Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LAPAGE, MICHAEL P

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2877 2886

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.6%
Allow Rate
+10.6% vs TC avg
803
Total Applications
+34.3%
Interview Lift
983
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 772 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.3%
§101 Eligibility
20.8%
§102 Novelty
43.7%
§103 Obviousness
25.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17886946 METHOD AND DEVICE WITH OPERATION MODE DEPENDENT DEFECT DETECTION Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17898155 FLOW CELLS WITH NANO-PADS AND A HYDROPHOBIC BARRIER Final Rejection ILLUMINA, INC.
18692176 PARTICLE SORTING DEVICE, ORIFICE UNIT FOR PARTICLE SORTING DEVICE, AND PARTICLE SORTING METHOD Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18398723 INTEGRATED OPTICAL SENSOR CONTROLLER FOR DEVICEMANUFACTURING MACHINES Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18671625 CALIBRATION OF SCANNING 3-D PERCEPTION SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Summer Robotics, Inc.
18710778 MULTIPLEX CARS MICROSCOPY DEVICE Final Rejection Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
18787119 MASK CHARACTERIZATION METHODS AND APPARATUSES Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17954362 INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD WHICH USES MULTIPLE IMAGE PROCESSING ALGORITHMS TO ANALYZE A SEALING PORTION Final Rejection RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18917680 OPTICAL TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Yokogawa Test & Measurement Corporation
18909189 LAYER THICKNESS DETERMINATION BY FOUR-WAVE-MIXING SPECTROSCOPY Non-Final OA Monstr Sense Technologies, LLC
18699503 RECALIBRATION OF A 3D DETECTOR BASED ON STRUCTURED LIGHT Non-Final OA TRINAMIX GMBH
18696343 METHOD AND HEMATOLOGY ANALYZER FOR OPTICALLY ANALYZING BLOOD CELLS Non-Final OA Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
18178944 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE, INSPECTION METHOD AND INSPECTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Winbond Electronics Corp.
18587703 SIDE-BY-SIDE OFF-CENTER DIE OVERLAY TARGET Non-Final OA KLA Corporation
18608363 METHOD AND DEVICE OF INSPECTING SURFACE OF INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE Final Rejection CHENG MEI INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18711291 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE THICKNESS OF ONE OR MORE LAYERS OF A MULTI-LAYER FILM Non-Final OA SYNCRO S.R.L.
18648774 Optical Radiation Measurement Method and Device Non-Final OA HANGZHOU EVERFINE PHOTO-E-INFO CO., LTD.
18699884 INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE CURVATURE OF A SURFACE OF A SAMPLE Final Rejection RIBER
17889056 CABLE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD Final Rejection MD Elektronik GmbH
17955559 OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING IMAGE OF PARTICLE Final Rejection FlowVIEW Tek
17895329 SURFACE DEFECT DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD Non-Final OA Laon People Inc.

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