Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: NGUYEN, KIET TUAN

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2881

This examiner grants 89% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

88.8%
Allow Rate
+20.8% vs TC avg
685
Total Applications
-0.2%
Interview Lift
820
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 669 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.9%
§101 Eligibility
26.5%
§102 Novelty
33.6%
§103 Obviousness
18.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18406925 GRID STRUCTURE FOR FIXING SPECIMEN Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18541019 Radiation Heating to Dry Moisture from Air Bearing Shaft Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18541018 Radiation Heating to Clean Deposits from Air Bearing Shaft Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18761020 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MITIGATING TIN DEBRIS Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18535477 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING AN EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION SOURCE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18541426 NANOPARTICLE SIZE AND ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION CHARACTERIZATION Non-Final OA Texas Tech University System
18277643 MASS SPECTROMETRY DEVICE AND MASS SPECTROMETRY METHOD Non-Final OA HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
18242499 FOOD IRRADIATION DOSE UNIFORMITY Non-Final OA Starfire Industries LLC
18259012 CHARACTERISATION OF HIGH MASS PARTICLES Non-Final OA Micromass UK Limited
18525230 SCANNING PATTERNS FOR SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS Non-Final OA FEI Company
18428340 ION GUIDE ELECTRODE CONFIGURATIONS FOR ION TRANSPORT AND CONFINEMENT Non-Final OA Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH
18590320 DRIFT TUBES Non-Final OA Decision Sciences International Corporation
18384240 TUNNEL TYPE DISINFECTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Xray Center Guvenlik Sistemleri A.S
18479714 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR VARIABLE COLLIMATION OF A NEUTRON BEAM Non-Final OA TAE Life Sciences, LLC
18266511 Ion implantation device with an energy filter and a support element for overlapping at least part of the energy filter Non-Final OA mi2-factory GmbH
17851572 WOUND CARE METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICES Non-Final OA Lumen Catheters, LLC

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