Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SCHNASE, PAUL DANIEL

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2877

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.9%
Allow Rate
+8.9% vs TC avg
52
Total Applications
+37.5%
Interview Lift
1027
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 13 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.8%
§101 Eligibility
25.9%
§102 Novelty
41.1%
§103 Obviousness
27.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18367229 OPTICAL DEVICE, DIE BONDING SYSTEM, AND DIE BONDING METHOD Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18681696 EVENT DETECTION DEVICE, EVENT DETECTION SYSTEM, AND EVENT DETECTION METHOD Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18300965 Optical Phase Imaging Device Optimization Methods Final Rejection Georgia Tech Research Corporation
18361528 DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS OF FUNCTIONAL OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY Non-Final OA Northwestern University
17636134 DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18573375 TUNABLE HYPERSPECTRAL-POLARIMETRIC IMAGING SYSTEM Final Rejection Purdue Research Foundation
18778483 INFEROMETRIC MEASURING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
18572215 COATING EVALUATION DEVICE AND COATING EVALUATION METHOD Non-Final OA Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
18740290 VEHICLE-BASED DUAL-COMB SPECTROMETER MEASUREMENTS Non-Final OA Honeywell International Inc.
18357018 PROBE CARD Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18539069 FILM THICKNESS MEASUREMENT DEVICE Non-Final OA INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18515688 METHOD AND SENSOR FOR THE OPTICAL MEASUREMENT OF MEASURANDS OF TRANSPARENT MEDIA Final Rejection Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
18136256 Brillouin Sensing Using Polarization Pulling Non-Final OA The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
18275245 SPECTROMETRY DEVICE AND SPECTROMETRY METHOD Non-Final OA Osaka University
17762030 CALIBRATED MEASUREMENT OF OVERLAY ERROR USING SMALL TARGETS Non-Final OA KLA Corporation
18477158 MULTI-PHASE INTERFEROMETER FOR 3D METROLOGY Non-Final OA Orbotech Ltd.
18239005 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED INSPECTION OF SURFACES WITH SPECULAR REFLECTION Non-Final OA Orbotech Ltd.
17560619 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PLANT STATUS Non-Final OA YARA INTERNATIONAL ASA
18639367 DIFFRACTIVE SENSOR FOR SENSING TARGET ANALYTES IN A SAMPLE, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSING TARGET ANALYTES IN A SAMPLE BY SAID DIFFRACTIVE SENSOR Final Rejection DG Group S.P.A.
17846029 LINE PATTERN PROJECTOR FOR USE IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM Final Rejection HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
18478202 MULTIPLE LIGHT BEAM OPTICAL FREQUENCY MONITORING ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Lumentum Technology (UK) Limited
18391297 LONG COHERENCE RANGE OPTICAL ANALYSIS Final Rejection Medlumics S.L.
18480223 MEASURING ENDFACE GEOMETRY OF FIBER OPTIC CONNECTORS WHILE MOUNTED IN A POLISHING PLATE Final Rejection Direct Optical Research Company, Inc.
17767642 LASER WORKING SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING A WORKING PROCESS ON A WORKPIECE BY MEANS OF A LASER BEAM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A WORKING PROCESS ON A WORKPIECE BY MEANS OF A LASER BEAM Non-Final OA Precitec GmbH & Co. KG

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