Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: KIDWELL, KAITLYN ELIZABETH

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2877

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.4%
Allow Rate
+13.4% vs TC avg
62
Total Applications
+25.4%
Interview Lift
864
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 43 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
1.8%
§102 Novelty
92.7%
§103 Obviousness
4.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18238051 OPTICAL DEFECT DETECTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA RTX Corporation
18505965 Electronic Device with Optical Angle Sensor Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
17512715 OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL DEVICE, DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, AND MOBILE OBJECT Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.,
18762221 PHOTOMETRIC APPARATUS AND PHOTOMETRIC METHOD Final Rejection Konica Minolta, Inc.
18316199 UTILITY POLE INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT BY DAS AND MACHINE LEARNING USING ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE Final Rejection NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
18677360 GAS MONITORING SYSTEM AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING A GAS MONITORING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Airbus Operations S.L.U.
18903476 APPARATUS FOR THE SPATIALLY RESOLVED MEASUREMENT OF A PHYSICAL VARIABLE Non-Final OA Luna Innovations Germany GmbH
18842802 SPECTRUM SCANNING ASSEMBLY AND OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT Non-Final OA INNOLIGHT TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) LTD.
18493382 CALIBRATION SYSTEMS FOR MULTIPLE IMAGE SENSORS OF DIFFERENT LIGHT SPECTRUMS Non-Final OA GM Global Technology Operations LLC
18773248 METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SINGLE-ENDED POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION MEASUREMENT Non-Final OA EXFO Inc.
18698804 PROTECTIVE GLASS CONTAMINATION DETECTION DEVICE AND PROTECTIVE GLASS CONTAMINATION DETECTION METHOD Final Rejection AMADA CO., LTD.
18244582 SINGLE CHANNEL OPTICAL COEFFICIENT DATA Non-Final OA Simmonds Precision Products, Inc.
18549950 CHIPS AND METHODS Final Rejection Imperial College Innovations Ltd
18027834 CONTINUOUS INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA DXCOVER LIMITED

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