Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: LUK, EMMANUEL S

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1742 1744 1774 1791 3664 3736

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.3%
Allow Rate
+1.3% vs TC avg
1,067
Total Applications
+26.3%
Interview Lift
1036
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1028 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
3.9%
§102 Novelty
82.5%
§103 Obviousness
4.4%
§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
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.
18859666 SYSTEM FOR FORMING A CONTAINER PREFORM Non-Final OA AMCOR RIGID PACKAGING USA, LLC
18832688 TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENT MOLD AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR RESIN CONTAINER Non-Final OA NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.
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
18726817 INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE SYSTEM, MOLD, AND MOLDING METHOD FOR MOLDED ARTICLE Non-Final OA THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
18040354 A COMPRESSION MOULDING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVA
18840113 BUILD MATERIAL POWDER PROCESSING UNIT Non-Final OA Arc Impact Acquisition Corporation
18811564 MATERIAL CONVEYANCE IN MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Velo3D, Inc.
18839030 GAS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR BINDER JETTING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA Desktop Metal, Inc.
18725331 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND ARTICLE WITH IMPROVED HEAT TRANSFER Non-Final OA Evolve Additive Solutions, Inc.
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
18711879 APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL LAYER Non-Final OA ZEON CORPORATION
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.
18655428 AIRFORMING CONSTRUCTIVE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Applied Physics, Inc.
18605769 Spinning-Drawing-winding device and combined machine for industrial bio-based polyamide Non-Final OA BEIJING CHONGLEE MACHINERY ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
18394917 FOOD-GRADE SHAPER AND CONTAINER FOR FROZEN CONFECTIONS Non-Final OA Snowie LLC
18262907 METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING MINERAL CONTAINING PELLETS Non-Final OA 102062448 Saskatchewan Ltd.
17803182 BELLPACKER VIBRATION ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA BESSER COMPANY
15182783 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING AN INJECTION MOULDED PART TO A FINISHED PRODUCTION PART Non-Final OA Exco Technologies Limited dba Neocon
13374441 System and method for creating a venturi effect within an orifice Final Rejection SPHERICAL IP, LLC.

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