Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LUK, EMMANUEL S

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 1742 1744 1774 1791 3664

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.2%
Allow Rate
+19.2% vs TC avg
1061
Total Applications
+26.4%
Interview Lift
1113
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1020 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
15.9%
§102 Novelty
56.2%
§103 Obviousness
16.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18910120 FOCUSED ROTARY JET SPINNING DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
18484485 BLOW-FILL SEALING METHOD FOR FILLING AND PACKAGING Non-Final OA Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
18813513 Injection Molding Device Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18925584 SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING CONTAINERS FROM PREFORMS Non-Final OA Krones AG
18859666 SYSTEM FOR FORMING A CONTAINER PREFORM Non-Final OA AMCOR RIGID PACKAGING USA, LLC
18351741 MOLD AND METHOD FOR FORMING A MOLDED PART Non-Final OA Hubbell Incorporated
18785134 INJECTION MOLDING DEVICE Final Rejection HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18303859 PHANTOM FOR AN OPTOACOUSTIC PROBE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Non-Final OA Seno Medical Instruments, Inc.
18040354 A COMPRESSION MOULDING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVA
18832688 TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENT MOLD AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR RESIN CONTAINER Non-Final OA NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.
18726817 INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE SYSTEM, MOLD, AND MOLDING METHOD FOR MOLDED ARTICLE Non-Final OA THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
18711879 APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL LAYER Non-Final OA ZEON CORPORATION
18906524 ALTERNATING FIELD ELECTRODE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FIBER GENERATION Non-Final OA THE UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION
18852608 MECHANICAL EJECTOR Non-Final OA Merkle Portugal, Unipessoal, LDA
18814114 DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR PREPARING THERAPEUTIC PELLETS Non-Final OA Heraeus medical LLC
18811564 MATERIAL CONVEYANCE IN MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Velo3D, Inc.
18840113 BUILD MATERIAL POWDER PROCESSING UNIT Non-Final OA Arc Impact Acquisition Corporation
18839030 GAS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR BINDER JETTING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA Desktop Metal, Inc.
18785493 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A BUNDLE OF FILAMENTS AND/OR A YARN Non-Final OA Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation
18727342 Material Supply Mechanism, Tray Assembly, 3D Printer and 3D Printing Method Non-Final OA GUANGZHOU HEYGEARS IMC. INC
18715718 ROTARY DEVICE FOR PRODUCING SHOE SOLES USING A CENTRAL RIG WITH 360 DEGREE MOVEMENT AND FREEDOM OF MANUAL SECTORIAL MOVEMENT Non-Final OA Mr. Aghil Nazari Barsari
18725331 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND ARTICLE WITH IMPROVED HEAT TRANSFER Non-Final OA Evolve Additive Solutions, Inc.
18394917 FOOD-GRADE SHAPER AND CONTAINER FOR FROZEN CONFECTIONS Non-Final OA Snowie LLC
18586032 ADJUSTMENT OF A SPATIAL POSITION OF A MATERIAL DEPOSITION DEVICE ALIGNED TO DEPOSIT A STRUCTURAL MATERIAL AT A TARGET POINT OF DEPOSITION Non-Final OA ICON Technology, Inc.
18330098 ENDOSCOPIC LIGHT SOURCE-IMAGING MODULE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA Medimaging Integrated Solution, Inc.
18655428 AIRFORMING CONSTRUCTIVE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Applied Physics, Inc.
18655476 GATE INSERT FOR INJECTION MOLDING Non-Final OA PROGRESSIVE COMPONENTS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
18605769 Spinning-Drawing-winding device and combined machine for industrial bio-based polyamide Non-Final OA BEIJING CHONGLEE MACHINERY ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
17286113 PUMPLESS ENCAPSULATION OF MESSENGER RNA Non-Final OA Translate Bio, Inc.
18355213 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LIMITING OR KEEPING CONSTANT A FLOWING QUANTITY OF LIQUID Non-Final OA Vitaplus Nederland B.V.

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