Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: NOVAK, PETER MICHAEL

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2838 2839 2853

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

88.4%
Allow Rate
+20.4% vs TC avg
728
Total Applications
+8.5%
Interview Lift
751
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 698 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
19.6%
§102 Novelty
53.6%
§103 Obviousness
21.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18368339 BI-DIRECTIONAL CURRENT SENSOR, POWER MANAGEMENT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND CURRENT SENSING METHOD FOR IMPROVED NOISE PERFORMANCE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18937437 POWER CONVERTERS AND UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPY (UPS) INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
18917200 MITIGATION OF CIRCULATING CURRENTS IN PARALLELED POWER CONVERTERS HAVING INDEPENDENT DC LINKS Non-Final OA Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
18737381 ADAPTIVE DRIVE CONTROL FOR SWITCHING REGULATORS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18980072 DC:DC POWER CONVERTER Non-Final OA ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
18660436 POWER ELECTRONICS CONVERTER Final Rejection ROLLS-ROYCE plc
18044096 INVERTER CONTROL FOR RESTRAINING CURRENT FLOWING INTO DC CAPACITOR Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
17897406 ACTIVE EMI FILTER CIRCUIT WITH CAPACITIVE MUTIPLICATION Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18767640 SIMO CONVERTER INCLUDING TRANSIENT ENHANCEMENT LOOP Final Rejection Microchip Technology Inc.
18969919 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VARYING THE FREQUENCY OF A POWER CONVERTER BASED ON AN EXTERNAL CLOCK Non-Final OA Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
18777432 POWER CONVERTER WITH A SENSING CIRCUIT AND METHOD Final Rejection Infineon Technologies Austria AG
18968768 LINEAR VOLTAGE REGULATOR Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics International N.V.
18941244 BOOST CIRCUIT AND LIGHTING DEVICE Non-Final OA SHENZHEN BILLDA TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD
18819185 CONTROLLER FOR A SWITCHING CONVERTER Final Rejection Renesas Design (UK) Limited

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