Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: HANN, JAY B

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 1685 2123 2129 2148 2186 2189 2874

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.8%
Allow Rate
-7.2% vs TC avg
497
Total Applications
+34.1%
Interview Lift
1272
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 464 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

13.4%
§101 Eligibility
4.6%
§102 Novelty
69.4%
§103 Obviousness
8.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17994089 COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD GENERATING OPTIMAL INPUT DATA Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17876025 USE OF SELF-ORGANIZING-MAPS WITH LOGGING-WHILE-DRILLING DATA TO DELINEATE RESERVOIRS IN 2D AND 3D WELL PLACEMENT MODELS Non-Final OA Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
17474523 Geometric Learning-Based Method for Discovery of Optical Phenomena in Nanophotonic Structures Non-Final OA Georgia Tech Research Corporation
18074140 ADDRESS SOLVING FOR INSTRUCTION SEQUENCE GENERATION Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17981594 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING DEFECTS IN AIRCRAFT TEMPLATE Non-Final OA Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
17543426 INTELLIGENT RECOGNITION METHOD FOR WHILE-DRILLING SAFETY RISK BASED ON CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA Southwest Petroleum University
17733882 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFECTIVE HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR PRESSURE PREDICTION AND CONTROL Final Rejection Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
17636281 AN INTEGRATED GEOMECHANICS MODEL FOR PREDICTING HYDROCARBON AND MIGRATION PATHWAYS Non-Final OA Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
17902734 SIMULATION METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SIMULATION DEVICE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SIMULATION PROGRAM OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND DATA STRUCTURE Final Rejection TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
17999011 PREDICTING INCIPIENT SEPARATION IN TURBULENT FLOWS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
17981377 CONSTRUCTION LAYOUT USING ROBOTIC MARKING AND AUGMENTED REALITY METADATA OVERLAYS Non-Final OA Trimble Inc.
18072947 Universal Wall Boundary Condition Treatment for K-Omega Turbulence Models Non-Final OA Dassault Systemes Americas Corp.
18608873 ENDOSCOPE SIMULATOR Non-Final OA Airway Limited
18010509 METHOD FOR DESIGNING OF IMPLANT USE FOR THE FINGER BONES Non-Final OA JEIL MEDICAL CORPORATION
17988990 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING RELATIVE PERMEABILITY CURVE BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
17979497 SYSTEM FOR DESIGN VISUALIZATION USING ACTUAL PRODUCT IMAGES Non-Final OA ARCHITECTURAL SURFACES GROUP, LLC
17856141 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERMANENTLY REDUCING CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS Non-Final OA Carbonpath, Inc.
17639518 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR WELL-TO-CELL COUPLING IN RESERVOIR SIMULATION Final Rejection ROXAR SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS AS
17566165 DIGITAL MODEL BASED CONFIGURABLE PLANT OPTIMIZATION AND OPERATION Non-Final OA Pani Energy Inc

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