Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KWOK, HELEN C

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2855 2856 2861

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.9%
Allow Rate
+12.9% vs TC avg
1670
Total Applications
+6.5%
Interview Lift
1006
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1611 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
30.1%
§102 Novelty
41.2%
§103 Obviousness
19.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18551166 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18593217 CROSS QUALITY CONTROL OF MUD LOGGING MEASUREMENTS Non-Final OA Schlumberger Technology Corporation
18562033 TEST WHEEL FOR A DRIVE TRAIN TEST BENCH AND DRIVE TRAIN TEST BENCH Non-Final OA ZF Friedrichshafen AG
18486359 INERTIAL SENSOR UNIT Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18467306 Inertial Measurement Device Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18467235 Inertial Measurement Device Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18324194 Inertial Measurement Device Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18173176 Inertial Measurement Device Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18085197 INERTIAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18196767 TOOL BASED WELDING TECHNIQUE MONITORING SYSTEMS WITH TOOL TIP POSITION CALIBRATIONS Final Rejection ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
18357429 VIBRATION DETECTOR, SOUND WAVE DETECTOR, MICROPHONE, AND WEARABLE DEVICE Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18319469 HIGH RESOLUTION 2D INDOOR LOCALIZATION WITH FIBER OPTIC SENSOR Non-Final OA NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
18425674 STRAIN DETECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA Japan Display Inc.
18397559 THERMAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM Non-Final OA Shimadzu Corporation
18498415 ACCELERATION SENSOR Non-Final OA ROHM CO., LTD.
18628987 DEFORMATION AMOUNT DETECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18404941 SENSOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18189577 ACCELEROMETER ELEMENT FOR DETECTING OUT-OF-PLANE ACCELERATIONS Final Rejection Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
19046005 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED PRODUCTION OF PIEZOELECTRIC ACCELEROMETERS Non-Final OA Industrial Consulting Automation Research Engineering SRL
18097052 DEVICE FOR COOLANT LEAK DETECTION ON PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS Final Rejection NVIDIA CORPORATION
18391708 PIPELINE FLUID PRESSURE FLUCTUATION SENSING DEVICE Non-Final OA Industrial Technology Research Institute
18399039 METHOD, CENTRAL TEST CONTROL UNIT, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
18605862 TESTING APPARATUS FOR FRICTION AND WEAR Non-Final OA TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
18540201 SENSOR WITH VALVE RELEASE SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA Mueller International, LLC
17800386 METHOD FOR SELECTING PRIMARY ODORS, METHOD FOR REPRESENTING, PRESENTING, OR SYNTHESIZING AN ODOR BY COMBINATION OF PRIMARY ODORS, AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME Final Rejection NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
18291564 INVERSION OF SOUND SPEED AND POISSON'S RATIO FROM ULTRASOUND BEAM DATA FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF TISSUES Non-Final OA CLOUDSTREAM MEDICAL IMAGING, INC.
18193434 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING SENSORS ON AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE Final Rejection Nuro, Inc.
18244572 COMPACT, PORTABLE PHASED ARRAY SCANNING HOUSING Final Rejection Verifi Technologies, LLC
18023356 ULTRASONIC STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA
18594731 APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TESTING A FILTER Non-Final OA HAMILTON ASSOCIATES, INC.

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