Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: RENNER, CRAIG A

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2627 2688 2689

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.0%
Allow Rate
+22.0% vs TC avg
837
Total Applications
+17.6%
Interview Lift
805
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 818 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
31.8%
§102 Novelty
35.2%
§103 Obviousness
25.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19187939 SPINDLE MOTOR AND DISK DRIVING DEVICE HAVING SAME Non-Final OA NIDEC CORPORATION
18691462 BASE PLATE, SPINDLE MOTOR, DISK DRIVE DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BASE PLATE Non-Final OA NIDEC CORPORATION
18488897 PROBE HEAD WITH TRAILING SHIELD FOR MAGNETIC RECORDING ON TAPE Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
19076726 Tunneling Magnetoresistance Device With Magnetically Soft High Moment Free Layer Non-Final OA Headway Technologies, Inc.
18122362 Self-Aligned Side Gap Insulator For A Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Writer Non-Final OA Headway Technologies, Inc.
18802302 Disk Drive Suspension Assembly With PZT Actuators Having Active And Inactive Regions Final Rejection Magnecomp Corporation
18824283 DISK DEVICE Non-Final OA Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
18675648 MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE WITH ENHANCED CONTROL OF WRITE PROCESSING METHOD BASED ON SHIFT IN DYNAMIC DRIFT OFF LEVEL (DDOL) Final Rejection Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
17965852 DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION, ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF VIBRATION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME Non-Final OA NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
18334106 SELF-CONTAINED SEALED REFURBISHABLE TAPE BULK STORAGE SYSTEM Final Rejection QUANTUM CORPORATION

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