Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2858 3783

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

86.6%
Allow Rate
+16.6% vs TC avg
731
Total Applications
+7.9%
Interview Lift
893
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 689 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.6%
§101 Eligibility
4.8%
§102 Novelty
71.0%
§103 Obviousness
18.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18411554 FAILURE DETECTING APPARATUS AND FAILURE DETECTING METHOD Final Rejection DENSO CORPORATION
18573803 Method of Ground Fault Test on Aggregated Battery for Electric Work Vehicle and Apparatus Final Rejection Caterpillar Inc.
18417661 BI-DIRECTIONAL FAULT MANAGED POWER Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18782761 ELECTROMAGNETIC MAGNETIC SENSOR ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18658759 Computer-Implemented Method for Determining a Magnetic Resonance Image Data Set, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Device, Computer Program and Electronically Readable Storage Medium Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18758911 DETECTING POWER LINE DISCONTINUITIES TO PROTECT AGAINST ARC FAULTS Non-Final OA Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
18719480 POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE AND FAILURE DETECTION METHOD Non-Final OA Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
18559130 GROUND FAULT DETECTION DEVICE Final Rejection Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
18539141 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SCREENING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS Non-Final OA Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
18334234 RADIO FREQUENCY COIL TUNING METHODS AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Hyperfine Operations, Inc.
18580523 Method and Apparatus for Identifying a Malfunction of Contactors of a DC Voltage Charging Connection for an Electric Vehicle Non-Final OA Vitesco Technologies GmbH
18787674 RE-MAGNETIZATION OF A MULTI-TURN SPIRAL Non-Final OA Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
18796305 CONTACT DETECTING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
18745250 NON-CONTACT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME Non-Final OA UNIKORN SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
18733351 Electrical Measurement of MEMS Switch Beam Resonant Frequency Non-Final OA Menlo Microsystems, Inc.
18697861 SLIDE RING COMPRISING WEAR-MEASURING DEVICE AND MECHANICAL SEAL ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SLIDE RING OF THIS KIND Non-Final OA EagleBurgmann Germany Gmbh & Co, KG
18371962 AIRCRAFT GROUND FAULT DETECTION CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF CALIBRATING AN AIRCRAFT GROUND FAULT DETECTION CIRCUIT Non-Final OA HS Elektronik Systeme GmbH
18177090 ELECTRIC METER COLLAR HOUSING ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA Eclipse DC LLC

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