Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: FARAJ, LINA AHMAD

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3772 3794

This examiner grants 39% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

38.9%
Allow Rate
-31.1% vs TC avg
147
Total Applications
+66.8%
Interview Lift
1201
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 108 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.1%
§101 Eligibility
19.5%
§102 Novelty
43.0%
§103 Obviousness
26.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18039765 INDIRECT BONDING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
18149030 FORCE-DIRECTING DENTAL ALIGNER ATTACHMENTS Final Rejection Align Technology, Inc.
18068462 CONVERSION APPLIANCE FOR ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT Non-Final OA Align Technology, Inc.
17531669 ALIGNER STRESS MEASUREMENT USING FLUORESCENCE Final Rejection Align Technology, Inc.
18812193 Proximity Sensor Non-Final OA L'Oreal
17781581 BRUSH FOR APPLYING A COMPOSITION TO THE EYELASHES OR EYEBROWS Final Rejection L'OREAL
18907223 HYBRID ABUTMENT FOR RESTORATIVE DENTAL SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR INSTALLING THE SAME Non-Final OA BIOMET 3i, LLC
17986148 Oral Treatment Device and Related Methods Non-Final OA Colgate-Palmolive Company
18726668 COMB Non-Final OA Dyson Technology Limited
18322028 ALIGNERS HAVING FORCE REGENERATION Final Rejection uLab Systems, Inc.
17007922 AUTOMATIC BITE SETTING Final Rejection James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.
17587686 DEVICES AND METHODS OF TREATING SLEEP AND AWAKE BRUXISM Final Rejection PerioTech, LLC
18299704 Dental Wedges, Matrix Bands, and Dental Separator Rings for Use in Direct Composite Restoration Techniques Final Rejection Burton Dental Innovations, LLC
18152460 ORTHODONTIC ALIGNING DEVICE AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME Final Rejection Inventagon LLC
18013531 METHOD FOR GENERATING RESTARTED ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT PLAN Non-Final OA HANGZHOU CHOHOTECH CO., LTD.
18001960 COSMETIC APPLICATOR Final Rejection KOSE Corporation
18082045 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING ORTHODONTIC ALIGNED TEETH SHAPE Non-Final OA DDH INC.
18078319 Intraoral Device Non-Final OA Perrydigma Research Ltd.
18009454 EYELASH CURLING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CURLING EYELASH USING SAME Final Rejection Ji An WOO
17586402 DENTAL, ENDODONTIC, AND PERIODONTIC TREATMENT METHODS AND SYSTEMS Final Rejection EdgeEndo, LLC

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