Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 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
959
Total Applications
+9.9%
Interview Lift
880
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 928 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.3%
§101 Eligibility
21.0%
§102 Novelty
33.0%
§103 Obviousness
31.3%
§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
18894097 DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
17996421 DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18664376 Laser Interferometer And Method Of Adjusting Optical Axis Of Laser Interferometer Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18795410 STRUCTURED-LIGHT-BASED TRENCH PROFILE MEASUREMENT FOR PLANTER ROW UNIT Non-Final OA DEERE & COMPANY
18041510 LIDAR DEVICE Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18684675 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OBSERVING A BIOLOGICAL PROBE Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18681914 SUBSTRATE THICKNESS MEASURING DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND SUBSTRATE THICKNESS MEASURING METHOD Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
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.
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.
17609454 SUBSTRATES FOR SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Final Rejection The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
18576115 INTERFEROMETRIC DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Non-Final OA Oxford University Innovation Limited
18848905 HIGH FREQUENCY MODULATION CHOPPER Non-Final OA NOVA LTD.
18590913 FLATNESS PRECISION IMPROVEMENT WITH SYSTEMATIC ERROR REDUCTION VIA INDUCED WAFER TILT VARIATION Non-Final OA KLA Corporation
18777447 WAVELENGTH REFERENCE DEVICE Non-Final OA II-VI Delaware, Inc.
18799510 SURFACE METROLOGY SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA OptiPro Systems, LLC
18776985 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND IDENTIFYING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES IN A LIQUID DISPERSION SAMPLE Final Rejection INESC TEC - INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA DE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES, TECNOLOGIA E CIÊNCIA
17925969 DOSIMETRY SYSTEM FOR PHOTODYNAMIC ANITMICROBIAL THERAPY DEVICE OF INFECTIOUS KERATITIS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
18698422 DOUBLE-MIRROR SHEAR INTERFEROMETER Non-Final OA HOCHSCHULE TRIER
18697122 DEVICE FOR MEASURING BENDING OF AN ELONGATE VERTICALLY ORIENTED CHANNEL Non-Final OA OBSCHESTVO S OGRANICHENNOY OTVETSTVENNOST'YU "PROLOG"
18696649 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAPPING AND RANGE DETECTION Non-Final OA LIDWAVE LTD.

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