Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

David A Vanore, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as VANORE, DAVID A

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2682 2855 2878 2881

This examiner grants 89% of resolved cases

Analysis

VANORE, DAVID A has resolved 1274 cases in technology center 2800 and art unit 2682. The allowance rate is 88.8%, and the median time to allowance is 688 days. Interviews are associated with a 7.6% lift in the allowance rate. The high resolved-case volume and allowance rate provide a clear record for practitioners assessing this docket.

Hitachi Ltd., ASML Holding N.V., and Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd. are the listed leading companies. CROWELL & MORING LLP, Duane Morris LLP - Quest Diagnostics, and FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP (DC) are the listed leading firms. The participant information can help counsel identify recurring prosecution relationships, while the interview figure indicates a comparatively limited reported association with allowance outcomes.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

88.8%
Allow Rate
+20.8% vs TC avg
1,305
Total Applications
+7.6%
Interview Lift
688
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1274 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.3%
§101 Eligibility
30.4%
§102 Novelty
11.5%
§103 Obviousness
33.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18690667 ELECTRON BEAM-BASED EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
18969157 ANNULAR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ACCELERATED ELECTRONS Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18758615 TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS METHOD USING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE Non-Final OA Kioxia Corporation
18270937 Charged Particle Beam Device Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18633764 Detection of Space Charge Effect During Ion Implantation Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18728112 SPECIMEN SUPPORT, IONIZATION METHOD, AND MASS SPECTROMETRY METHOD Non-Final OA HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
18284839 ON SYSTEM SELF-DIAGNOSIS AND SELF-CALIBRATION TECHNIQUE FOR CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM SYSTEMS Non-Final OA ASML Netherlands B.V.
18567195 IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO ION ANALYSIS Final Rejection SHIMADZU CORPORATION

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner David A Vanore's allowance rate?

88.8% of resolved applications examined by David A Vanore were allowed (1,274 resolved cases), compared with 72.2% across Art Unit 2682 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner David A Vanore?

This examiner's interview lift is +7.6 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner David A Vanore take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by David A Vanore took 688 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner David A Vanore work in?

David A Vanore examines applications in Art Unit 2682 in Tech Center 2800 (Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics).

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