Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LOPEZ ALVAREZ, OLVIN

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2117 2121 2125

This examiner grants 48% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

48.5%
Allow Rate
-6.5% vs TC avg
546
Total Applications
+43.8%
Interview Lift
1322
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 515 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.3%
§101 Eligibility
14.7%
§102 Novelty
42.6%
§103 Obviousness
25.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17822626 GENERATION METHOD, ESTIMATION METHOD, GENERATION DEVICE, AND ESTIMATION DEVICE Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18463355 METHOD AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR ENVIRONMENT EVALUATION Non-Final OA Carrier Corporation
18550009 AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
16212092 Dynamic Power Factor Correction On Cross-Referenced Network Identified Devices Final Rejection Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
17710239 OPERATION STATE ESTIMATION SYSTEM, TRAINING DEVICE, ESTIMATION DEVICE, STATE ESTIMATOR GENERATION METHOD, AND ESTIMATION METHOD Non-Final OA CHIYODA CORPORATION
17938379 CONTROL DEVICE FOR MACHINE TOOL Final Rejection OKUMA CORPORATION
18434783 WORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
17037087 METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO MONITOR, CONTROL, AND SYNCHRONIZE DISPENSE SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18183705 MONITORING DEVICE AND COOLING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
18505565 GAS SENSING LEAK MITIGATION UNIT Non-Final OA Danfoss A/S
17928443 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC (EHD) MATERIAL DEPOSITION Non-Final OA THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
17379333 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING AND EXECUTING LOADABLE EMBEDDED SOFTWARE EXTENSIONS IN INDUSTRIAL CONTROLLERS Final Rejection Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
17816098 POWER ELECTRONICS PARAMETER INDEPENDENCY USING MEMRISTOR CONTROL Final Rejection THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
18132579 POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA UT-Battelle, LLC
18301002 DEVICE, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT FOR DETECTING AND EVALUATING ENVIRONMENTAL QUANTITIES AND EVENTS WITH MODULAR APPROACH AND VARIABLE COMPLEXITY Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
17869393 TECHNIQUES TO DETERMINE IMPROVED PRINT CONFIGURATIONS IN HYBRID MANUFACTURING Final Rejection Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
18229874 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND POWER BALANCING METHOD Non-Final OA CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
17310791 CNC-PARAMETER GENERATING METHOD FOR AN AUTOMATED TUBE BENDING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Vetco Gray Scandinavia AS

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