Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GARBOWSKI, LEIGH M

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 1737 2825 2851

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

87.8%
Allow Rate
+19.8% vs TC avg
754
Total Applications
+10.4%
Interview Lift
869
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 737 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.1%
§101 Eligibility
32.7%
§102 Novelty
17.8%
§103 Obviousness
21.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18115388 QUANTUM COMPUTER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA Hitachi, Ltd.
18170335 PHYSICAL LAYOUT SYNTHESIS FOR STANDARD CELLS USING SLICE LAYOUTS Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18315074 Power-Efficient Clocking and Clock Shaping Non-Final OA Expedera, Inc.
18022097 QUANTUM CIRCUIT GENERATION DEVICE, QUANTUM CIRCUIT GENERATION METHOD, AND QUANTUM CIRCUIT GENERATION PROGRAM Non-Final OA The University of Tokyo
18187700 Integrated Circuit with FIB-Ready Structures Non-Final OA NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
17924543 VERIFYING FREEFORM CURVILINEAR FEATURES OF A MASK DESIGN Non-Final OA ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
18335184 BUFFER COMPATIBLE WITH SKEW CRITICAL PROTOCOLS IMPLEMENTED IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHODS FOR ROUTING METAL LINES TO THE BUFFER IN THE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Non-Final OA NXP USA, Inc.
18814430 MASK OPTIMIZATION PREFERENTIALLY ACCOUNTING FOR OVERLAP REGIONS Non-Final OA D2S, Inc.
18134497 ALIGNING MULTI-CHIP DEVICES Non-Final OA XILINX, INC.
18128368 TWO BY TWO LOGIC CHIPLET Non-Final OA XILINX, INC.
18268017 System and Method for Automatic Generation of Standard Cells Using Satisfiability Modulo Theory Solver Non-Final OA SILVACO, INC.
18177065 AUTOMATED VERIFICATION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Non-Final OA Celera, Inc.

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