Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: TAUFIQ, FARAH N

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1743 1749 1754 3732

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

62.0%
Allow Rate
-8.0% vs TC avg
336
Total Applications
+25.2%
Interview Lift
1116
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 276 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.0%
§101 Eligibility
20.2%
§102 Novelty
56.9%
§103 Obviousness
17.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19008298 SUPPORT GARMENT Final Rejection NIKE, Inc.
18269285 CUSHIONING MEMBER AND SOLE FOR SHOE Final Rejection ASICS CORPORATION
19207538 MOLD APPARATUS Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19252434 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LINER FOR PRESSURE VESSEL AND LINER FOR PRESSURE VESSEL Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18984201 FILM FORMING APPARATUS, FILM FORMING METHOD, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18816140 SHOE, SHOE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SHOE Final Rejection ON CLOUDS GMBH
18678088 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND FLUID FLOW MECHANISM Final Rejection General Electric Company
18619254 RIGIDITY LEVEL DETECTION APPARATUS Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18343583 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPED OBJECT, THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
17441422 BUILD SYSTEM Non-Final OA NIKON CORPORATION
18608230 COMPOSITE PART WITH ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED SUB-STRUCTURE Final Rejection The Boeing Company
18738218 METAL MASK Non-Final OA NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
18611849 ELECTRODE PLATE FOR RECHARGEABLE BATTERY, MANUFACTURING APPARATUS THEREOF AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
18722592 DROPLET DISCHARGE DEVICE AND MAINTENANCE METHOD Non-Final OA KYOCERA CORPORATION
17962509 STRUCTURE SUPPORTING AN OBJECT DURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND METHOD FOR FORMING Non-Final OA Stratasys Ltd.
19151671 DEVICE, MACHINE AND METHOD FOR COATING A WEB-FORMAT CARRIER SUBSTRATE WITH A DRY FILM Non-Final OA KOENIG & BAUER AG
18620164 Light Recycling For Additive Manufacturing Optimization Final Rejection Seurat Technologies, Inc.
18620085 SKILLFULL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA Velo3D, Inc.

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