Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: NGHIEM, MICHAEL P

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2855 2857 2862 2863

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.6%
Allow Rate
At TC average
1,001
Total Applications
+23.9%
Interview Lift
1335
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 941 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

19.7%
§101 Eligibility
11.3%
§102 Novelty
29.9%
§103 Obviousness
32.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18222067 AUTOLACING FOOTWEAR SYSTEM WITH PRESET USER PROFILES Final Rejection NIKE, Inc.
18537958 DIGITAL SEISMIC FILE INGESTION Final Rejection Schlumberger Technology Corporation
18461853 CONDUCTIVITY PROBE FLUID PROPERTY MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS Final Rejection Schlumberger Technology Corporation
18235164 ESTIMATION MODEL GENERATION DEVICE AND TOOL LIFETIME ESTIMATION DEVICE Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18598252 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18683598 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AND CHARACTERIZING ROAD UNEVENNESS Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18403114 IDENTIFYING AN ANOMALY IN A CEMENT LAYER OF A WELLBORE USING DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION Non-Final OA Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18484595 VISUALIZATION FOR MANAGING HYDROCARBON WELLS Non-Final OA Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18260384 TEMPERATURE-MONITORING DEVICE Final Rejection HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18038081 BATTERY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD Non-Final OA LG CHEM, LTD.
19017333 BATTERY MANAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
17919419 BATTERY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD Final Rejection LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
18600636 METHOD AND MRI SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING AT LEAST ONE OPTIMIZED INITIAL B1-SHIM FOR A MAGNETIC RESONANCE MEASUREMENT Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18512601 SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD TO CONVERT VIBRATION TO SOUND SIGNAL Final Rejection DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
18526753 METHODS FOR PROVIDING ONE OR MORE PREDICTIONS OF INCOMING BEHAVIOR OF A COMPUTING DEVICE Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18562653 Charged Particle Beam Device and Method for Controlling Same Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18707434 METHOD FOR PREDICTING PROPERTIES OF ELECTROLYTES Non-Final OA CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
18718064 ESTIMATING DEVICE, ESTIMATING METHOD, ESTIMATING PROGRAM, AND LEARNING MODEL GENERATING DEVICE Non-Final OA BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
18437475 BATTERY CAPACITY MEASUREMENT Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics International N.V.
18262704 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING SEISMIC IMAGES TO OBTAIN A FREQUENCY-DOMAIN REPRESENTATION OF A GEOLOGICAL FORMATION Final Rejection TotalEnergies OneTech
18377063 PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND MOBILE DEVICE PROTECTIVE CASE Non-Final OA INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18436830 METHODS OF FORECASTING BATTERY STATE OF HEALTH Non-Final OA Garrett Transportation I Inc.
18348803 METHOD AND MEASUREMENT APPLICATION SYSTEM CONFIGURATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG

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