Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LAW, NGA LEUNG V

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1717 1784

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

56.1%
Allow Rate
-8.9% vs TC avg
588
Total Applications
+20.1%
Interview Lift
1231
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 533 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
13.8%
§102 Novelty
51.9%
§103 Obviousness
28.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17962692 GRADIENT WITHIN A THERMAL BARRIER COATING AND METHODS OF THEIR FORMATION Non-Final OA General Electric Company
18556124 PRINTED COIL AND ANTENNA TUNING Final Rejection JABIL INC.
18668645 ANTENNA AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18015340 PRE-COATING PROCESSING METHOD AND PRE-COATING PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC MEMBER Non-Final OA MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18042116 A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MULTILAYER MACHINE GLAZED PAPER COMPRISING HIGHLY REFINED CELLULOSE FIBERS AND A MULTILAYER MACHINE GLAZED PAPER PRODUCED Non-Final OA Stora Enso OYJ
18033245 METHOD FOR APPLYING THERMAL BARRIER COATING AND HEAT-RESISTANT MEMBER Non-Final OA MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AERO ENGINES, LTD.
18227485 METHOD FOR FORMING LAYER ON DIFFERENT-DENSITY PATTERN REGIONS Non-Final OA ASM IP Holding B.V.
17864698 SUBSTRATE SUPPORT UNIT, THIN FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA ASM IP Holding B.V.
17016485 CONFORMAL COATING FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF COATING Non-Final OA HONEYWELL FEDERAL MANUFACTURING & TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
18636404 Durable Coated Article Having a Metal Layer Non-Final OA Vitro Flat Glass LLC
17488453 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIRECT ELECTROLESS PLATING OF 3D-PRINTABLE GLASS FOR SELECTIVE SURFACE PATTERNING Non-Final OA Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
18660364 Temperature Cycling Method for Atomic Layer Deposition on High-Aspect-Ratio and High-Surface-Area Substrates Final Rejection The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
18711083 COATING SOURCE, COATING INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR COATING SUBSTRATES Non-Final OA SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG
18498479 METHOD OF APPLYING A DIELECTRIC COATING ON A COMPONENT OF AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Quantinuum LLC
18698315 METHOD FOR OPTIMISING THE ROUGHNESS OF A ROLLING MILL ROLL BY MEANS OF HIGH-SPEED THERMAL SPRAYING Non-Final OA Gregorio FUENTEVILLA DIAZ
18104462 EPITAXIAL STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA GLOBALWAFERS CO., LTD.
18291941 Monopile coating process, monopile and monopile coating system Final Rejection Sif Holding N.V.
18406305 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID METAL FILM USING IMBIBITION PHENOMENA Final Rejection Foundation for Research and Business, Seoul National University of Science and Technology
18557385 Tape Non-Final OA Fujimori Kogyo Co., Ltd.
18271275 Superficial fluorination with elemental fluorine of lithium metal used as anode in lithium metal batteries Non-Final OA Politecnico di Milano
18043529 CORROSION-RESISTANT COATINGS Final Rejection Coatings for Industry, Inc.
18114031 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CATHODIC PROTECTION BY DISTRIBUTED SACRIFICIAL ANODES Non-Final OA VETCO GRAY SCANDINAVIA AS
18020353 PROCESS FOR ACYLATION OF A HYDROXYLATED SOLID MATERIAL Non-Final OA METIVET , Romain

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