Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: SMITH, MAURICE C

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 1799 2800 2858 2877

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.5%
Allow Rate
+16.5% vs TC avg
759
Total Applications
-4.0%
Interview Lift
790
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 731 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.9%
§101 Eligibility
14.9%
§102 Novelty
49.0%
§103 Obviousness
31.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19131889 OPTICAL ELEMENT INSPECTION METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPLICATION Non-Final OA FUYAO GLASS INDUSTRY GROUP CO., LTD.
19454004 THIN-FILM LITHIUM-NIOBATE (TFLN)-BASED MODULATOR FOR FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPES AND OTHER APPLICATIONS Final Rejection OPTILAB, LLC
19210548 EQUOL MEASUREMENT KIT AND EQUOL MEASUREMENT METHOD Non-Final OA DAICEL CORPORATION
18888595 SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC MEASUREMENT OF WATER IN HYDROCARBONS VIA WATER DROPLET COUNTING Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
19127262 SPECTROSCOPIC DEVICE AND WAVELENGTH CORRECTION METHOD Non-Final OA Konica Minolta, Inc.
18740375 PELAGIC LASER TOMOGRAPHER AND METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18790469 COUPLING MONITORING SYSTEM Final Rejection TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED
18879981 LIGHT IRRADIATION APPARATUS, MEASURING APPARATUS, OBSERVATION APPARATUS, AND FILM THICKNESS MEASURING APPARATUS Non-Final OA HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
19095069 OPTICAL DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA Keyence Corporation
19093648 SUB-NANOMETER COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINES AND METHODS THEREOF Final Rejection OPTIPRO SYSTEMS, LLC
18866666 METHOD AND APPARATUSES FOR FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETRY Final Rejection ASML Netherlands B.V.
18291534 METROLOGY METHOD AND METROLOGY DEVICE Non-Final OA ASML Netherlands B.V.
19056949 NON-INVASIVE REAL-TIME MONITORING SYSTEM FOR MxN OPTICAL CIRCUIT SWITCH WITH MEMS MIRROR ARRAY BASED SWITCH ENGINE Non-Final OA Molex, LLC
18841867 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SPECTROMETER DEVICE Final Rejection TRINAMIX GMBH
18853233 WAVEGUIDE MEASUREMENT DEVICE Final Rejection Goertek Optical Technology Co., Ltd.

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