Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: STAFIRA, MICHAEL PATRICK

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2877 2886

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

88.4%
Allow Rate
+20.4% vs TC avg
1289
Total Applications
+8.6%
Interview Lift
774
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1256 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.9%
§101 Eligibility
41.1%
§102 Novelty
41.7%
§103 Obviousness
8.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18673561 FLUORESCENT NANOPARTICLES FOR OILFIELD AND OTHER CHEMICAL PRODUCT INJECTION ASSURANCE, MONITORING AND TRACING Non-Final OA ChampionX LLC
18750116 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING KEY DIMENSION OF LOW-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS BY OPTICAL SCATTERING Non-Final OA SHANDONG UNIVERSITY
18799065 MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND MEASUREMENT METHOD Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
18806591 COMPACT INTRAORAL SCANNER WITH IMPROVED AXIAL MAGNIFICATION Non-Final OA Align Technology, Inc.
18568289 POSITION MEASUREMENT DEVICE, POSITION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, AND MEASUREMENT DEVICE Non-Final OA NIKON CORPORATION
18450705 LIGHTING DEVICE Final Rejection Schott AG
18911625 MEASUREMENT MACHINE Non-Final OA MITUTOYO CORPORATION
18801603 SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSOR COMPRISING METAL COATED NANOSTRUCTURES AND A MOLECULARLY IMPRINTED POLYMER LAYER Non-Final OA DrinkSavvy, Inc.
18837416 EXCHANGEABLE SPARK UNIT, SYSTEM AND CALIBRATION METHOD Non-Final OA HERAEUS ELECTRO-NITE INTERNATIONAL N.V.
18795372 SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE INTERIOR REFRACTORY LINING OF A VESSEL Non-Final OA Vesuvius Process Metrix, SAS
18833227 Apparatus and Method for Measuring a Parameter of Particles Non-Final OA Dyneval Limited
18766008 GEMSTONE INSCRIPTION VIEWING SYSTEM AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF Non-Final OA OPSYDIA LIMITED
18476518 SETTLED DUST MEASUREMENT SYSTEM USING PHOTORESISTORS Non-Final OA Dust Company, Inc.
18706283 METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR OPTICAL DETECTION OF DIELECTRIC PARTICLES Non-Final OA HOLTRA AB
18692433 LENS-FREE HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR HIGH SENSITIVITY LABEL-FREE CELL AND MICROBIAL GROWTH DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION FOR SCREENING, IDENTIFICATION, AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TRAINING Non-Final OA Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc.
18394319 MODE-MATCHING A PLURALITY OF OPTICAL BEAMS TO A CORRESPONDING PLURALITY OF OPTICAL POWER AMPLIFIERS Non-Final OA Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
18569303 3D SCANNER WITH STRUCTURED LIGHT PATTERN PROJECTOR AND METHOD OF USING SAME FOR PERFORMING LIGHT PATTERN MATCHING AND 3D RECONSTRUCTION Non-Final OA CREAFORM INC.
18497555 COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE, LIGHT SOURCE AND METHOD Final Rejection Klingelnberg GmbH
18477255 AUTOMATIC TRANSPARENT SOIL PREPARATION BOX Non-Final OA Institute for Smart City of Chongqing University in Liyang
18348222 DIGITAL MEASURING AND DETECTION APPARATUS WITH INTERACTIVE SCREEN Final Rejection ROBBOX INC.
17917991 A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR FLUORESCENCE DETECTION Final Rejection HIFIBIO (HK) LIMITED
17981417 Systems for Mechanical Static and Dynamic Characterization of Structures and Adjustment of Radio Frequency Aperture and Transmission Non-Final OA Redwire Holdings, LLC

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