Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: LEE, GILBERT Y

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1742 3673 3674 3675 3676 3753

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Analysis

Examiner GILBERT Y LEE operates within Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 1742. The examiner has managed 1408 resolved cases. The observed allowance rate is 78.8 percent, reflecting the frequency of patent grants among all applications that reach a final disposition. This percentage serves as a baseline for understanding the current prosecution environment under this examiner in Tech Center 3700.

The median days to allowance is 871. This value measures the typical time from the initial filing of an application to the eventual issuance of a patent. Practitioners can use the 871 days figure to estimate the duration of the examination phase. This timeline is a critical factor for strategic planning in Art Unit 1742.

An interview lift of 10.6 percent is recorded for this profile. This metric indicates the difference in allowance outcomes between cases that included an interview and those that did not. A lift of 10.6 percent suggests that direct engagement with the examiner is a factor in the probability of a grant. With 1408 resolved cases, these data points provide a factual summary of the examiner's historical performance.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

78.7%
Allow Rate
+8.7% vs TC avg
1,443
Total Applications
+10.7%
Interview Lift
870
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1410 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
30.0%
§102 Novelty
43.8%
§103 Obviousness
13.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18541712 IMMERSIBLE AND CORROSION RESISTANT SHAFT ASSEMBLIES Non-Final OA CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
18988853 PISTON RING WITH TRAPEZOIDAL OPENING Non-Final OA MAHLE International GmbH
18578779 Flexible Structure Final Rejection KSB SE & Co., KGaA
19328903 SEALING RING ASSEMBLY WITH SPRING ELEMENT Final Rejection Mainspring Energy, Inc.
18206106 MOUNTING PAD, MOUNTING MECHANISM, AND SUBSTRATE TRANSFER MECHANISM Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18910903 PISTON RING Non-Final OA Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
18897039 MULTILAYER GASKET AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Final Rejection SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION

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