Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Yvonne Trang Follansbee, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1798 2117 3644 3725

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Analysis

FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG has resolved 121 cases in tech center 3700 and art unit 1798. The allowance rate is 53.7%, and the median time to allowance is 1152 days. The record shows an allowance outcome slightly above half of resolved cases, paired with a prosecution timeline that supports careful management of response intervals and claim development.

Interviews are associated with a 28.5% lift in allowance outcomes. Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, and ASM IP Holding B.V. are the leading companies identified. Banner & Witcoff, LTD, Bayramoglu Law Offices LLC, and Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC are the leading firms shown. Their recurring activity provides useful context for practitioners evaluating strategy in this art unit.

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

Performance Statistics

53.7%
Allow Rate
-16.3% vs TC avg
157
Total Applications
+28.5%
Interview Lift
1152
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 121 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.1%
§101 Eligibility
21.2%
§102 Novelty
51.7%
§103 Obviousness
7.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18814837 ABNORMALITY DETECTION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18392538 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH CAPABILITIES OF AUTOMATIC DEVICE CONFIGURATION AND A METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection ASM IP Holding B.V.
18847539 CONTROL PARAMETER ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND CONTROL PARAMETER ADJUSTMENT METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18883383 MEMORY CARD AND HOST DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18406416 ARTIFICIAL WEATHERING OF A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT Non-Final OA Volvo Car Corporation
18830818 MANAGEMENT DEVICE, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18719972 CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18847530 AN AUGMENTED REALITY BASED AUTOMATION SYSTEM WITH A HANDS FREE SELECTION OF A VIRTUAL OBJECT Non-Final OA BASF SE
18860890 CONTROL DEVICE OF MACHINE TOOL Non-Final OA FANUC CORPORATION
17817688 USING SEQUENCE MINING TO PREDICT QUALITY AND YIELD Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17670511 COATING CONTROL SYSTEM, COATING CONTROL APPARATUS, SETTING APPARATUS OF COATING CONTROL APPARATUS, SETTING METHOD OF COATING CONTROL APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
18679130 Industrial Batch Processing Operation Control for Use with Artificial Intelligence (AI) Models Non-Final OA Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
17672955 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT DEVICE FOR MONITORING AND COMPARING ATTRIBUTES OF A BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OVER TIME Final Rejection Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
19010985 THERMAL MODELING FOR COMPUTER NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED FABRICATION Non-Final OA MAKEBLOCK HONGKONG HOLDING LIMITED

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Yvonne Trang Follansbee's allowance rate?

53.7% of resolved applications examined by Yvonne Trang Follansbee were allowed (121 resolved cases), compared with 51.9% across Art Unit 1798 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Yvonne Trang Follansbee?

This examiner's interview lift is +28.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Yvonne Trang Follansbee take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Yvonne Trang Follansbee took 1,152 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Yvonne Trang Follansbee work in?

Yvonne Trang Follansbee examines applications in Art Unit 1798 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).

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