Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3752

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

52.2%
Allow Rate
-17.8% vs TC avg
253
Total Applications
+39.2%
Interview Lift
1101
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 201 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
20.6%
§102 Novelty
47.1%
§103 Obviousness
28.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17841962 FIRE SUPRESSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection Carrier Corporation
18732946 BATTERY PLACEMENT RACK AND FIRE EXTINGUISHING DEVICE Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18676699 HOUSING OF AN INDUCTION HARDENING TOOL Non-Final OA AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
17283673 NOZZLE HEADS FOR A CLEANING DEVICE USING LIQUID SHEET CLEANING ACTION Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18255821 HANDLE ASSEMBLY FOR A PORTABLE FIRE SUPPRESSION DEVICE Final Rejection Tyco Fire Products LP
18187442 HYBRID WATER MIST FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION Non-Final OA Tyco Fire Products LP
17625525 FIRE PROTECTION DEVICE WITH WAX COATING Final Rejection Tyco Fire Products LP
17896488 PRESSURE BOOSTING SHOWER HEAD Non-Final OA AS America, Inc.
18124696 INTEGRATED FIRE SUPPRESSION IN MOBILE LITHIUM-ION BATTERY ARRAY Final Rejection STEWART & STEVENSON LLC
18042711 DEVICE FOR FORMING A FOAM FROM A CLEANING FLUID FOR A CLEANING SYSTEM Non-Final OA VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
17559326 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AGRICULTURAL APPLICATOR Final Rejection Kansas State University Research Foundation
18564930 PORTABLE FLUID SPRAYER HAVING A TUBE DAMPENER Final Rejection Graco Minnesota Inc.
18493096 HAND-HELD SPRAYERS AND NOZZLES FOR SPRAYERS Final Rejection GOJO Industries, Inc.
18693884 A SPRAY GUN Non-Final OA Samural 2K Aerosol Sdn. Bhd.
17992585 SOLID-STATE FIRE SUPPRESSION Final Rejection Kidde Technologies Inc.
18523619 WATER OUTLET DEVICE AND WATER OUTLET SYSTEM Non-Final OA FUJIAN XIHE SANITARY WARE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
18572362 FIRE BARRIER Non-Final OA POLYSEAM LIMITED
18566406 FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM Non-Final OA SLEKK AB
18480597 FIRE EXTINGUISHING DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPRESSION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY FIRE Non-Final OA LEE MOBILITY INC.
18479779 TENSION INDICATING DEVICE AND FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM COMPRISING TENSION INDICATING DEVICE Final Rejection KIDDE-FENWAL, LLC
18475457 WATER FLOW SWITCHING DEVICE FOR SPRINKLER APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Cheng-Yu LAI
18549065 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WILDFIRE MITIGATION Non-Final OA H2OSAZE, INC.
18333316 DISPERSION NOZZLE FOR CHEMICAL APPLICATOR Non-Final OA GROUP AG, LLC
18205075 FIREFIGHTING ACCESSORY AND METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA Manderson Engineering Innovations Pty Ltd
17992578 ROTARY ATOMIZER HAVING POROUS GAS BEARINGS Non-Final OA DEDERT CORPORATION
17932858 CONE NOZZLE Final Rejection Lechler GmbH
17594794 EXTINGUISHING DEVICE AND EXTINGUISHING METHOD Final Rejection FISACON GMBH
17384063 ELECTROSTATIC CENTRIFUGAL SPRAYER WITH PULSED OR CONTINUOUS DIRECT ELECTRIFICATION Final Rejection Embrapa
17052184 A CENTRIFUGAL ATOMIZATION STRUCTURE AND A SPRAYING DEVICE WITH THE SAME, A CENTRIFUGAL ATOMIZATION DEVICE, A DRIVE DEVICE AND A DUAL-DRIVE SPRAYING DEVICE Final Rejection Suzhou Eavision Robotic Technologies co., Ltd

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