Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: HANSEN, KENNETH J

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3617 3746

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.0%
Allow Rate
+11.0% vs TC avg
643
Total Applications
+7.9%
Interview Lift
997
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 617 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
4.9%
§102 Novelty
74.1%
§103 Obviousness
20.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18391987 Improving scale control for protecting electric submersible pumps Final Rejection Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18878104 MOTOR, BLOWER, AND CLOTHING ACCESSORY Non-Final OA NIDEC CORPORATION
19119433 PRESSURE SOURCE UNIT Non-Final OA KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19236830 ELECTRICALLY POWERED DEVICE KIT INCLUDING A CEILING MOUNTING ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Lowe's Companies, Inc.
19021783 Regenerative blower Non-Final OA Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
19082599 ELECTRIC LIQUID PUMP Non-Final OA TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
18685022 Method for Detecting a Fault, in Particular an Impeller Blockage, in a Centrifugal Pump, and Centrifugal Pump Non-Final OA KSB SE & Co. KGaA
19063861 WOBBLE PLATE PISTON WATER PUMP FOR USE IN A LOW FLOW GAS PRESSURE WASHER OR A LOW CURRENT ELECTRIC PRESSURE WASHER Non-Final OA ACTIVE PRODUCTS INC.
19059306 AXIAL FAN Non-Final OA DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
18859811 LOW CARBON EMISSION COMPRESSION STATION WITH DUAL USE CAPABILITY Non-Final OA Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie - S.r.l.
18998444 ELECTRIC PUMP Non-Final OA ZHEJIANG SANHUA AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
18841300 ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR Final Rejection MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
18249846 VENTILATION DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE COOLING MODULE Non-Final OA VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
18986373 GYROSCOPIC AIR HANDLER METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Airborne Motorworks Inc.
17433993 AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND/OR MONITORING AN AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM Non-Final OA KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FÜR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE GMBH
18808109 Pump-Based Fluid Flow Meter Final Rejection Fize Medical Ltd.
18364145 UNIFIED VEHICLE PUMP Final Rejection Atieva, Inc.
17697571 HVAC SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE BLOWER MOTORS AND A SHARED MOTOR CONTROLLER Final Rejection Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P.

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