Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: TRAVERS, MATTHEW P

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1784 3635 3722 3726

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.1%
Allow Rate
-6.9% vs TC avg
692
Total Applications
+44.2%
Interview Lift
921
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 640 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
19.7%
§102 Novelty
42.9%
§103 Obviousness
30.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17687590 RADIATIVE PASSIVE COOLING AND HEATING VIA METASURFACES AND NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACES Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19081842 SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR FORMING TURBINE ENGINE ROTATING STRUCTURE Final Rejection RTX Corporation
19000468 Multi-Zone Blade Fabrication Final Rejection RTX Corporation
19244183 HYDRAULIC CRIMPING DEVICE Non-Final OA Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
18153043 POWER TOOL FOR SETTING FASTENERS Final Rejection BLACK & DECKER INC.
18945858 METHOD AND TOOL FOR INSTALLING A FASTENER Final Rejection The Boeing Company
18322724 OFFSET COLLET LOCK FOR POSITIVE FEED DRILLS AND METHODS FOR DRILLING Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
19206904 HELMET RECYCLING METHOD AND HELMET DISASSEMBLY DEVICE INCLUDING A DISASSEMBLY MECHANISM Non-Final OA Strategic Sports Limited
18038618 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR POST MOULD PROCESSING OF A COMPOSITE STRUCTURE Final Rejection LM WIND POWER A/S
19055858 SEAL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
19096957 INSULATED PANEL STRUCTURE Non-Final OA SYSTEMES NORBEC INC.
19055193 Method and Manufacturing Installation for Producing a Plurality of Workpieces Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss Digital Innovation GmbH
18851127 APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR FINE TUNING OF CAPTURE DEVICES Non-Final OA Musco Corporation
18279393 CUTTING TOOL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
17627333 FLUID-TIGHT SEPARATING CLOSURE Non-Final OA Sartorius Stedim North America Inc.
18923856 Packaging Systems And Methods For Mounting A Tool On A Surgical Device Final Rejection MAKO Surgical Corp.
18879366 RIVETING METHOD AND FASTENED PRODUCT Non-Final OA SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
18078191 PART MANIPULATOR FOR ASSEMBLY MACHINE Final Rejection Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
18654138 METHOD OF PRODUCING A RIVETED JOINT Final Rejection NEWFREY LLC
18588250 ATRAUMATIC TIP ASSEMBLY FOR GUIDEWIRE Non-Final OA Acclarent, Inc.
18279748 TOOL TRANSPORT DEVICE Non-Final OA DMG MORI CO., LTD.
18883171 METAL COMPOSITE STRUCTURE, PROCESSING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND METAL FRAME HAVING THE SAME Non-Final OA Fulian Yuzhan Precision Technology Co., Ltd.
18783006 DRILL GUIDE FOR REMOVING A STANDOFF AND METHOD OF REMOVING STANDOFF Non-Final OA Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
18842658 REDUCED FRICTION OIL-FREE SYRINGE PLUNGER FEEDING TUBES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME FOR FEEDING PLUNGERS INTO SYRINGES Final Rejection SiO2 Medical Products, LLC
18279432 METAL CUTTING MILLING TOOL Non-Final OA AB SANDVIK COROMANT
17258294 FOOD CONTACT MEMBER AND SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection FUJI KIHAN CO., LTD.
18429087 ARTICLE PRODUCTION METHOD AND MACHINE Final Rejection G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
18557726 FIRE-EXTINGUISHING MEMBER AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA YAMATO PROTEC CORPORATION
18262719 Device for loading bending tools into a press and process for loading/unloading tools Non-Final OA Starmatik Srl
18354130 METHOD OF MACHINING HOLES AND CHAMFERS IN CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES Non-Final OA Rolls-Royce High Temperature Composites Inc.

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