Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: VANORE, DAVID A

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2855 2878 2881

This examiner grants 89% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

88.7%
Allow Rate
+20.7% vs TC avg
1272
Total Applications
+7.5%
Interview Lift
748
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1239 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.5%
§101 Eligibility
29.4%
§102 Novelty
10.6%
§103 Obviousness
33.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18394217 RADIATION IRRADIATION DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18404780 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCANNING NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY Non-Final OA Brown University
18579781 Mass Spectrometer and Mass Spectrometry Method Non-Final OA SHIMADZU CORPORATION
18567195 IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO ION ANALYSIS Non-Final OA SHIMADZU CORPORATION
18270937 Charged Particle Beam Device Final Rejection Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18328828 CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
17923944 Method for Controlling Position of Sample in Charged Particle Beam Device, Program, Storage Medium, Control Device, and Charged Particle Beam Device Final Rejection Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18478771 ELECTRON-OPTICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN ELECTRON-OPTICAL SYSTEM Non-Final OA ASML Netherlands B.V.
18284839 ON SYSTEM SELF-DIAGNOSIS AND SELF-CALIBRATION TECHNIQUE FOR CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM SYSTEMS Non-Final OA ASML Netherlands B.V.
18270707 DUAL FOCUS SOLUTON FOR SEM METROLOGY TOOLS Final Rejection ASML Netherlands B.V.
18327847 CHARGED PARTICLE TOOL, CALIBRATION METHOD, INSPECTION METHOD Non-Final OA ASML Netherlands B.V.
18198768 ELECTRON BEAM SPOT SHAPE RECONSTRUCTION UNIT Final Rejection Applied Materials Israel Ltd.
18571482 AUTOMATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEPARATING COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd.
18571542 DATA STORAGE FOR TOF INSTRUMENTATION Non-Final OA DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd.
18580744 MASS SPECTROMETER FOR GENERATING AND SUMMING MASS SPECTRAL DATA Non-Final OA Micromass UK Limited
18578838 MASS SPECTROMETER HAVING HIGH SAMPLING DUTY CYCLE Non-Final OA Micromass UK Limited
18451759 MICROSCOPY SAMPLE PREPARATION METHODS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS Final Rejection FEI Company
18419454 MASS SPECTROMETER AND DATA ACQUISITION METHODS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ANALYTE IONS Non-Final OA Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH
18258534 WATER ACTIVATION DEVICE AND CONTAINER Non-Final OA BE WTR SA
18580555 IMPROVED NAVIGATION FOR ELECTRON MICROSCOPY Non-Final OA Oxford Instruments Nanotechnology Tools Limited
18005605 SINGLE PHOTON SOURCE FOR GENERATING BRIGHT AND COHERENT SINGLE PHOTONS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITÄT BASEL
18511211 Ion Mobility Spectrometry Devices Having High Capacity Regions for Ion Accumulation Prior to Intermittent Mass Analysis and Methods Therefor Non-Final OA MOBILion Systems, Inc.
18373338 NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY SYSTEM AND NEUTRON GENERATION PART RECOVERY METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA NEUBORON THERAPY SYSTEM LTD.
17841657 Sample Delivery, Data Acquisition, and Analysis, and Automation Thereof, in Charged-Particle-Beam Microscopy Final Rejection Mochii, Inc. (d/b/a Voxa)

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