Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1726 1757

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

56.3%
Allow Rate
-8.7% vs TC avg
533
Total Applications
+47.1%
Interview Lift
1002
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 476 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
22.7%
§102 Novelty
45.2%
§103 Obviousness
28.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18960568 ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS, DEVICES, AND METHODS Non-Final OA Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
18268561 ELECTRODE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SOLAR CELL Non-Final OA IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
19221231 BACK CONTACT SOLAR CELL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE Non-Final OA LONGI GREEN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18335556 PHOTOVOLTAIC METAL ROOFING SYSTEM Final Rejection AUO Corporation
19115482 PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Energy Materials Corporation
19074765 PHOTOVOLTAIC ELEMENT Non-Final OA SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
17680716 Photovoltaic Devices and Methods of Making the Same Final Rejection NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
19065968 SOLAR CELL, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE Non-Final OA JINKO SOLAR (HAINING) CO., LTD.
19016769 BASEPLATES FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES Final Rejection GAF Energy LLC
19014988 BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS Non-Final OA GAF Energy LLC
18506584 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection GAF Energy LLC
18088314 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES FOR COMMERCIAL ROOFING Final Rejection GAF Energy LLC
18602336 Apparatus, System, and Method for Vertical Solar Panels Non-Final OA Solaredge Technologies Ltd.
19013422 METHOD OF DEPOSITING A PEROVSKITE MATERIAL Non-Final OA OXFORD PHOTOVOLTAICS LIMITED
18845680 PROCESS FOR MAKING MULTICOMPONENT PEROVSKITES Non-Final OA OXFORD PHOTOVOLTAICS LIMITED
18757693 SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, PHOTOVOTAIC MODULE, AND PHOTOVOTAIC SYSTEM Non-Final OA TRINA SOLAR CO., LTD.
18287614 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE Final Rejection TRINA SOLAR CO., LTD.
18204917 FRONT SURFACE ANTI-REFLECTION COATING FOR SOLAR CELLS Final Rejection Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd.
18202483 FRONT SURFACE ANTI-REFLECTION COATING FOR SOLAR CELLS Final Rejection Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd.
18928922 UBIQUITOUS ENERGY FUSION AND HARVESTING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Beijing Institute of Technology
18926714 DRONE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Sphere Drones Holdings Pty Ltd
18922732 DEVICE AND METHODS FOR ARTICULATING SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS WITH BALANCED HORIZONTAL SCISSOR CANTILEVER BEAMS Non-Final OA Southern Beams Builds, Inc
18277153 Materials and Methods for Hole Transport Layers in Perovskite Photovoltaic Devices Final Rejection Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
17661882 OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH ORGANOMETAL PEROVSKITES WITH MIXED ANIONS Final Rejection OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED
18827726 PORTABLE SOLAR POWER DEVICE Final Rejection Ecamsecure
18827669 EXPANDABLE SOLAR PANEL ARRAY Non-Final OA Dartsolar LLC
18843176 MULTIPLE CABLE, COLUMN AND BEAM STRUCTURES FOR SUPPORTING SOLAR PANELS WITHIN A STRUCTURAL GRID Non-Final OA P4P ENERGY LLC D/B/A CONGER SOLAR
18815461 Portable Solar Energy Capturing System Non-Final OA John Strisower
18763045 Insulated Roof Panels With Integrated Photovoltaic Panels Final Rejection Pre-Insulated Metal Technologies, Inc.
18259797 A SOLAR CELL ASSEMBLY Final Rejection REC SOLAR PTE. LTD.

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