Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: REVERMAN, CHAD ANDREW

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2858 2877

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

54.4%
Allow Rate
-13.6% vs TC avg
99
Total Applications
+42.1%
Interview Lift
1048
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 57 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
6.1%
§102 Novelty
93.4%
§103 Obviousness
0.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17693578 Extending Fiber Optic Sensing Final Rejection Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18034871 METASURFACE POLARIZATION FILTERING FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF SAMPLES Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18382299 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING SIDELOBE CANCELLATION IN CODED OPTICAL TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18411409 EARLY FIRE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD BASED ON UNWANTED ALARM PREVENTION FUNCTION Final Rejection ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18039741 HIGH-ORDER HARMONIC OBSERVATION DEVICE AND HIGH-ORDER HARMONIC OBSERVATION METHOD Final Rejection TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
19064086 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHIC VIBRATION IMAGING WITH INTEGRAL SPARSE PRECISION TEMPORAL SAMPLING Non-Final OA Exciting Technology LLC
18037441 WATER FILM EVALUATION METHOD, AND ANTIFOGGING AGENT EVALUATION METHOD Final Rejection Resonac Corporation
18326091 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING OPTICAL TRANSMISSION LINE Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
18152409 Defect Inspection System and Method Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
17738293 Radiation Control in Semiconductor Processing Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18912534 MEASURING UNIT AND METHOD FOR OPTICALLY MEASURING OBJECTS Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH
17951195 OPTICAL DETECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA Wistron Corporation
18741501 OPTICALLY ISOLATED LIGHTWAVE CURRENT SENSOR Non-Final OA OPTILAB, LLC
17926862 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING POSITIONS OF MOLECULES IN A SAMPLE Final Rejection ABBERIOR INSTRUMENTS GMBH
18333970 SENSOR DEVICE, FAULT DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF INSTALLING SENSOR DEVICE Final Rejection Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
18305286 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED SENSING IN A STAR NETWORK Non-Final OA OMNISENS S.A.
18568994 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING LACQUERED SURFACES WITH EFFECT PIGMENTS Non-Final OA BYK-GARDNER GMBH
18513588 OUTDOOR TIME TRACKING VIA EYEGLASSES Final Rejection Pixieray Oy
17797795 DEVICE FOR THE SCATTERED LIGHT MEASUREMENT OF PARTICLES IN A GAS Non-Final OA DURAG GMBH

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