Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2858 2867

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

86.1%
Allow Rate
+18.1% vs TC avg
488
Total Applications
+14.0%
Interview Lift
983
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 468 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.4%
§101 Eligibility
20.7%
§102 Novelty
50.1%
§103 Obviousness
12.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18632845 MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF PADS AND METHOD OF DETECTING CRACK OF PADS THEREOF Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18555516 POWER GENERATION ELEMENT, ENCODER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC MEMBER, AND SIGNAL ACQUISITION METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18566095 MAGNETIC DETECTION DEVICE Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18152871 SENSOR SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18835156 SENSOR ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA TDK Corporation
18361209 METHODS AND APPARATUS OF DETERMINING BYPASS OF ELECTRICAL METER Non-Final OA ITRON, INC.
18723367 CURRENT SENSOR Non-Final OA MultiDimension Technology Co., Ltd.
18043369 C-SCAN DATA MERGING Final Rejection Evident Canada, Inc.
18416214 UTILITY METER SOCKET INTRUSION DETECTION (SYSTEMS AND METHODS) Final Rejection THE SOUTHERN COMPANY
18561618 APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A PIT LID Non-Final OA TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED
18508413 Magnetic Rack and Pinion Linear Magnetic Encoder and Position Sensing System Non-Final OA Joral LLC

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