Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: LEE, PAUL D

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2857 2862 3629

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

82.4%
Allow Rate
+30.4% vs TC avg
652
Total Applications
+15.5%
Interview Lift
1151
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 631 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

23.6%
§101 Eligibility
10.3%
§102 Novelty
54.3%
§103 Obviousness
9.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18530057 METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO IDENTIFY PALEO STRESS REGIONS FOR DUAL POROSITY DUAL PERMEABILITY NUMERICAL SIMULATION Non-Final OA SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
18465081 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM Non-Final OA SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18502312 VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH SENSOR FUSION TRACK DEVICE AND MERGING METHOD USING THE SAME Non-Final OA KIA CORPORATION
18341487 CROSSTALK CALIBRATION FOR DIRECT TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSOR Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics International N.V.
18113626 UNIVERSAL GAUGE MASTER SOLUTION AT MULTI-BATTERY SYSTEM Final Rejection MEDIATEK INC.
18486613 TEST METHOD VALIDATION USING QUANTUM ALGORITHMS Non-Final OA Red Hat, Inc.
18352153 DEVICE PICK-UP DETECTION Non-Final OA STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
18480129 STATE-OF-CHARGE ESTIMATOR FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERY USING HYSTERESIS MODEL Non-Final OA GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
18387934 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCE SYSTEMS LOCATED BEHIND A TRANSFORMER WITHIN UTILITY GRID INFRASTRUCTURE Non-Final OA Enphase Energy, Inc.
18384447 Method for ascertaining a proportion of defective battery cells, battery controller, computer program, computer-readable storage medium, battery and motor vehicle Non-Final OA Webasto SE
18276901 L0 REGULARIZATION-BASED COMPRESSED SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH COHERENT ISING MACHINES Non-Final OA TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
18522036 ROTATIONAL SPEED ESTIMATION METHOD FOR INCREMENTAL ENCODER Non-Final OA Artery Technology Company
18522161 CALCULATION METHOD FOR DIKE BREACH DEVELOPMENT PROCESS Non-Final OA Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute
18038502 Smart Waste Container System Non-Final OA InnovationLab GmbH
17341008 SPECTRAL ANALYSIS VISUALIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA TELLSPEC, LTD.

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