Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: ROLLAND, ALEX A

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 1712 1759 1784 1792 1796 2893 3653

This examiner grants 47% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

47.0%
Allow Rate
-5.0% vs TC avg
641
Total Applications
+26.5%
Interview Lift
1375
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 593 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
3.5%
§102 Novelty
92.2%
§103 Obviousness
3.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18430308 METHOD OF SURFACE TREATMENT Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18663203 CALCITE CHANNEL NANOFLUIDICS Final Rejection Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18325350 METHOD OF PRODUCING SLURRY COMPOSITION, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY Final Rejection Panasonic Holdings Corporation
18900571 SELECTIVE DEPOSITION OF INHIBITOR MATERIAL AND DEPOSITION ASSEMBLIES Final Rejection ASM IP Holding B.V.
17942318 AIR GAP FORMING METHOD AND SELECTIVE DEPOSITION METHOD Non-Final OA ASM IP Holding B.V.
18176916 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COATING SUBSTRATE Final Rejection ROLLS-ROYCE plc
18819033 INTEGRATED PRESSURE DIAPHRAGMS Final Rejection EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
18093156 PLASMA-ENHANCED MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITION Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
18128672 METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL ELEMENT, DEVICE FOR PRODUCING AN OPTICAL ELEMENT, SECONDARY GAS AND PROJECTION EXPOSURE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
18037341 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SILICON NITROGENEOUS FILM Non-Final OA Merck Patent GmbH
17926720 PROGRAMMING METHOD FOR A COATING INSTALLATION, AND CORRESPONDING COATING INSTALLATION Non-Final OA Dürr Systems AG
18564975 ENGINEERED WOOD ADHESIVES AND ENGINEERED WOOD PRODUCT THEREFROM Final Rejection CARGILL, INCORPORATED
18569248 METAL-CONTAINING FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL-CONTAINING FILM Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
19034226 SULFONATION TREATMENT FOR A THERMOPLASTIC PART Non-Final OA Rohr, Inc.
18839834 METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SUBSTRATE ON ONE FACE WITH A TINT AND A FUNCTIONAL COLORATION Final Rejection RODENSTOCK GMBH
18989224 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
18152116 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING SAME FOR SILICON CONTAINING FILMS Non-Final OA VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
18464849 HEATING AND DEPOSITION FOR BENEFICIATION OF LUNAR REGOLITH Non-Final OA Blue Origin, LLC
18915404 METHOD FOR PROCESSING SUBSTRATE Final Rejection TES Co., Ltd
18530599 OPTICAL PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
18657038 METHOD FOR PREPARING POLYMER FILM AND POLYMER FILM PREPARED BY THE METHOD Non-Final OA CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
18276266 METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ENAMELED STEEL COMPONENT, ENAMELED STEEL COMPONENT, AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
18684890 METHOD OF PRODUCING A COATED GLASS ARTICLE Final Rejection Pilkington Group Limited
18776451 METHOD USING FLOCK ALTERNATIVE FOR PROVIDING FINISHED TEXTILE SURFACES Non-Final OA Eastman Kodak Company
18702487 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ION-CONDUCTING MEMBRANE Final Rejection JOHNSON MATTHEY HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
18123125 METHOD FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MOLDED PARTS AND REGULATING THE MOISTURE CONTENT IN BUILD MATERIAL Non-Final OA Voxeljet AG
17780587 SENSOR KIT FOR A SPRAY GUN Final Rejection PROXCONTROL IP B.V.
17281239 Monovalent Selective Cation Exchange Membrane Final Rejection EVOQUA WATER TECHNOLOGIES LLC
17997975 PREPARATION METHOD OF HYDROGENATED COMPOSITE FILM AND OPTICAL FILTER Final Rejection ZHEJIANG CRYSTAL-OPTECH CO., LTD.
17925490 HIGH PRECISION NANOSCALE THIN FILM FABRICATION PROCESSES Non-Final OA SDS Nano, Inc.

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