Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: RUFO, LOUIS J

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1759 1781 1795

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

54.5%
Allow Rate
-10.5% vs TC avg
756
Total Applications
+23.9%
Interview Lift
1201
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 694 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
27.4%
§102 Novelty
47.6%
§103 Obviousness
20.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17727259 STERILIZED WATER GENERATOR, WATER PURIFIER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17754110 COMPOSITION FOR COPPER BUMP ELECTRODEPOSITION COMPRISING A LEVELING AGENT Final Rejection BASF SE
18264020 GAS GENERATOR Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18297675 HYDROGEN SYSTEM AND HYDROGEN SYSTEM OPERATING METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18183223 ELECTRODE CATALYST INK OF WATER ELECTROLYSIS CELL, ELECTRODE CATALYST, WATER ELECTROLYSIS CELL, AND WATER ELECTROLYZER Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18183044 ELECTRODE CATALYST INK, ELECTRODE CATALYST, WATER ELECTROLYSIS CELL, AND WATER ELECTROLYZER Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18260879 PORE FORMING METHOD AND PORE FORMING APPARATUS Non-Final OA HITACHI, LTD.
18176837 ELECTROLYTIC DEVICE Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18128878 POLYMER ELECTROLYTE WATER ELECTROLYZER GRAPHENE OXIDE FLAKE BLOCKING MATERIAL Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18106867 POLYMER ELECTROLYTE WATER ELECTROLYZER BLOCKING MATERIAL Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18348545 WATER ELECTROLYZER Non-Final OA SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
18161991 CO2-REDUCTION MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING CATION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE, CO2-REDUCTION ASSEMBLY INCLUDING SAME MEA, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME MEA Non-Final OA KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
17154176 Method of Electrodeposition of Electroactive Species at Solid-Solid Interfaces Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
18082894 PLATING METHOD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD Final Rejection Nitto Denko Corporation
18271246 ELECTRODEPOSITION DISPERSION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING INSULATING FILM Non-Final OA MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
18308522 REGENERATING LEAD ACID BATTERIES Non-Final OA THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
18187669 POROUS AMORPHOUS METAL OXIDE-BASED CATALYSTS FOR OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION AND WATER SPLITTING SYSTEM USING THE SAME Non-Final OA SK Innovation Co., Ltd.
17996322 METHOD OF PREPARATION OF ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROCATALYSIS Final Rejection INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS
18037537 PROCESS KIT DE-BUBBLING Non-Final OA Lam Research Corporation
18362444 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH DENSITY ELECTROCHEMICAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH CMOS MICROANODE ARRAY Non-Final OA Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
18087421 METHODS OF LITHIATING ELECTROACTIVE MATERIALS Final Rejection GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
18142086 METHOD OF IMPROVING ELECTRODE-TO-SOLID-ELECTROLYTE INTERFACE CONTACT IN SOLID-STATE BATTERIES Non-Final OA UT-Battelle, LLC
17661447 VARIABLE CONDUCTIVITY ELECTRODE FOR PULSED ELECTROCHEMICAL MACHINING Final Rejection Rolls-Royce Corporation
18111828 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUPERALLOYS UTILIZING ELECTRO-METALLURGY Non-Final OA Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
17859278 METHOD FOR RECOVERING METALS FROM TUNGSTEN-CONTAINING METALLIC MATERIAL Final Rejection National Tsing Hua University
18275509 Production Method for Titanium Foil Non-Final OA Toho Titanium Co., Ltd.
18264378 ELECTROPLATING APPARATUS AND ELECTROPLATING METHOD Non-Final OA ACM RESEARCH (SHANGHAI), INC.
18584506 ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION, ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS AND ANODIZED COMPONENT Non-Final OA ZF Active Safety GmbH
17635480 REACTION APPARATUS Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
17653041 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO MAKE HYDROGEN GAS USING METAL OXYANIONS OR NON-METAL OXYANIONS Final Rejection Verdagy, Inc.

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