Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: KWOK, HELEN C

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2855 2856 2861

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.8%
Allow Rate
+12.8% vs TC avg
1,671
Total Applications
+6.8%
Interview Lift
933
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1622 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
11.5%
§102 Novelty
79.4%
§103 Obviousness
2.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17983037 DETERMINING MULTIPHASE FLUID FLOW PROPERTIES Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
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
18324194 Inertial Measurement Device Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18173176 Inertial Measurement Device Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18196767 TOOL BASED WELDING TECHNIQUE MONITORING SYSTEMS WITH TOOL TIP POSITION CALIBRATIONS Non-Final OA ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
18181954 TESTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TESTING A SENSOR, SENSOR SYSTEM Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18425674 STRAIN DETECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA Japan Display Inc.
18335692 ACOUSTIC DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD AND ASSOCIATED KINETIC ENERGY HARVESTER Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
18594862 RAPID PART ASSESSMENT DEVELOPING GOOD/BAD PERCENTAGE LIKELIHOOD Non-Final OA Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
18498415 ACCELERATION SENSOR Non-Final OA ROHM CO., LTD.
18189577 ACCELEROMETER ELEMENT FOR DETECTING OUT-OF-PLANE ACCELERATIONS Final Rejection Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
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
18462006 Soil Sensing Systems and Implements for Sensing Different Soil Parameters Final Rejection Precision Planting LLC
18540201 SENSOR WITH VALVE RELEASE SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection 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.
17524589 GUIDED WAVE TESTING OF WELDS IN PIPELINES AND PLATE STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Southwest Research Institute
18193434 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING SENSORS ON AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE Final Rejection Nuro, Inc.
18280033 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ILLUMINATING AND IMAGING ORGANOIDS AND SPHEROIDS Final Rejection THRIVE BIOSCIENCE, INC.
18244572 COMPACT, PORTABLE PHASED ARRAY SCANNING HOUSING Non-Final OA 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.
18410458 LIGHT HYDROCARBON SAMPLING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Hydrocarbon Analytics LLC
18102070 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WAFER DIE ASSEMBLY BONDING Final Rejection Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
18384186 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ULTRASONIC INSPECTION OF A MATERIAL Non-Final OA BWXT NOG Technologies, Inc.
18249946 A SENSORIZED CLAMPING ELEMENT Non-Final OA TOKBO S.R.L.

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