Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: PARSLEY, DAVID J

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3643 3745

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.8%
Allow Rate
-16.2% vs TC avg
1415
Total Applications
+28.4%
Interview Lift
1240
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1337 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
18.6%
§102 Novelty
48.9%
§103 Obviousness
22.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18862441 Trimming Systems and Methods Final Rejection Georgia Tech Research Corporation
18344434 Fishing System and Method to Enhance the Fishing Experience Final Rejection P Tech, LLC
18480591 CLEANING WIPE Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
18471928 DRAIN CLEANER Final Rejection TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP
19238781 CONVEYING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING SUCH A SYSTEM Non-Final OA VELEC SYSTEMS
18581337 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING DEVICE Non-Final OA SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
19207263 AUTOMATED CRAWFISH PEELING DEVICE Non-Final OA University of Louisiana at Lafayette
19125584 ANIMAL STUNNING ENCLOSURE Non-Final OA Jarvis Products Corporation
18688764 MOUNT FOR AN ORAL APPLIANCE Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18568802 POWER TOOTHBRUSH Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18281860 LIGHT GUIDE MEMBER AND INDICATOR LIGHT ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
19186177 SHELLFISH SHUCKING KNIFE Non-Final OA COASTAL CREATIVE LLC
19173157 METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING SAUSAGE LINKS FROM CONTINUOUS PRODUCT FEED Non-Final OA Risco USA Corporation
19113317 DEVICE FOR CLAMPING BONE-IN MEAT Non-Final OA MAYEKAWA MFG. CO., LTD.
18840534 MEAT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEAT PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA MAYEKAWA MFG. CO., LTD.
19071462 SPROUT LID FOR CONTAINER Final Rejection MASONTOPS IP HOLDINGS INC.
19040647 EVISCERATION WEIGHING SYSTEM Non-Final OA BAADER Food Systems USA Inc.
19036623 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CUTTING POULTRY MID-WINGS, AND DRIVE SYSTEM USED IN SAID DEVICE Final Rejection IFEC B.V.
19037172 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING LIVESTOCK INTESTINE Non-Final OA Hantover, Inc.
19037170 INTESTINE SQUEEZE CONVEYOR FOR LIVESTOCK INSTESTINE WASHING MACHINE Final Rejection Hantover, Inc.
19013813 LIVE FISH PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Final Rejection Pharmaq AS
18986628 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING CASED PORTIONS OF PASTY FOOD MASS Final Rejection VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH
18986633 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING CASED PORTIONS OF PASTY FOOD MASS Final Rejection VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH
17486800 Transmitters for Animals and Methods for Transmitting from Animals Non-Final OA Battelle Memorial Institute
18837052 OYSTER CAGE FLIPPING SYSTEM Final Rejection University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
18862455 Filling Tube Assembly of a Clipping Machine Non-Final OA POLY-CLIP SYSTEM GMBH & CO. KG
18862107 System for Producing Sausage-Shaped Products Non-Final OA POLY-CLIP SYSTEM GMBH & CO. KG
18290959 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PRODUCT CONTAINING FOOD IN A SKIN Non-Final OA PEME SA
18861297 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANESTHETIZING SLAUGHTER ANIMALS Final Rejection MAREL ICELAND EHF.
18492986 MACHINE AND A METHOD FOR REMOVING A DORSAL FIN FROM A FISH Non-Final OA Marel Iceland ehf.

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