Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MCCORMACK, JASON L

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2881

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.3%
Allow Rate
+16.3% vs TC avg
1059
Total Applications
+8.2%
Interview Lift
842
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1016 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.1%
§101 Eligibility
24.8%
§102 Novelty
48.1%
§103 Obviousness
21.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18243835 PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS AND PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD USING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18241570 SUBSTRATE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF INSPECTING A SUBSTRATE USING THE SAME Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18462647 NANOFLUIDIC CELL FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF NANO-BUBBLES IN A SIMULATED RESERVOIR Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18421373 ELECTRON MICROSCOPE DETECTOR AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18419940 APPARATUS FOR ANALYSING AND/OR PROCESSING A SAMPLE WITH A PARTICLE BEAM AND METHOD Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
18226901 METHOD FOR ELECTRON BEAM-INDUCED PROCESSING OF A DEFECT OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PHOTOMASK Final Rejection Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
18562769 ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT IRRADIATION SYSTEM AND ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT IRRADIATION METHOD Non-Final OA NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
18384791 CHARGED PARTICLE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection ASML Netherlands B.V.
18281272 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTION BY DEFLECTOR CONTROL IN A CHARGED PARTICLE SYSTEM Non-Final OA ASML Netherlands B.V.
18269532 OPERATION METHODS OF 2D PIXELATED DETECTOR FOR AN APPARATUS WITH PLURAL CHARGED-PARTICLE BEAMS AND MAPPING SURFACE POTENTIALS Final Rejection ASML Netherlands B.V.
18320157 INSPECTION METHOD AND INSPECTION TOOL Non-Final OA ASML Netherlands B.V.
18115712 READOUT CIRCUIT FOR PIXELIZED ELECTRON DETECTOR Non-Final OA ASML Netherlands B.V.
18018578 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNAL ELECTRON DETECTION IN AN INSPECTION APPARATUS Non-Final OA ASML Netherlands B.V.
18350643 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NON-INVASIVE SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNIQUE FOR MEASURING DIELECTRIC/SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACE TRAP DENSITY USING SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE CHARGING Non-Final OA FemtoMetrix, Inc.
18542072 Optics for In-Situ Scanning Electron Microscope Repair Non-Final OA KLA Corporation
18322251 THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTED NANOSPRAY INTERFACE FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY Non-Final OA AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18360197 Fastening an object to a manipulator and/or to an object holder in a particle beam apparatus Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
17974702 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SAMPLE ON AN OBJECT, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND MATERIAL PROCESSING DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD Final Rejection Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
18402619 NONDESTRUCTIVE ESTIMATION OF STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF A SPECIMEN VIA X-RAY MODELLING BASED ON SIMULATIONS AND GROUND TRUTH MEASUREMENTS Non-Final OA Applied Materials Israel Ltd.
18569773 Internal Fragment Reduction in Top Down ECD Analysis of Proteins Non-Final OA DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd.
18560458 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED INTENSIT Y DETERMINATIONS IN MASS ANALYSIS INSTRUMENTS Non-Final OA DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd.
18458929 FAST AND ACCURATE STRAIN MAPPING USING ELECTRON DIFFRACTION Non-Final OA FEI Company
18128223 Method and system for analyzing three-dimensional features Non-Final OA FEI Company
18421161 ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EMISSION DEVICE Non-Final OA Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
18519865 OBJECTIVE LENS AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME Non-Final OA KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND SCIENCE
18421285 METHOD FOR DEFINING A SCANNING SEQUENCE FOR RADIATION TREATMENT OF A TARGET VOLUME, BY PENCIL BEAM SCANNING (PBS) AT ULTRA HIGH DOSE DEPOSITION RATE (HDR) Non-Final OA ION BEAM APPLICATIONS S.A
18577438 THIN-FILM-BASED ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA VITROTEM B.V.
18574091 IMPROVED TEMPERATURE CONTROL IN LIQUID PHASE TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY Non-Final OA Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
18571630 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAMPLING Non-Final OA HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO
18541778 DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING TRAPPED IONS Non-Final OA Oxford Ionics Limited

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