Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: TSUI, YUNG-SHENG M

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1684 1743

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.6%
Allow Rate
+0.6% vs TC avg
557
Total Applications
+5.8%
Interview Lift
971
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 521 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.1%
§101 Eligibility
28.5%
§102 Novelty
35.7%
§103 Obviousness
23.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18565371 Printing System and Use of a Printing System Non-Final OA Putzmeister Engineering GmbH
18484652 CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA General Electric Company
18777988 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A PARTICLE FOAM PART AND A METHOD FOR CALIBRATING THE PRODUCTION PROCESS Non-Final OA adidas AG
18910800 Forming Apparatus and Method of Producing Formed Body Non-Final OA LG Chem, Ltd.
18751209 SUPPORT MATERIAL REMOVAL DEVICE AND SUPPORT MATERIAL REMOVAL METHOD Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18646871 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18777232 CONTAINER PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING CONTAINERS FROM PREFORMS Non-Final OA Krones AG
18773227 COUPLING OF PRODUCTION MACHINE AND STRETCH BLOW MOLDING MACHINE VIA AIR TRANSPORT Non-Final OA Krones AG
18660972 SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING FOAM INSERTS FOR FUEL TANKS Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
18494983 REDUCED WEIGHT AIRCRAFT TIRE Final Rejection The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
18757330 Systems for Printing Three-Dimensional Objects Non-Final OA Relativity Space, Inc.
18310464 SYSTEM AND TECHNIQUE FOR FABRICATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPOSITE STRUCTURE Final Rejection Blue Origin, LLC
18864268 EXTRUSION DEVICE AND 3D PRINTER Non-Final OA OPTIDE S.R.L.
18862508 FIBER APPLICATION MACHINE WITH APPLICATION HEAD PROVIDED WITH A TENSION LIMITING SYSTEM Non-Final OA CORIOLIS GROUP
18929021 PROCESS, ARTICLE AND ASSEMBLY FOR INTEGRATING A BARCODE IN A THERMO-FORMABLE MATERIAL Non-Final OA U.S. Farathane, L.L.C.
18905114 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING Non-Final OA 3DEO, Inc.
18137732 SEQUENCING ANALYSIS OF CIRCULATING DNA TO DETECT AND MONITOR AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES Non-Final OA The Chinese University of Hong Kong
18810268 FLAME RESISTANT MATERIALS FOR POWDER BED FUSION TECHNOLOGIES AND USING SUCH MATERIALS IN A LAYER-BY-LAYER PROCESS Non-Final OA EMS-CHEMIE AG
18805435 COMPOSITE THREAD CONDITIONING TECHNIQUES Non-Final OA Orbital Composites, Inc.
18131821 DIGITAL ANALYSIS OF MOLECULAR ANALYTES USING SINGLE MOLECULE DETECTION Non-Final OA Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.
18617870 METHOD OF MAKING A MOLDED PART AND PART MADE THEREBY Non-Final OA REIFENHAEUSER GMBH & CO. KG MASCHINENFABRIK
18026110 Method for multi-dimensional analysis of cell epigenomics Non-Final OA BGI SHENZHEN
18202626 LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIC DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA HITACHI HIGH-TECH ANALYSIS CORPORATION
18561045 METHOD FOR PREPARING UO2 MIXTURE POWDER FOR NUCLEAR FUEL MANUFACTURING BY MEANS OF IBC BLENDER, AND UO2 MIXTURE POWDER FOR NUCLEAR FUEL MANUFACTURING, PREPARED THEREBY Non-Final OA KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
17621932 SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING MORTAR-BASED ELEMENTS Non-Final OA ENDRESS+HAUSER (DEUTSCHLAND) GMBH+CO. KG

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