Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SMITH, DAVID E

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2881

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.7%
Allow Rate
+16.7% vs TC avg
1084
Total Applications
+7.3%
Interview Lift
810
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1049 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
21.0%
§102 Novelty
51.6%
§103 Obviousness
17.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18515593 SHIELDED APPARATUS FOR ION ENERGY ANALYSIS OF PLASMA PROCESSES Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18583333 ELECTRON MICROSCOPE AND CRYSTAL EVALUATION METHOD Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
18572544 ELECTRON MICROSCOPE Non-Final OA HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
18568628 CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTOR ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
18516020 DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, CHARGED PARTICLE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA ASML Netherlands B.V.
18684263 COMPACT MAGNETO-OPTICAL TRAP WITH THERMAL ABLATION Non-Final OA Sorbonne Universite
18299785 SEEDING AND OPTICAL PUMPING OF INTEGRATED LASERS FOR TRAPPED PARTICLE INTERACTION Non-Final OA Quantinuum LLC
18528737 CALIBRATION OF AN EXAMINATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Applied Materials Israel Ltd.
18650468 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING SLOPE STABILITY Non-Final OA Muon Vision Inc.
18454298 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SPATIALLY AND TEMPORARILY SORTING IONS USING RF TRAVELLING WAVES Non-Final OA THERMO FINNIGAN LLC
18351270 COLLISION CELL WITH ENHANCED ION BEAM FOCUSING AND TRANSMISSION Final Rejection Thermo Finnigan LLC
18580478 TOROIDAL GANTRY FOR A PARTICLE THERAPY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Mevion Medical Systems, Inc.
18508585 SCALABLE NEUTRAL ATOM BASED QUANTUM COMPUTING Non-Final OA Atom Computing Inc.
18511767 DEFLECTOR FOR A CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS, DEFLECTING SYSTEM, CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING A DEFLECTOR Non-Final OA ICT Integrated Circuit Testing Gesellschaft für Halbleiterprüftechnik mbH
17996489 TIME-RESOLVING HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY Non-Final OA Research Instruments Corporation

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