Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2118 2119 2122 2123 2126 2127 3725 3753 4100

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

66.7%
Allow Rate
+6.7% vs TC avg
802
Total Applications
+11.2%
Interview Lift
1200
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 769 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.6%
§101 Eligibility
22.8%
§102 Novelty
49.6%
§103 Obviousness
19.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17898697 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18652188 DATA FLOW FAILURE DETECTION USING DATA SIGNIFICANCE RANKING ANALYSIS Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18774199 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18503156 CELL DETECTION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
18244718 GATEWAY DEVICE, GATEWAY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18288325 AUTOMATIC DOOR OPERATOR IN ENTRANCE SYSTEM Final Rejection Assa Abloy Entrance Systems AB
18378078 PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection Raytheon Company
18306383 COOLING CONTROL OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES UTILIZING PORT STATUS LIGHTS Final Rejection HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
18585392 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ON-DEMAND VISCOELASTIC MULTI-INSTRUMENT CREATION Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18508644 PREDICTIVE POWER DISTRIBUTION UNIT OUTPUT LOAD SWITCHING FOR INPUT PHASE BALANCING Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18650436 WIRELESS INTERFACE FOR SINGLE PAIR ETHERNET NETWORK IN AN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
18373752 ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL PLATFORM WITH EXTENSIBLE DATA MODEL Final Rejection ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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