Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: SONG, INJA

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1744 3711 3732 3783

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

66.5%
Allow Rate
-3.5% vs TC avg
249
Total Applications
+48.6%
Interview Lift
1037
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 215 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.2%
§101 Eligibility
12.4%
§102 Novelty
48.4%
§103 Obviousness
34.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18731639 REMOVAL TOOL AND REMOVAL SYSTEM FOR REMOVING, FROM A POWDER BED, COMPONENTS MANUFACTURED BY MEANS OF 3D PRINTING METHODS Non-Final OA Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
18363957 FILM FORMING APPARATUS, FILM FORMING METHOD, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ARTICLE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18686714 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ENCAPSULATION FILM Final Rejection LG CHEM, LTD.
18323750 METHODS OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING A MANUFACTURED COMPONENT, ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS THAT PERFORM THE METHODS, AND STORAGE MEDIA THAT DIRECTS ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS TO PERFORM THE METHODS Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
18839118 HEAT TREATMENT OF 3D PRINTED PARTS Non-Final OA CYTIVA SWEDEN AB
18322358 INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE AND OPERATOR SUPPORT METHOD Final Rejection THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
18533023 THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTED THERMAL EXPANSION STRUCTURE MANUFACTURING METHOD Final Rejection Bauer Hockey, LLC
17659403 EMULSION STEREOLITHOGRAPHY AND 3D PRINTING OF MULTIMATERIALS AND NANOSCALE MATERIAL GRADIENTS Non-Final OA LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
18570859 LYOCELL MATERIAL WITH CONTROLLED WHITENESS BY HYDROGEN PEROXIDE TREATMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection KT&G CORPORATION

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