Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: LYONS, MICHAEL A

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2877 3783

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

86.4%
Allow Rate
+16.4% vs TC avg
964
Total Applications
+10.0%
Interview Lift
807
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 940 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.5%
§101 Eligibility
7.6%
§102 Novelty
55.7%
§103 Obviousness
20.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18579809 RAPID DETERMINATION OF DISEASE IN SURROGATE CELLS USING INFRARED LIGHT Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18853865 INSPECTION APPARATUS, INSPECTION SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, INSPECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18894097 DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18041510 LIDAR DEVICE Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18684675 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OBSERVING A BIOLOGICAL PROBE Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18795410 STRUCTURED-LIGHT-BASED TRENCH PROFILE MEASUREMENT FOR PLANTER ROW UNIT Non-Final OA DEERE & COMPANY
18710022 ASCERTAINMENT OF A WAVEFRONT GRADIENT OF A LIGHT ON THE BASIS OF ANGLE-DEPENDENT TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
18144462 IMAGING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Spryte Medical, Inc.
18897819 DUAL FUNCTION GYRO AND ACCELEROMETER WITH SINGLE MAGNETICALLY LEVITATED PROOF MASS Non-Final OA The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
18203172 INTERFEROMETER SYSTEM, METHOD OF DETERMINING A MODE HOP OF A LASER SOURCE OF AN INTERFEROMETER SYSTEM, METHOD OF DETERMINING A POSITION OF A MOVABLE OBJECT, AND LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
18590913 FLATNESS PRECISION IMPROVEMENT WITH SYSTEMATIC ERROR REDUCTION VIA INDUCED WAFER TILT VARIATION Non-Final OA KLA Corporation
17609454 SUBSTRATES FOR SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Final Rejection The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
18848905 HIGH FREQUENCY MODULATION CHOPPER Non-Final OA NOVA LTD.
18777447 WAVELENGTH REFERENCE DEVICE Non-Final OA II-VI Delaware, Inc.
18697122 DEVICE FOR MEASURING BENDING OF AN ELONGATE VERTICALLY ORIENTED CHANNEL Non-Final OA OBSCHESTVO S OGRANICHENNOY OTVETSTVENNOST'YU "PROLOG"

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