Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 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
699
Total Applications
+44.1%
Interview Lift
972
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 647 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
4.4%
§102 Novelty
71.1%
§103 Obviousness
15.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19081842 SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR FORMING TURBINE ENGINE ROTATING STRUCTURE Final Rejection RTX Corporation
18153043 POWER TOOL FOR SETTING FASTENERS Final Rejection BLACK & DECKER INC.
19244183 HYDRAULIC CRIMPING DEVICE Non-Final OA Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
18260724 Drill Blade for Drilling Hard Materials and Drill Bit Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
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
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
19096957 INSULATED PANEL STRUCTURE Non-Final OA SYSTEMES NORBEC INC.
19077406 CUSTOMIZATION FOR SPORTS PROTECTIVE PADS AND UNIFORM ORNAMENTATION Final Rejection 3DCALZ, LLC
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
18290014 MACHINING CONDITION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MACHINING CONTROL DEVICE, MACHINING SYSTEM, AND MACHINING PROGRAM Non-Final OA Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
18654138 METHOD OF PRODUCING A RIVETED JOINT Final Rejection NEWFREY LLC
18879366 RIVETING METHOD AND FASTENED PRODUCT Non-Final OA SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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
18347331 CHAIN-INSTALL APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Non-Final OA FREEPORT MINERALS CORPORATION
18049660 METHOD OF INTERFACE SURFACE PREPARATION FOR COATED STEEL ENABLING LASER WELD OR LASER BRAZED ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA GM Global Technology Operations 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.
18347721 MILLING HEAD WITH THROUGH HOLE HAVING CENTERING AND DRIVE SURFACES AT TOOTH-RECEIVING LOBES, TOOL HOLDER AND ROTARY MILLING TOOL Final Rejection ISCAR, LTD.
18429087 ARTICLE PRODUCTION METHOD AND MACHINE Final Rejection G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
18262719 Device for loading bending tools into a press and process for loading/unloading tools Final Rejection 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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