Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WALSH, RYAN D

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2852

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

87.0%
Allow Rate
+19.0% vs TC avg
1056
Total Applications
+5.0%
Interview Lift
879
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1022 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.0%
§101 Eligibility
42.0%
§102 Novelty
38.7%
§103 Obviousness
11.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18199866 AIR PURIFYING PERFORMANCE EVALUATION DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18556690 HOLDING STRUCTURE AND HOLDING METHOD Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18396248 SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF MEASURING IN-ASH UNBURNED COMBUSTIBLES CONCENTRATION, AND ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATOR Non-Final OA KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18311874 FLEXIBLE RAPID DEPLOYABLE PERIMETER MONITOR SYSTEM Non-Final OA NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
18425597 SCENT SOLUTION WEIGHT LOSS TESTING Non-Final OA Pura Scents, Inc.
18613244 TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE AND STRAIN-SENSITIVE COMPOSITE SENSOR Non-Final OA TDK CORPORATION
18540539 INSTRUMENTED SUB Non-Final OA Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.
18179611 COLLECTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18690136 CORROSION ESTIMATION METHOD AND DEVICE Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18408545 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MASS SENSING BASED ON INTEGRATED, FUNCTIONALIZED PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATORS Non-Final OA The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
18411080 FLOW SENSOR Non-Final OA Keyence Corporation
18885367 FOOT SENSOR AND OTHER SENSOR PADS Final Rejection Xsensor Technology Corporation
18243608 COHERENT MATRIX OF DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEMS ON CHIP Non-Final OA Exo Imaging, Inc.
18562432 MOTOR POSITION ESTIMATION USING CURRENT RIPPLES Non-Final OA Magna Seating Inc
18599716 SAMPLE TAKING DEVICE, SAMPLE TAKING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING A SAMPLE TAKING DEVICE Non-Final OA LockCon AG
18578020 A PRESSURE SENSOR AND A RETROFIT KIT FOR PRESSURE SENSORS Non-Final OA MEKOROT WATER COMPANY LTD.
18392519 Methods and Systems for Testing Acoustic Transducers, and Acoustic Transducer Adapters for the Systems Non-Final OA LENARD ENTERPRISES INC.
18569355 INNOVATIVE CONTROL AND SAFETY SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING CIRCUITS OF PRESSURIZED FLUIDS Non-Final OA STI S.R.L
18285231 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING A MOVEMENT OF AN OBJECT CAUGHT IN A DOOR OF A VEHICLE, AND DETECTION SYSTEM Final Rejection KNORR-BREMSE GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRÄNKTER HAFTUNG
18474852 Water Sensor Buoy with Integrated Anti-Fouling Wheel Final Rejection Precision Measurement Engineering, Inc.
18268197 APPARATUS FOR TESTING A LIQUID SPECIMEN Final Rejection CLINICAL DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

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