Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LEE, SANGKYUNG

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2857 2858 2859 2866 3619

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.0%
Allow Rate
+9.0% vs TC avg
187
Total Applications
+4.6%
Interview Lift
994
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 141 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

24.1%
§101 Eligibility
11.8%
§102 Novelty
54.6%
§103 Obviousness
8.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18480412 SURFACE GEOCHEMICAL SURVEILLANCE OF TRACE ELEMENT ANOMALIES TO DELINEATE THE POTENTIAL OF PROSPECT OIL FIELDS Non-Final OA SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
18042601 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18017778 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18275061 METHOD FOR INSPECTING A COMPONENT OF A TURBOMACHINE Non-Final OA MTU Aero Engines AG
17770050 OPERATIONAL KNOW-HOW ESTIMATION DEVICE AND OPERATIONAL KNOW-HOW ESTIMATION METHOD Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
17932007 CAPTURING TIMESTAMP-BASED DATA IN A DYNAMICALLY ALIGNED WINDOW Non-Final OA Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
18484876 OIL LEVEL MONITORING SYSTEM Non-Final OA FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
18476640 SYSTEM FOR MANAGING/MONITORING NATURAL ECOSYSTEM Non-Final OA Hitachi, Ltd.
18371461 BATTERY DIAGNOSIS DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
18160783 Measurement Method, Sensor Device, And Inertial Measurement Device Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18341650 INTEGRATED HYBRID PREDICTIVE MONITORING OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
17956328 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING LONG LENGTH TUBULAR STRUCTURES Final Rejection Expro North Sea Limited
18215861 INTELLIGENT BRIDGE CONDITION MONITORING Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17920512 METHOD FOR DETECTING SOFT SHORTS IN AN ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, TEST STAND AND PRODUCTION LINE Non-Final OA Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
18148151 Method For Determining an Orientation Angle of Inertial Sensors To One Another Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18033676 METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE SERVICE LIFE OF A TURBINE ENGINE PART Non-Final OA SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
18480436 BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND BATTERY MANAGEMENT METHOD Non-Final OA HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18115797 BATTERY STATE MEASUREMENT METHOD Final Rejection HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18048055 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPECTRUM MATCHING FOR HYPERSPECTRAL AND MULTISPECTRAL DATA Non-Final OA Tata Consultancy Services Limited
18296156 ANALYSIS SYSTEM Final Rejection YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
18013300 ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE DAMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND DAMAGE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD Final Rejection Hitachi Industrial Products, Ltd.
17702774 DETERMINATION APPARATUS, DETERMINATION SYSTEM, DETERMINATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation
18311323 ARRANGEMENT INCLUDING A FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE COMPONENT OR ASSEMBLY, AIRCRAFT OR SPACECRAFT, METHOD OF PRODUCING AN ARRANGEMENT, AS WELL AS METHOD OF MONITORING STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY Non-Final OA Airbus SAS
18457942 METHOD FOR UPDATING ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT BREAKER FIRMWARE TO AVOID LOAD DE-ENERGIZATION Non-Final OA Siemens Industry, Inc.
18152466 METHOD AND MEASURING DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A MEASURED QUANTITY RELATING TO A FLOW Non-Final OA Diehl Metering GmbH
18232951 COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION VALIDATION FOR FULL-SCALE TESTING Final Rejection Zhejiang Huadian Equipment Testing and Research Institute Co. LTD.
18342619 IMAGING METHODS FOR DISPERSION ENERGY SPECTRUMS OF SURFACE WAVES, ELECTRONIC DEVICES, AND STORAGE MEDIA Non-Final OA SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY
18212885 MONITORING THE OPERATION OF A LUBRICATION APPARATUS Final Rejection Durable Devices AB
18116490 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AI-BASED PROGRAMMING OF BATTERY AGNOSTIC ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM Non-Final OA BigBattery Inc
17944916 FITNESS TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Final Rejection TRAIN FITNESS INC.

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