Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: NORTON, JENNIFER L

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2117 2118 2121 2126 2127

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

50.2%
Allow Rate
-4.8% vs TC avg
637
Total Applications
+1.3%
Interview Lift
1405
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 594 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

17.1%
§101 Eligibility
9.1%
§102 Novelty
41.3%
§103 Obviousness
28.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18049538 OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM Final Rejection IHI CORPORATION
18268689 CHEMICAL PRODUCTION Non-Final OA BASF SE
17856267 SMART DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS, SMART GATEWAY, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18273220 CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC CORPORATION
18229721 Process Monitoring System Final Rejection SICK AG
18230861 MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND MANAGEMENT METHOD Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18076654 APPARATUS INCLUDING ACTUATOR AND/OR HEATER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAID APPARATUS Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18449285 TOUCHLESS LAVATORY OPTICAL TIME OF FLIGHT PROXIMITY Final Rejection B/E Aerospace, Inc.
18072717 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND FUNCTION GENERATION METHOD Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
17928466 PLANT MONITORING DEVICE, PLANT MONITORING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18207884 INDUSTRIAL POWER GENERATION FAULT ADVISORY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc.
18003967 NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE Non-Final OA FANUC CORPORATION
17800973 MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE AND CONTROL DEVICE Final Rejection FANUC CORPORATION
17759984 NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE Final Rejection FANUC CORPORATION
17586948 Load Control Device User Interface and Database Management Using Near Field Communication (NFC) Final Rejection Lutron Technology Company LLC
18670103 3D PRINTING OF STRUCTURES INSIDE A PATIENT Final Rejection IX Innovation LLC
17974692 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND MACHINE TOOL Final Rejection DMG MORI CO., LTD.
17889815 ADDITIVE PROCESSING DEVICE, ADDITIVE PROCESSING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING ADDITIVE PROCESSING DEVICE CONTROL PROGRAM Final Rejection DMG MORI CO., LTD.
18220274 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FAN BASED ON TEMPERATURE VARIATION TREND Final Rejection INVENTEC CORPORATION
18067898 Portable device assisted commissioning of a drive Non-Final OA Danfoss Power Electronics A/S
18361520 MODULAR CONTROL APPARATUS Final Rejection Pilz GmbH & Co. KG
18292085 DISAGGREGATION AND LOAD IDENTIFICATION OF LOAD-LEVEL ELECTRICAL CONSUMPTION FOR AUTOMATED LOADS Non-Final OA EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LTD.
18185682 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORECASTING POWER GENERATED BY VARIABLE POWER GENERATION ASSETS Non-Final OA Utopus Insights, Inc.
17940526 QUANTUM, BIOLOGICAL, COMPUTER VISION, AND NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEMS FOR INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS Final Rejection STRONG FORCE IOT PORTFOLIO 2016, LLC
18347424 ENERGY STORAGE CONTAINER TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA CORNEX NEW ENERGY CO., LTD.
18137315 SYSTEM FOR TRACKING AND ALLOCATING RENEWABLE ENERGY CONTRIBUTIONS TO A MODULAR RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM Non-Final OA PV Solutions, LLC
18183841 FIELD INSTALLATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON HYBRID DIGITAL TWIN MODEL FOR PROCESS OPERATION OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA SDPlex Co Ltd.
17929562 IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF HUMAN-INHABITABLE ENVIRONMENTS Non-Final OA Trinity Power and Renewable Resources
17860868 NETWORK ENABLED 3D PRINTING AND AUTOMATED PROCESSING TECHNIQUES FOR ORAL DEVICES Non-Final OA Reset Technology Corporation
17651138 Control Application for a System of Networked Air Filtering Appliances Final Rejection NuWave, LLC

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