Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: VETERE, ROBERT A

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 1712 1764 1792 2875

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.8%
Allow Rate
-7.2% vs TC avg
921
Total Applications
+13.4%
Interview Lift
1284
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 872 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
15.6%
§102 Novelty
60.7%
§103 Obviousness
16.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18311011 METHODS OF DEPOSITING ALUMINUM NITRIDE TEMPLATING LAYERS USING THERMAL PULSED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF ALUMINUM NITRIDE THICK FILMS AND RELATED FILMS Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17795069 METHODS OF PREPARING LENS ARRAYS, DISPLAY APPARATUSES, AND METHODS OF PREPARING DISPLAY APPARATUSES Final Rejection BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
17651506 POWDER COATING COMPOSITION Final Rejection SWIMC LLC
18189048 DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18808261 TRANSPARENT MEMBER AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TRANSPARENT MEMBER Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18139121 HALIDE AND ORGANIC PRECURSORS FOR METAL DEPOSITION Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
18939715 TRANSITION METAL-DOPED NICKEL PHOSPHIDE NANOSTRUCTURE, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND CATALYST FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL WATER DECOMPOSITION INCLUDING TRANSITION METAL-DOPED NICKEL PHOSPHIDE NANOSTRUCTURE Non-Final OA POSTECH Research and Business Development Foundation
18039875 METHOD OF TRANSFERRING PARTICLES TO A COATING SURFACE Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18376502 FUNCTIONAL PANEL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, MODULE, DATA PROCESSING DEVICE Final Rejection SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
18200280 Fully open-air combustion deposition and rapid plasma treatment of metal oxides Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18551659 METHOD OF TRANSFER OF ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR FILMS TO A SUBSTRATE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES MADE THEREFROM Non-Final OA FRIEDRICH-SCHILLER-UNIVERSITÄT JENA
18210772 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A LOCALIZED FLUID VELOCITY OF A PROCESSING LIQUID DISPENSED ON A SPINNING SUBSTRATE BY TRACKING MOVEMENT OF AN INDUCED PERTURBATION IN THE PROCESSING LIQUID ACROSS THE SPINNING SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18245837 FIBER-FORMING COMPOSITION Non-Final OA KAO CORPORATION
18699476 METHOD AND FORMULATION FOR PREPARING OPTICAL METAL OXIDE LAYERS Non-Final OA MERCK PATENT GMBH
18817465 METHOD FOR COVERING FIBER BODY Final Rejection THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
18478144 HIGH-INDEX GLASS Non-Final OA Schott AG
18935097 MASKLESS TOUCH UP TOOL FOR SURFACE COATINGS Non-Final OA Blue Origin, LLC
18935224 MASKLESS TOUCH UP TOOL FOR SURFACE COATINGS Non-Final OA Blue Origin, LLC
18863250 AUTOMOBILE BODY AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME Non-Final OA NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.
18850636 VACUUM CARBURIZING FURNACE AND VACUUM CARBURIZING TREATMENT METHOD Non-Final OA DOWA THERMOTECH CO., LTD.
18690414 DEPOSITION MATERIAL SUITABLE FOR PLASMA ETCHING DEVICE MEMBER ETC., AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT Non-Final OA TOCALO CO., LTD.
18605546 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MACHINE FOR METALLIZATION OF FABRIC Non-Final OA Noble BioMaterials, Inc.
18582792 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE MATERIALS AND THE PARTS WITH LOW DIELECTRIC CONSTANT AND LOW DIELECTRIC LOSS BY INKJET PRINTING Non-Final OA CRHM Co., Ltd.
17718917 METHOD OF PRODUCING MAGNESIUM-CONTAINING COMPONENTS HAVING VISUAL METALLIC SURFACES Final Rejection Magnesium Products of America Inc.
18529420 METHODS OF ALTERING A SURFACE OF A NI-BASED ALLOY AND RESULTING COMPONENTS Final Rejection Indian Institute Of Technology
18514980 MULTIFUNCTIONAL COATINGS FOR SOLID STATE ELECTROLYTE POWDERS Final Rejection UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
18285819 ALKALI-RESISTANT NON-CRYSTALLINE INORGANIC COMPOSITION AND FIBER THEREOF Non-Final OA Nippon Fiber Corporation
18257242 REINFORCING GLASS FIBER, CHOPPED STRAND, FIBER SHEET, AND ROD Final Rejection Nippon Fiber Corporation
18297226 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RETAINING NANOPARTICLES WITHIN NONWOVEN MATERIAL Final Rejection LMS Technologies, Inc.
18007149 CALCIUM PHOSPHATE POWDER Non-Final OA TOMITA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.

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