Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: ISLA, RICHARD

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2829 2858 2859 2867

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.6%
Allow Rate
+8.6% vs TC avg
441
Total Applications
+15.4%
Interview Lift
970
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 411 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
8.9%
§102 Novelty
76.8%
§103 Obviousness
11.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18652163 ISOLATED TEST AND MEASUREMENT PROBE Non-Final OA Tektronix, Inc.
18485257 CUSTOMIZABLE SAFETY ENCLOSURE FOR A DEVICE UNDER TEST Final Rejection Tektronix, Inc.
18777793 BATTERY SYSTEM Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18663193 Electrical and Optical Semiconductor Probe Head Non-Final OA Teramount Ltd.
18654789 POSITION SENSOR Non-Final OA Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
18426447 SENSOR DEVICE HAVING FIRST INDUCTION COIL SET AND SECOND INDUCTION COIL SET FOR DETERMINING POSITION CHANGE OF METAL ITEM Non-Final OA Getac Technology Corporation
18430787 ROTOR FOR INDUCTIVE POSITION SENSOR Non-Final OA SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
18392317 CURRENT-BASED BUILT-IN SELF-TEST FOR CIRCUIT COMPONENTS ARRANGED IN VARIED CONFIGURATIONS Non-Final OA SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
17906872 POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND VITAL SENSOR Non-Final OA NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
18611024 DYNAMIC ON-RESISTANCE AND THRESHOLD VOLTAGE INSTABILITY EVALUATION CIRCUIT FOR POWER DEVICES AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
18776393 NON-CONTACT AC/DC SENSING PROBE AND SENSING METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA RONALD CHI KANG CHOU
18685918 ELECTRO-CONDUCTIVE CONTACT PIN AND VERTICAL PROBE CARD HAVING SAME Final Rejection POINT ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
18484773 TESTING HEAD WITH VERTICAL PROBES FOR A PROBE CARD AND CORRESPONDING METHOD OF ASSEMBLY Final Rejection Microtest S.p.A.
18695994 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COAXIAL TEST SOCKET AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD INTERFACES Non-Final OA ANTARES ADVANCED TEST TECHNOLOGIES (SUZHOU) LIMITED
18687416 PROBE AND SOCKET FOR INSPECTION Non-Final OA Mikuro Spring Co., Ltd.
18586534 Adjustable Probe Tip Non-Final OA PMK Mess- und Kommunikationstechnik, GmbH
18512234 Module for exchanging an interface unit, test system with such a module, method for testing semiconductor elements and for exchanging interface units Non-Final OA Turbodynamics GmbH

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