Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: KIL, JINNEY

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3646

This examiner grants 46% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

46.4%
Allow Rate
-5.6% vs TC avg
228
Total Applications
+53.1%
Interview Lift
1095
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 179 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
7.2%
§102 Novelty
83.0%
§103 Obviousness
5.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18031766 NUCLEAR REACTOR Non-Final OA 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
18487360 METHOD FOR CONTINUALLY MONITORING THE CONDITION OF NUCLEAR REACTOR INTERNALS Non-Final OA Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
17905704 HIGH TEMPERATURE HYDRIDE MODERATOR ENABLING COMPACT AND HIGHER POWER DENSITY CORES IN NUCLEAR MICRO-REACTORS Non-Final OA Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
17756955 METHOD AND APPARATUS EMPLOYING VANADIUM NEUTRON DETECTORS Non-Final OA Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
17830655 FUEL ASSEMBLY AND CORE OF FAST REACTOR Final Rejection Hitachi GE Vernova Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
18401818 CERMET FUEL ELEMENT AND FABRICATION AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF, INCLUDING IN THERMAL PROPULSION REACTOR Non-Final OA BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc.
17731003 SPACE NUCLEAR PROPULSION REACTOR AFT PLENUM ASSEMBLY Final Rejection BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc.
18482704 CORE ASSEMBLY SODIUM FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM Non-Final OA TerraPower, LLC
18484494 SERIAL HIGH-TEMPERATURE GAS-COOLED REACTOR NUCLEAR SYSTEMS AND OPERATING METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA Huaneng Nuclear Energy Technology Research Institute Co. Ltd.
17055743 REMOTE DISMANTLING SYSTEM FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANT HAVING SAME Final Rejection KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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.
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.
17925535 CONTROL OF NOBLE GAS BUBBLE FORMATION IN A MOLTEN SALT REACTOR Final Rejection Ian Richard SCOTT
17996286 PASSIVE WASTE HEAT REMOVAL SYSTEM ON SECONDARY SIDE OF MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL REACTOR Final Rejection Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research & Design Institute Co., LTD.
17148880 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GERMANIUM-68 ISOTOPE PRODUCTION Non-Final OA BWXT Medical Ltd.
17884178 SUBMICRON FUSION DEVICES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA ALPHA RING INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
17751435 TRITIUM INJECTION TECHNIQUES AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Commonwealth Fusion Systems LLC
17774534 SELF-POWERED EXCORE DETECTOR ARRANGEMENT FOR MEASURING FLUX OF A NUCLEAR REACTOR CORE Final Rejection Framatome Inc.
17687194 MARINE POWER STRUCTURE AND COASTAL NUCLEAR POWER STATION THEREFOR Final Rejection Energie propre Prodigy Ltee / Prodigy Clean Energy Ltd.
16514699 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MONITORING OPERATION OF CONTROL ROD MECHANISMS OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS Non-Final OA ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENT SERVICES CORPORATION
15721927 METHODS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR NUCLEAR FUSION USING LOCALIZED ELECTRIC FIELDS Non-Final OA NONLINEAR ION DYNAMICS, LLC

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