Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GARNER, LILY CRABTREE

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3646 3648

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.9%
Allow Rate
+15.9% vs TC avg
604
Total Applications
+14.2%
Interview Lift
1315
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 552 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.4%
§101 Eligibility
21.3%
§102 Novelty
41.4%
§103 Obviousness
29.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19263152 FISSION PRODUCT EXTRACTION SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
19204258 SYSTEM FOR GENERATING RADIOISOTOPES Non-Final OA TerraPower Isotopes, LLC
19121078 MOLTEN SALT NUCLEAR REACTOR AND METHOD OF AUTOMATIC SHUTDOWN OF SUCH NUCLEAR REACTOR Non-Final OA Copenhagen Atomics A/S
18689113 RADIONUCLIDE PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND RADIONUCLIDE PRODUCTION METHOD Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18229901 Nuclear Fuel Assembly Retrofit for Increasing Reactor Power Final Rejection Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18045562 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR THE ENHANCED OPERATION OF HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNITS OF A CONTROL ROD DRIVE MECHANISM TO REGULATE NUCLEAR FLUX IN A REACTOR CORE Final Rejection Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
18017135 SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING UNUSED HEAT-EXCHANGE WATER OF PASSIVE AUXILIARY FEEDWATER SYSTEM, AND REACTOR COOLING CONTROL METHOD UTILIZING UNUSED HEAT-EXCHANGE WATER OF PASSIVE AUXILIARY FEEDWATER SYSTEM Non-Final OA KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.
17422822 EXPOSURE PREVENTION APPARATUS FOR DISMANTLING HEAVY WATER REACTOR FACILITIES AND DISMANTLING METHOD OF HEAVY WATER REACTOR FACILITIES USING THE SAME Non-Final OA KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.
18610522 COMPACT MOBILE REACTOR SYSTEM USING HIGH DENSITY NUCLEAR FUEL Non-Final OA University of South Carolina
18649142 REACTIONS USING FACILITATORS AND MODERATORS Non-Final OA K-Orbital LLC
18633607 MANDREL-WOUND, ECCENTRIC MONOLITHIC FUEL ASSEMBLY CORE, FUEL ASSEMBLY AND REACTOR INCORPORATING SAME, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE Non-Final OA BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC
17994576 CORE PERFORMANCE CALCULATION APPARATUS Final Rejection Hitachi GE Vernova Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
18269673 SYSTEM FOR CONFINING AND COOLING MELT FROM THE CORE OF A NUCLEAR REACTOR Final Rejection SCIENCE AND INNOVATIONS - NUCLEAR INDUSTRY SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT, PRIVATE ENTERPRISE
18281928 NUCLEAR REACTOR WITH A LIQUID METAL COOLANT Non-Final OA "AKME-ENGINEERING", JOINT-STOCK COMPANY
18281954 NUCLEAR REACTOR WITH A HEAVY LIQUID METAL COOLANT Non-Final OA "AKME-ENGINEERING", JOINT-STOCK COMPANY
18405182 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIMITING CONTROL ELEMENT MOVEMENT IN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS Non-Final OA GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
18405368 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED PLANT CONTROL Non-Final OA GE-HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGY AMERICAS LLC
18178883 NUCLEAR MODULAR ISOLATED REACTOR SUPPORT SYSTEM ASSEMBLY AND MODULES Non-Final OA GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
18419046 Customizable Thin Plate Fuel Form and Reactor Core Therefor Non-Final OA HOWE INDUSTRIES, LLC
18580847 METHOD FOR LOAD-DEPENDENT UNLOADING AND/OR LOADING OF A FUEL ELEMENT OUT OF AND INTO A FUEL ELEMENT CONTAINER Non-Final OA Kernkraftwerk Gösgen-Däniken AG
18323548 APPARATUS FOR ELIMINATING RESIDUAL HEAT OF NUCLEAR REACTOR FOR VEHICLE MOUNTING Final Rejection Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
18398626 HYBRID NUCLEAR-HYDRO POWER PLANT Non-Final OA Robin Jerry McDaniel
18150682 SATELLITE LASER FUSION SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA Blue Laser Fusion Inc.
18563538 THERMAL POWER REACTOR Final Rejection SOLETANCHE FREYSSINET S.A.S.
18221613 Nuclear fusion reactor technology developed from several nuclear fusion physics hypotheses which extracts fusion heat to generate electricity and enables the fusion device to perform for long periods of time Non-Final OA Zachary Charles Crouch
18196042 METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR WAVE ENERGY REACTION Non-Final OA Ishikawa LABO Corporation
18025893 Mixed Nuclear Power Conversion Non-Final OA Beam Alpha, Inc.
17924170 SULFUR BLANKET Non-Final OA Beam Alpha, Inc.
17054139 ELECTRON AND ION CYCLOTRON RESONANCE ENABLED FUSION REACTORS Final Rejection Alpha Ring International Ltd.
16611833 TABLETOP REACTOR Non-Final OA Alpha Ring International, Ltd.

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