Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: GARBER, ERIN R

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2877 2878 3645

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.8%
Allow Rate
+29.8% vs TC avg
226
Total Applications
+16.2%
Interview Lift
928
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 198 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
0.9%
§102 Novelty
78.8%
§103 Obviousness
18.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18756899 IMAGE SENSOR Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18725244 SYSTEM FOR BODY FLUID ISOMER ANALYSIS Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18548882 SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18922942 AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18730880 SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SENSOR DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18926250 OPTICAL SENSOR MODULE Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics International N.V.
18898049 OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS, OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM, OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY METHOD AND INSPECTION METHOD Non-Final OA DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18039056 OPTICAL ELEMENT, IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGING DEVICE FOR COLOR DEPENDENT LIGHT FOCUSING Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18116187 INTERFACE-BASED THIN FILM METROLOGY USING SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION Non-Final OA KLA Corporation
18795866 SURFACE SHAPE MEASURING DEVICE AND SURFACE SHAPE MEASUREMENT METHOD Non-Final OA Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd.
18844295 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING IGNITION-INDUCING PHENOMENA Non-Final OA Fagus-GreCon Greten GmBh & Co. KG
18809489 METHOD AND SENSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR MONITORING A PROTECTIVE FIELD Non-Final OA ELESTA GmbH Ostfildern (DE) Zweigniederlassung Bad Ragaz
18709984 SENSOR MODULE FOR A MODULAR TOY CONSTRUCTION SET Non-Final OA LEGO A/S
18293540 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING DEFECTIVE BEVERAGE CANS Final Rejection Canpack S.A.
18100716 LIGHT SENSOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SENSORTEK TECHNOLOGY CORP.
17646386 HYPERSPECTRAL SENSOR MODULE HAVING A PLURALITY OF FILTER LAYERS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Non-Final OA Spectricity
17149829 DISTANCE MEASUREMENTS INCLUDING SUPPLEMENTAL ACCURACY DATA Non-Final OA Magik Eye Inc.

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