Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: GOFF II, JOHN L

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 1746 1759 1788 1791 2818 3619

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

59.3%
Allow Rate
+7.3% vs TC avg
1,077
Total Applications
+30.7%
Interview Lift
1137
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1039 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
2.3%
§102 Novelty
77.0%
§103 Obviousness
11.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18565327 Sealing Device Non-Final OA LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
18737210 AUTOMATED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING AN INFLATABLE PRODUCT Final Rejection Intex Marketing Ltd.
18721229 METHOD OF FABRICATING A NANOSTRUCTURE LAYER STACK Non-Final OA RAMOT AT TEL-AVIV UNIVERSITY LTD.
18682591 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LABELED ARTICLE, LABEL BULK ROLL, AND LABEL Final Rejection FUJI SEAL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
18485370 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE OPTICAL CONTACT BONDING OF COMPONENTS Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
19074974 FIRE-RESISTANT ROOF SYSTEM AND MEMBRANE COMPOSITE Non-Final OA Amrize Technology Switzerland LLC
18277669 METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATED PLATE AND HEAT GENERATOR, AND DEFROSTER Final Rejection MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
18683416 A METHOD FOR LAMINATION AND A LAMINATION STATION Final Rejection TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
18683323 A METHOD FOR LAMINATION AND A LAMINATION STATION Final Rejection TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
18140454 TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIAL PRINTER AND TRANSFER SYSTEM Non-Final OA The George Washington University
18431509 LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE DOOR ASSEMBLY Final Rejection WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
17926057 METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A PRINTED LAMINATED GLAZING Final Rejection SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
18303674 Fluoropolymer Compositions and Methods Suitable for Copper Substrates and Electronic Telecommunications Articles Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18852308 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LABELLING ROD BUNDLES OR THE LIKE Non-Final OA GREEN PROJECT S.R.L.
18828124 METHOD FOR MAKING A COMPOSITE PANEL AND COMPOSITE PANEL OBTAINED BY SAID METHOD Non-Final OA CATH'AIR
18663063 PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A BOARD ELEMENT COMPRISING CAVITIES Non-Final OA Ceraloc Innovation AB
18720979 AN IMPLANT FOR ELECTRIC RESISTANCE WELDING OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES AND A METHOD OF WELDING BY MEANS OF THE IMPLANT Non-Final OA POLSKIE ZAKLADY LOTNICZE SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA
18643480 COEXTRUDED, MULTILAYER AND MULTICOMPONENT 3D PRINTING INPUTS Final Rejection Guill Tool & Engineering Co., Inc.
18639980 COMPOSITE SHEET, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND COMPOSITE STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Chaei Hsin Enterprise Co., Ltd.
18696516 TOOL AND PROCESSES FOR PICK-AND-PLACE ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Silicon Metamaterials, Inc.
18684039 METHOD FOR THE WASTE-FREE PRODUCTION OF MINERAL WOOL INSULATION PRODUCTS Non-Final OA IBE Anlagentechnik GmbH
18408341 Automatic welding machine and method for thermal joining of material sheets Final Rejection Leister Technologies AG
18390842 LAMINATING APPARATUS WITH LOWER AND UPPER HEATING SYSTEM WITH FLAT HEATERS Final Rejection ECOPROGETTI S.R.L.
18199947 Articles Comprising Polymeric Film Applied to a Substrate Final Rejection PPG Advanced Surface Technologies, LLC
18560977 THIN FILM PAINTS AND METHODS OF APPLICATION ON CORNERS Final Rejection ENTROTECH, INC.

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