Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2116 3723

This examiner grants 48% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

47.5%
Allow Rate
-22.5% vs TC avg
153
Total Applications
+41.9%
Interview Lift
993
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 99 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
15.5%
§102 Novelty
55.3%
§103 Obviousness
23.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18406990 DUST SEPARATION DEVICE AND CLEANER INCLUDING SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18089993 CLEANING APPARATUS HAVING VACUUM CLEANER AND DOCKING STATION Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17683276 SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS WITH A SIDEWAYS PIVOTING HANDLE Non-Final OA SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC
18331339 SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
18126268 SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
17880499 DOCKING UNIT FOR A SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
18570984 DUST-REMOVING DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18409210 PERSONAL CARE DEVICE COMPRISING A FORCE SENSOR Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
17855520 COUPLING OF ACOUSTIC SENSOR FOR CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
17735674 POLISHING HEAD WITH LOCAL INNER RING DOWNFORCE CONTROL Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
17673511 CONTROLLED PROFILE POLISHING PLATEN Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
17850424 Lidarvorrichtung Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18416892 WIPING DEVICE Non-Final OA MITSUBA Corporation
17869769 HOLDING MECHANISM AND DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Final Rejection FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18610375 CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING APPARATUS AND METHOD Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
17815560 BUSHING PULLER ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Kennametal Inc.
18014515 VACUUM CLEANER Non-Final OA Dyson Technology Limited
17789614 CLEANER HEAD FOR A VACUUM CLEANER Non-Final OA Dyson Technology Limited
17777990 VACUUM CLEANER WITH PROJECTED DISPLAY Non-Final OA Dyson Technology Limited
17720226 SUBSTRATE CARRIER WITH CENTERING FUNCTION Non-Final OA Singulus Technologies AG
17989330 SUCTION APPARATUS Final Rejection Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KG
18659812 ADAPTER FOR A VACUUM HOSE Final Rejection H-P Products, Inc.
18490206 ROBOT-CONTROLLED MODULAR ROTARY TABLE ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Kinetic Technologies, L.L.C.
18417224 WIPER BLADE Non-Final OA Ningbo Meiyi Packaging Products Co., Ltd.
18571082 DIAMOND GRINDING WHEEL ADAPTED TO GRIND AND ABRADE STRATIFIED SOLID MATERIALS Non-Final OA DIAMANT S.R.L.
18559069 HEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE CUTTING-BOARD ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA STUDIO NINABER B.V.
18278838 POLISHING PAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLISHING PAD Non-Final OA FUJIBO HOLDINGS, INC.
18035512 CLEANING HEADS OF A SUCTION CLEANING APPARATUS AND SUCTION APPARATUSES COMPRISING SAME Non-Final OA Talentone Hong Kong Limited
17652352 MACHINE AND A METHOD FOR PROCESSING LATERAL EDGES OF GLASS PLATES, PLATES OF STONE MATERIAL OR PLATES OF SYNTHETIC MATERIAL Final Rejection BIESSE S.p.A.
17172030 CONFIGURATION OF A CLEANING HEAD FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VACUUM Non-Final OA MATIC ROBOTS, INC.

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