Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: KINKEAD, ARNOLD M

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2496 2817 2836 2842 2843 2849 2891

This examiner grants 91% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

91.2%
Allow Rate
+23.2% vs TC avg
1,407
Total Applications
+7.9%
Interview Lift
739
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1393 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
30.7%
§102 Novelty
41.9%
§103 Obviousness
18.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18772352 DATA SIGNAL TRANSMITTERS AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18924876 Wideband Voltage-Controlled Oscillator Circuitry Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18734208 COUPLER-BASED MM-WAVE DOHERTY POWER AMPLIFIER Non-Final OA QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
19052437 SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM CIRCUIT APPARATUS Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
19012580 ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FORMING CONTACTS ON ELECTRONIC DEVICES Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18728224 Quantized Bistable Resistively-coupled Ising Machine Non-Final OA University of Rochester
18683103 QUANTUM CIRCUIT, QUANTUM COMPUTING ELEMENT, QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEM, AND QUANTUM COMPUTING METHOD Non-Final OA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18769333 DOHERTY AMPLIFIER Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
18539540 ENABLING QUANTUM MACHINE LEARNING TO BE USED EFFECTIVELY WITH CLASSICAL DATA BY MAPPING CLASSICAL DATA INTO A QUANTUM STATE SPACE Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18965567 DIGITAL ISOLATOR MODULE HAVING ADDITIONAL DELAY PATH Final Rejection AMAZING MICROELECTRONIC CORP.

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