Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: FINK, THOMAS ANDREW

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2124 2129 3746

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Analysis

Thomas Andrew Fink is a patent examiner in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 2124. The examiner has 552 resolved cases. The data shows that these resolutions resulted in an allowance rate of 65.0 percent. For the applications that reached a grant, the median days to allowance is 1055. The profile also includes an interview lift of 32.4 percent. The 552 resolved cases provide the basis for the 65.0 percent allowance rate.

The 32.4 percent interview lift is a metric that measures the difference in allowance probability when an interview is conducted. The 1055 days to allowance is the median time from filing to the issuance of a patent. These figures describe the prosecution environment for the examiner in Art Unit 2124. The interview lift of 32.4 percent is a primary statistic for evaluating outcomes in Tech Center 3700. The 552 resolved cases represent the full volume of data available for this analysis.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

65.0%
Allow Rate
-5.0% vs TC avg
589
Total Applications
+32.4%
Interview Lift
1055
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 552 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
18.5%
§102 Novelty
49.0%
§103 Obviousness
29.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19318613 BLOWER AND HANDHELD BLOWER Final Rejection Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.
19375386 COOLING FAN SHROUD WITH HIGHLY SKEWED STATORS Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
19477144 Pump Body Assembly and Rolling Piston Compressor Non-Final OA Shanghai Highly Electrical Appliances Co., Ltd.
19190096 AGRICULTURAL SAMPLING SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS Final Rejection Precision Planting LLC
19139270 RADIAL PISTON COMPRESSOR Final Rejection thyssenkrupp AG
19305708 VIBRATION COOLING PUMP, COOLING STRUCTURE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR COOLING PUMP Non-Final OA AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
18503547 MOTOR AND BLOWER USING THE SAME AND CARTRIDGE FOR MOTOR Final Rejection MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.

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