Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: PENCE, JETHRO M

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1715 1717 1746

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.8%
Allow Rate
+13.8% vs TC avg
918
Total Applications
+25.2%
Interview Lift
918
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 862 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
29.7%
§102 Novelty
58.5%
§103 Obviousness
8.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18216028 POST BAKING APPARATUS Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18340329 MASK ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18125885 APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE, MASK ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18810702 APPARATUS FOR BLACK OXIDE FINISHING Non-Final OA AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
18460644 SQUEEGEE AND POWDER COATING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18207457 SHOWERHEAD HEATED BY CIRCULAR ARRAY Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18261495 COATING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR PAINTING ROBOT Final Rejection Dürr Systems AG
18126003 DEVICE FOR DIFFUSING A PRECURSOR WITH A CONTAINER HAVING AT LEAST ONE POROUS ELEMENT ALLOWING THE GENERATION OF AN AEROSOL TOWARDS A GROWTH SURFACE Non-Final OA COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
18465420 SUBSTRATE TREATMENT APPARATUS AND TREATMENT SOLUTION SUPPLY METHOD Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
17936446 Coating Having Solar Control Properties for a Substrate, and Method and System for Depositing Said Coating on the Substrate Final Rejection Vitro Flat Glass LLC
18351705 APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING CHEMICALS, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA SEMES CO., LTD.
18138038 APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SUBSTRATE Final Rejection SEMES CO., LTD.
18146800 HOME PORT, AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE WITH THE SAME Non-Final OA SEMES CO., LTD.
18826386 THERMAL SPRAYING EQUIPMENT AND THERMAL SPRAYING CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
18850159 DEVICE FOR APPLYING A VISCOUS MATERIAL Non-Final OA Atlas Copco IAS GmbH
18095432 MULTI-MODE PAINT CURING SYSTEM FOR FULL VEHICLE AND PARTS Non-Final OA GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
18150730 TABLETS HAVING DISCONTINUOUS COATED REGIONS Non-Final OA Kenvue Brands LLC
18012139 LIQUID MATERIAL DISCHARGE DEVICE AND LIQUID MATERIAL APPLICATION DEVICE Non-Final OA MUSASHI ENGINEERING, INC.
18640836 Girth Weld Coater Non-Final OA Automatic Coating Limited
18626737 HEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE MASKING PALLET ASSEMBLY FOR ARC SPRAY APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Dongguan Littelfuse Electronics Company Limited
18297352 APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING THIN FILM DEVICES Non-Final OA Solaires Entreprises Inc.
18016489 LEVELLING TOOL Final Rejection EVOLUTION CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM, S.L.
18183336 WAFFLE CONE CHOCOLATE COATER AND COATING METHOD Non-Final OA Kilwins Chocolates Franchise, Inc.
18074263 PARALLEL-TYPE COATING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COATING MULTILAYER FILM Final Rejection LINCO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17336831 DIAMOND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, DIAMOND MANUFACTURING METHOD USING THE SAME AND DIAMOND DETECTING METHOD Non-Final OA Chih-Shiue YAN

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