Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: REVERMAN, CHAD ANDREW

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2858 2877

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

50.0%
Allow Rate
-18.0% vs TC avg
98
Total Applications
+42.5%
Interview Lift
1087
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 52 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.9%
§101 Eligibility
23.2%
§102 Novelty
61.2%
§103 Obviousness
9.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17693578 Extending Fiber Optic Sensing Final Rejection Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18070905 Laser Interferometer Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18411409 EARLY FIRE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD BASED ON UNWANTED ALARM PREVENTION FUNCTION Final Rejection ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18034871 METASURFACE POLARIZATION FILTERING FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF SAMPLES Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18326091 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING OPTICAL TRANSMISSION LINE Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
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
17851191 ANALYSIS METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR ETCHING APPARATUS Final Rejection HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
17738293 Radiation Control in Semiconductor Processing Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18333970 SENSOR DEVICE, FAULT DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF INSTALLING SENSOR DEVICE Final Rejection Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
17951195 OPTICAL DETECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA Wistron Corporation
18912534 MEASURING UNIT AND METHOD FOR OPTICALLY MEASURING OBJECTS Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH
18244221 TILT AND DIRECTION DETECTING APPARATUS AND ANTENNA ASSEMBLY USING SAME Final Rejection KMW INC.
18272421 TRANSFORMER LIFETIME EVALUATION APPARATUS AND METHOD Final Rejection LS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
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
18568994 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING LACQUERED SURFACES WITH EFFECT PIGMENTS Non-Final OA BYK-GARDNER GMBH
18305286 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED SENSING IN A STAR NETWORK Non-Final OA OMNISENS S.A.
18540928 Optical Polarization Diversity Receiver Non-Final OA Lightel Technologies, Inc.
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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