Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KIL, JINNEY

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3646

This examiner grants 46% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

46.0%
Allow Rate
-6.0% vs TC avg
225
Total Applications
+53.2%
Interview Lift
1099
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 176 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.2%
§101 Eligibility
16.5%
§102 Novelty
37.8%
§103 Obviousness
36.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18783094 EXTRACTION OF FISSION PRODUCTS FROM MOLTEN SALT VIA REDOX REACTION WITH REDUCING AGENTS Non-Final OA ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
18031766 NUCLEAR REACTOR Final Rejection MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
17424543 NUCLEAR REACTOR Final Rejection MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
17786501 INBOARD SHAPING USING A MODIFIED SOLENOID Final Rejection Tokamak Energy Ltd
17756955 METHOD AND APPARATUS EMPLOYING VANADIUM NEUTRON DETECTORS Non-Final OA Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
17918462 Computer-Based Simulation Methods for Boiling Water Reactors (BWR) Final Rejection ETH ZURICH
17830655 FUEL ASSEMBLY AND CORE OF FAST REACTOR Final Rejection Hitachi GE Vernova Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
17512591 IODINE TRAPPING APPARATUS AND NUCLEAR POWER STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Hitachi GE Vernova Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
17055743 REMOTE DISMANTLING SYSTEM FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANT HAVING SAME Final Rejection KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18482704 CORE ASSEMBLY SODIUM FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM Non-Final OA TerraPower, LLC
17879722 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DAMAGED SPENT FUEL CANISTERS Non-Final OA UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
17996286 PASSIVE WASTE HEAT REMOVAL SYSTEM ON SECONDARY SIDE OF MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL REACTOR Final Rejection Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research & Design Institute Co., LTD.
17879707 Method of Enhancing Ignition Characteristics of ICF Targets Based on High-Z Shells Non-Final OA INNOVEN ENERGY LLC
18278119 FUEL-MODERATOR INVERSION FOR SAFER NUCLEAR REACTORS Final Rejection Standard Nuclear, Inc.
18366253 TARGET IRRADIATON SYSTEM AND AN EFFECTOR FOR THE SAME Non-Final OA isoSolutions Marketing and Management Inc.
18033326 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING NUCLEAR FUEL PELLETS Non-Final OA FRAMATOME
17544021 Method and machine for testing a spacer grid of a nuclear fuel assembly Non-Final OA FRAMATOME
18043637 IMPROVEMENTS IN GAMMA-ACTIVATION ANALYSIS MEASUREMENTS Non-Final OA Chrysos Corporation Limited
17355150 SUBMICRON FUSION DEVICES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Alpha Ring International, Ltd.
16682875 REDUCING THE COULOMBIC BARRIER TO INTERACTING REACTANTS Non-Final OA Alpha Ring International, Ltd.
17751435 TRITIUM INJECTION TECHNIQUES AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Commonwealth Fusion Systems LLC
17925535 CONTROL OF NOBLE GAS BUBBLE FORMATION IN A MOLTEN SALT REACTOR Final Rejection Ian Richard SCOTT
17148880 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GERMANIUM-68 ISOTOPE PRODUCTION Non-Final OA BWXT Medical Ltd.
17912367 FAST-NEUTRON FLUX RADIATING DEVICE WITH AN IMPROVED SUPPORT FOR A TARGET OF RADIATIONS AND RADIATING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection ENEA - AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L'ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBLE
17905647 MOLTEN SALT FAST REACTOR Non-Final OA STATE ATOMIC ENERGY CORPORATION "ROSATOM"
17884178 SUBMICRON FUSION DEVICES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA ALPHA RING INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
17774534 SELF-POWERED EXCORE DETECTOR ARRANGEMENT FOR MEASURING FLUX OF A NUCLEAR REACTOR CORE Final Rejection Framatome Inc.
17731003 SPACE NUCLEAR PROPULSION REACTOR AFT PLENUM ASSEMBLY Final Rejection BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc.
17687194 MARINE POWER STRUCTURE AND COASTAL NUCLEAR POWER STATION THEREFOR Final Rejection Energie propre Prodigy Ltee / Prodigy Clean Energy Ltd.
17632394 INTEGRATED IN-VESSEL NEUTRON SHIELD Final Rejection LOKI MMR INC.

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