Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SMITH, DAVID E

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2881

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.9%
Allow Rate
+16.9% vs TC avg
1,087
Total Applications
+7.3%
Interview Lift
748
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1060 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
3.0%
§102 Novelty
81.1%
§103 Obviousness
8.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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 Final Rejection ASML Netherlands B.V.
18331866 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIRECTING CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM TOWARDS A SAMPLE Non-Final OA ASML Netherlands B.V.
18684263 COMPACT MAGNETO-OPTICAL TRAP WITH THERMAL ABLATION Non-Final OA Sorbonne Universite
18462913 LOW TEMPERATURE LOW-ABUNDANCE ATOMIC OBJECT DISPENSING Final Rejection Quantinuum LLC
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.
18581810 Germicidal Lamp Apparatuses Having Automated Mobility While Emitting Light Non-Final OA Xenex Disinfection Services Inc.
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.
18351270 COLLISION CELL WITH ENHANCED ION BEAM FOCUSING AND TRANSMISSION Final Rejection Thermo Finnigan LLC
18511767 DEFLECTOR FOR A CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS, DEFLECTING SYSTEM, CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING A DEFLECTOR Final Rejection ICT Integrated Circuit Testing Gesellschaft für Halbleiterprüftechnik mbH
17996489 TIME-RESOLVING HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY Non-Final OA Research Instruments Corporation

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