Non-Final OA Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
18558822 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PROCESS GAS TEMPERATURE AND CONCENTRATION Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18689539 SPECTROMETER AND METHOD OF DETECTING A SPECTRUM Final Rejection NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
18571281 ANALYSIS METHOD AND ANALYSIS DEVICE Non-Final OA HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
17623497 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE OF OBJECT Final Rejection KOH YOUNG TECHNOLOGY INC.
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.
18793772 METHOD AND MEASURING SYSTEM FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASURING OF OBJECTS Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss GOM Metrology GmbH
18387015 Methods And Systems For Measurement Of Semiconductor Structures With Active Tilt Correction Non-Final OA KLA Corporation
18806648 ALIGNING A LASER AND A WAVEGUIDE USING A SPECTRAL SIGNATURE Non-Final OA DustPhotonics
18794674 TRICORDER REFLECTOMETER FOR LATERAL FLOW IMMUNOLOGICAL TESTS Final Rejection MIREYA C. ARONOWITZ
18560906 ARC SCANNING METHODS FOR LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Thermo Fisher Scientific (Ecublens) SARL
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
17439839 NANOWIRE ARRAY FOR USE WITH RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY Final Rejection University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
18684664 SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING GROWTH OF A PLANT Non-Final OA SYMPHONI BIOTECH INC.
18182581 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOSS MEASUREMENT AND POLARITY DETECTION OF MULTI-FIBER CONNECTORS AND CABLES Non-Final OA AFL Telecommunications LLC
18573146 SERS SUBSTRATE COMPRISING NANOPARTICLES Non-Final OA PHORNANO HOLDING GMBH

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