Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: TAN, ALVIN H

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2118 2144 2172 2173 2178

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

56.4%
Allow Rate
+1.4% vs TC avg
567
Total Applications
+18.7%
Interview Lift
1564
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 530 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.2%
§101 Eligibility
20.1%
§102 Novelty
49.8%
§103 Obviousness
13.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18610805 AUTOMATICALLY POSITIONING INSIGHTS IN SPATIAL LOCATIONS OF A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE PAGE BASED ON RULES Final Rejection Truist Bank
18147388 CREATING A WORKFLOW FROM MULTIPLE DISPARATE WORKFLOW SYSTEMS LEVERAGING PREDICTIVE ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS FOR EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA Carrier Corporation
18560776 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND MAINTENANCE ASSISTANCE DEVICE FOR ASSISTING MAINTENANCE TASK FOR AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18036172 INPUT/OUTPUT MODULE AND CONTROL SYSTEM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18044700 Device Control Method, Electronic Device, and System Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18144140 CROSS-APPLICATION CONTENT PLAYER Non-Final OA Google LLC
18311272 PARALLELIZED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18564212 Methods for Additive Manufacturing of a Component Non-Final OA Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
18204706 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR CHANGING LAYOUT OF DISPLAYED OBJECTS Non-Final OA SONY CORPORATION
17972236 AIR SHROUD HAVING BUILT IN AIR MOVERS FOR ENHANCED COOLING Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18520665 PROGRAM CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18388183 DOCUMENT TEMPLATE RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM FOR COLLABORATIVE DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA Atlassian US, Inc.
18277556 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS OF A CHILLER SYSTEM Final Rejection Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
17623829 SUB-FIELD CONTROL OF A LITHOGRAPHIC PROCESS AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS Final Rejection ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
18010523 TECHNOLOGY FOR PROCESSING AND EXCHANGING FIELD SIGNALS Non-Final OA Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
18562983 PLANT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAID PLANT Non-Final OA ANSALDO ENERGIA S.P.A.
17915157 Method for operating a first and a second food machine, storage device, and food machine Non-Final OA GEA Food Solotions Germany GmbH
17830386 Runtime Environment and Method for Creating an Event-Driven Execution Model of an Industrial Application Non-Final OA nxtControl GmbH
17466763 PROGRAMMABLE MICROGRID CONTROL SYSTEM Non-Final OA OPERATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.

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