Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MEADE, LORNE EDWARD

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3741

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

50.3%
Allow Rate
-19.7% vs TC avg
607
Total Applications
+39.6%
Interview Lift
1105
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 563 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
18.9%
§102 Novelty
44.9%
§103 Obviousness
31.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18919910 GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN COMPRESSOR Non-Final OA RTX Corporation
17901357 HYDROGEN FUEL SYSTEM Non-Final OA General Electric Company
17792402 SATELLITE CONSTELLATION FORMING SYSTEM, SATELLITE CONSTELLATION FORMING METHOD, GROUND FACILITY, BUSINESS DEVICE, AND OPEN ARCHITECTURE DATA REPOSITORY Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18753526 FUEL COMBUSTOR, COMBUSTION TURBINE, AND METHOD OF COMBUSTION Final Rejection Georgia Tech Research Corporation
18234723 DIGITAL TWIN FOR LASER MATERIAL PROCESSING Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
19237616 TURBOMACHINE COOLING AND ALTERNATIVE FUEL SUPPLY Non-Final OA GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC
18122176 FUEL CELL CHARGE AIR SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA Caterpillar Inc.
18451688 Multiple Wire Additive Manufacturing Non-Final OA Relativity Space, Inc.
17460754 DRIVE EQUIPMENT AND METHODS FOR MOBILE FRACTURING TRANSPORTATION PLATFORMS Final Rejection BJ Energy Solutions, LLC
18377186 CIRCUMFERENTIALLY TAILORED INLET GUARD FOR AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE INLET Non-Final OA Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
17866103 AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM WITH INTERMITTENT COMBUSTION ENGINE(S) Non-Final OA Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
18452336 APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SECONDARY BATTERY Non-Final OA Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
18546893 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DIRECT ENERGY DEPOSITION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING (DED) Non-Final OA Linde GmbH
18541974 TURBINE-POWERED SYSTEM WITH THERMOELECTRIC COOLING Final Rejection Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.
18430755 METHOD OF GENERATING POWER WITH AN ELECTRIC MACHINE Non-Final OA General Electric Deutschland Holding GmbH
18878463 THRUST FROM HYDROGEN FUEL CELL WASTE Non-Final OA Bob L. MACKEY
18804359 Engine Systems and Uses Thereof Non-Final OA Alpha Portfollo LLC
18669217 ROCKET MOTOR LINER STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Ursa Major Technologies, Inc.
18669223 ROCKET MOTOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA Ursa Major Technologies, Inc.
17504869 STRADDLE MOUNTED LOW PRESSURE COMPRESSOR Final Rejection Raytheon Technologies Corporation
18035193 PROPULSION UNIT FOR SPACECRAFT Non-Final OA UNIVERSITÄT STUTTGART
18546995 HEATING SYSTEM COMPRISING A RESISTIVE HEAT ELEMENT, CONTROLLER FOR SUCH HEATING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A LOAD CURRENT THROUGH SUCH RESISTIVE HEAT ELEMENT Non-Final OA EQON AS
18546863 OVEN Non-Final OA LINCAT LTD.
18112269 BONDING TOOL OF FLIP CHIP LASER BONDING APPARATUS Final Rejection MI EQUIPMENT (M) SDN. BHD.
17966470 SPACECRAFT PROPULSION AND POSITIONER SIMULATOR Final Rejection Maxar Space LLC
17806328 ThermaSat Solar Thermal Propulsion System Non-Final OA ThermaSat Inc.
17782353 Steam Generator and Control Device Final Rejection STEAMOLOGY MOTION LTD

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