Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LAXTON, GARY L

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2838 2896

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

86.5%
Allow Rate
+18.5% vs TC avg
1116
Total Applications
+6.6%
Interview Lift
863
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1090 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
40.3%
§102 Novelty
34.8%
§103 Obviousness
16.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18050203 VOLTAGE BALANCING IN HALF-BRIDGE VOLTAGE CONVERTER Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18517386 DC-DC CONVERTER AND VEHICLE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18154411 POWER CONVERTER Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18635014 VOLTAGE CONVERSION DEVICE, POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION METHOD Non-Final OA Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
18320804 Secondary side peak current controlled mode flyback converter Non-Final OA Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
18286483 VOLTAGE BOOSTING RECTIFIER CIRCUIT Final Rejection Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
18751670 POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT AND DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18321468 SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE AND POWER CONVERTER Final Rejection FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18617842 MULTI-PHASE VOLTAGE CONVERTER Non-Final OA Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) LTD
17784659 POWER ELECTRONICS ON-LOAD TAP CHANGER WITH A REDUCED NUMBER OF TAPS Final Rejection Hitachi Energy Ltd
18522205 POWER CONVERSION DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA HL MANDO CORPORATION
18752141 IN-VEHICLE CHARGING DEVICE Non-Final OA AISIN CORPORATION
18364088 TRAPEZOIDAL CURRENT CONTROL IN ELECTRONIC TRANSFORMERS Final Rejection VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC.
18507853 POWER SUPPLY UNIT AND DC CONVERSION MODULE Non-Final OA DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
18543335 UNIVERSAL POWER ELECTRONICS BUILDING BLOCK (U-PEBB) BASED DELTA-CONNECTED CASCADE MULTILEVEL CONVERTER Non-Final OA The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
18727784 POWER SOLID-STATE TRANSFORMER MODULE AND TRANSFORMER USING SAME Non-Final OA LS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18270700 POWER INVERTER Final Rejection UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARÍA
18631741 HIGH EFFICIENCY REGULATED HYBRID CONVERTER WITH MULTIPLE CAPACITIVE CURRENT CARRYING BRANCHES Non-Final OA Renesas Design (UK) Limited
18492218 POWER CONVERTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME Final Rejection CHICONY POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18617915 MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTER Non-Final OA Nanjing Silergy Micro Technology Co., Ltd.
18579327 THREE-LEVEL CONTROL CIRCUIT, POWER CONVERSION DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Ace Power and Technology Co., Ltd

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