Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SHABMAN, MARK A

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2855 2856 2861

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.3%
Allow Rate
+16.3% vs TC avg
1063
Total Applications
+14.0%
Interview Lift
1006
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1023 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.5%
§101 Eligibility
17.5%
§102 Novelty
49.0%
§103 Obviousness
29.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18482403 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR QUADRATURE REDUCTION IN VIBRATORY GYROSCOPES Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18568364 GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY ANALYTICAL METHOD Non-Final OA ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18549424 MICROCAPILLARY HOLDER, TEST SYSTEM AND PROCESS Non-Final OA HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
18223977 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR CONDUCTING A CALIBRATION OPERATION FOR A PLURALITY OF MASS FLOW CONTROLLERS (MFCS) OF A SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18409888 METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR DETERMINING AN ESTIMATED LIFE AND REMAINING USEFUL LIFE OF A MECHANICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Aktiebolaget SKF
18272075 GYRO VIBROMETER, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM Non-Final OA KYOCERA CORPORATION
18493793 MICROMECHANICAL ROTATION RATE SENSOR COMPRISING A SENSOR ELEMENT AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING A MICROMECHANICAL ROTATION RATE SENSOR COMPRISING A SENSOR ELEMENT Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18363547 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING WATER SAFETY USING SENSOR AND UNMANNED VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES Final Rejection State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
17973887 EFFUSION CELL FOR OUTGASSING MEASUREMENTS Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
18411283 PERFORMING DEFORMATION ANALYSIS OF A WIND TURBINE BLADE Non-Final OA Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
18260108 OBSERVATION DEVICE AND OBSERVATION METHOD Non-Final OA FANUC CORPORATION
18296232 ALIGNING AN INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM (INS) Non-Final OA Honeywell International Inc.
18356624 Method and Device for Determining an Ambient Pressure Final Rejection Vitesco Technologies GmbH
18339084 MEMS GYROSCOPE WITH ENHANCED ROBUSTNESS AGAINST VIBRATIONS AND REDUCED DIMENSIONS Final Rejection STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
18611278 METHOD FOR MONITORING THE MANUFACTURE OF WOOD-BASED PRODUCTS WITH REGARD TO THE EMISSION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, AND DEVICES FOR MONITORING THE EMISSION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOOD-BASED PRODUCTS Non-Final OA Fagus-GreCon Greten GmbH & Co. KG
18293282 VEHICLE ELEMENT RESPONSE LEARNING METHOD, VEHICLE ELEMENT RESPONSE CALCULATION METHOD, VEHICLE ELEMENT RESPONSE LEARNING SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE ELEMENT RESPONSE LEARNING PROGRAM Non-Final OA HORIBA, LTD.
18575383 METHOD FOR OPERATING A CORIOLIS MEASUREMENT DEVICE Non-Final OA Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG
18535271 Gyroscope Drive Loop with Resonant Amplitude Sampling and PWM Drive Non-Final OA InvenSense, Inc.
17929940 NEEDLE FOR USE IN ANALYTICAL APPLICATION Final Rejection Dionex Softron GmbH
18559596 AIR QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA BTS KURUMSAL BILISIM TEKNOLOJILERI ANONIM SIRKETI
18401223 DUAL-AXIS GYROSCOPE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA AAC Kaitai Technologies (Wuhan) CO., LTD
18564511 MINE SAFETY ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING MINE SAFE OPERATION OF A VEHICLE Non-Final OA BAE Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag
18129784 GASEOUS FUEL IGNITION QUALITY TESTER, METHOD FOR DETERMINING FUEL IGNITION QUALITY Final Rejection UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
18560600 DETECTION OF SAFE ACTIVATION OF SHUTDOWN VALVES AND BLOWDOWN VALVES Non-Final OA Ideation AS
18269286 SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE GYROSCOPE Non-Final OA The University of Newcastle Upon Tyne

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