Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: LAW, NGA LEUNG V

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1717 1784

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

56.2%
Allow Rate
-8.8% vs TC avg
591
Total Applications
+19.8%
Interview Lift
1170
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 537 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
2.0%
§102 Novelty
90.1%
§103 Obviousness
2.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18556124 PRINTED COIL AND ANTENNA TUNING Final Rejection JABIL INC.
17106145 MASK ASSEMBLY, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., 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.
18088889 TUNEABLE UNIFORMITY CONTROL UTILIZING ROTATIONAL MAGNETIC HOUSING Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
18015340 PRE-COATING PROCESSING METHOD AND PRE-COATING PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC MEMBER Non-Final OA MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18668645 ANTENNA AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
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
17016485 CONFORMAL COATING FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF COATING Non-Final OA HONEYWELL FEDERAL MANUFACTURING & TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
17907959 REACTANT GAS PULSE DELIVERY Final Rejection Lam Research Corporation
17488453 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIRECT ELECTROLESS PLATING OF 3D-PRINTABLE GLASS FOR SELECTIVE SURFACE PATTERNING Non-Final OA Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
18257414 HARD CUBIC AL-RICH ALTIN COATING LAYERS PRODUCED BY PVD FROM CERAMIC TARGETS Non-Final OA Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfäffikon
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
18033245 METHOD FOR APPLYING THERMAL BARRIER COATING AND HEAT-RESISTANT MEMBER Non-Final OA MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AERO ENGINES, LTD.
18498479 METHOD OF APPLYING A DIELECTRIC COATING ON A COMPONENT OF AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Quantinuum LLC
18574476 COATING MATERIAL AND SURFACE COATING METHOD FOR IN-FURNACE STRUCTURE, AND IN-FURNACE STRUCTURE Non-Final OA TOCALO CO., LTD.
17950960 ENHANCED DEPOSITION RATE BY APPLYING A NEGATIVE VOLTAGE TO A GAS INJECTION NOZZLE IN FIB SYSTEMS Final Rejection APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD.
18711083 COATING SOURCE, COATING INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR COATING SUBSTRATES Non-Final OA SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG
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.
18020867 PULSED PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION PROCESS, SYSTEM, AND COATED VESSELS Non-Final OA SiO2 Medical Products, Inc.
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
17980287 PLASMA RESISTANT CERAMIC MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME Non-Final OA KOREA INSTITUTE OF CERAMIC ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

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