Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: PHILLIPS, FORREST M

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2832 2837

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

83.3%
Allow Rate
+15.3% vs TC avg
1766
Total Applications
+14.2%
Interview Lift
854
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1730 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
16.1%
§102 Novelty
74.1%
§103 Obviousness
2.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18597826 DEEPWATER RESONATOR ARRAY FOR SUBSEA NOISE MITIGATION Non-Final OA Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
18611173 VARIABLE BLEED VALVE ASSEMBLIES Non-Final OA General Electric Company
18440245 OMNIDIRECTIONAL COOLING GUIDE Non-Final OA HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
18632651 AIR PASSAGE TYPE SILENCER Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18567160 Composite Molded Body, Method for Manufacturing Same, and Composite Sound Absorbing Material Final Rejection Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
18627959 ACOUSTICALLY-TREATED AIR EJECTION NOZZLE FOR A NACELLE Non-Final OA Safran Nacelles
18692871 HEARING PROTECTION DEVICE WITH HAPTIC SENSING AND METHOD OF OPERATING A HEARING PROTECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18031854 ACOUSTIC ARTICLES AND ASSEMBLIES Final Rejection 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18713738 ACOUSTIC ARTICLE, DECORATIVE ELEMENT, AND SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME Non-Final OA Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
18621998 SOUND INSULATION SHEET AND SOUND INSULATION STRUCTURE Non-Final OA MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
18689603 SOUND-ABSORBING ENCLOSURE (H) AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SOUND-ABSORBING ENCLOSURE (H) Non-Final OA Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
18539362 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF RESONANT METASURFACES FOR NOISE CANCELLATION Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18742140 ACOUSTIC ATTENUATION PANEL COMPRISING AN INDUCTION-BASED FROST TREATMENT SYSTEM, AIR INTAKE OF AN AIRCRAFT NACELLE AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH A PANEL Non-Final OA Airbus Operations SAS
18602480 SOUNDPROOFING COVER Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
18612396 BROADBAND NOISE AND VIBRATION CANCELING META-BARRIERS FOR 2D THIN WALL STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
18705355 SOUND ABSORBING PANELS Non-Final OA The Penn State Research Foundation
18063140 NOISE DAMPENING DEVICE FOR MEDICAL AND NON-MEDICAL ACOUSTIC WAVES APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Sanuwave, Inc.
18691367 SOUND-ABSORBING PANEL WITH MODIFIABLE SIZE AND/OR SHAPE AND ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING METHOD Non-Final OA ELEDA S.R.L.
18713499 MUFFLING DEVICE AND REFRIGERATING AND FREEZING APPARATUS Non-Final OA HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
18691759 AIRCRAFT WINDOW Non-Final OA LEONARDO S.P.A.
18715163 MUFFLER Non-Final OA Marelli Corporation
18675099 SOUNDPROOF MEMBER Non-Final OA Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
18603248 SOUND BARRIER SYSTEM FOR REDUCING ELECTRIC FIELD DISTORTION Non-Final OA STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA
18578233 ACOUSTICALLY ACTIVE COMPONENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ACOUSTICALLY ACTIVE COMPONENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND ADVANTAGEOUS APPLICATIONS OF AN ACOUSTICALLY ACTIVE COMPONENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE Non-Final OA CARCOUSTICS TECHCONSULT GMBH
18519100 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF NOISE REDUCTION MODULE, NOISE REDUCTION MODULE, AND NOISE REDUCTION SCREEN Non-Final OA NATIONAL CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18320023 SEAM CONSTRUCTION ON SEMI-RIGID PANEL Final Rejection Sabin, LLC

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