Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: NORTON, JENNIFER L

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2117 2118 2121 2126 2127 3722 3725 4100

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

49.8%
Allow Rate
-10.2% vs TC avg
649
Total Applications
+1.8%
Interview Lift
1317
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 613 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.0%
§101 Eligibility
9.1%
§102 Novelty
45.3%
§103 Obviousness
25.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18076654 APPARATUS INCLUDING ACTUATOR AND/OR HEATER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAID APPARATUS Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
17856267 SMART DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS, SMART GATEWAY, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
17928466 PLANT MONITORING DEVICE, PLANT MONITORING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
17800230 Method for determining a recommendation of a gear to be engaged for a core drill, and core drill Non-Final OA Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
18901906 REFRIGERATION CYCLE CONTROL DEVICE, AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE DEVICE Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18746355 FAILURE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, FAILURE DIAGNOSIS METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18072717 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND FUNCTION GENERATION METHOD Final Rejection Fujitsu Limited
18670103 3D PRINTING OF STRUCTURES INSIDE A PATIENT Final Rejection IX Innovation LLC
18611531 ON-THE-FLY MEASUREMENT OF SUBSTRATE STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18842484 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
17882283 INDOOR AIR QUALITY (IAQ) ANALYSIS SYSTEM Non-Final OA Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
18897807 INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING SYSTEM FOR PROCESS AND COMPONENT SAFETY Non-Final OA Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
18897767 INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING SYSTEM FOR PROCESS CONTROL AND PROCESS MONITORING Non-Final OA Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
18239438 MACHINING PARAMETER RECOMMENDATIONS USING IN-PROCESS MACHINING DATA AGGREGATION Non-Final OA UT-Battelle, LLC
18940628 DYNAMIC FLUID APPLICATION CONTROLLER Non-Final OA Reinke Manufacturing Company, Inc.

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