Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1712 1714 1717 1787 1792

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.2%
Allow Rate
-1.8% vs TC avg
989
Total Applications
+26.4%
Interview Lift
1141
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 934 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
7.8%
§102 Novelty
67.3%
§103 Obviousness
20.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18465524 DISCHARGING DEVICE AND SUBSTRATE TREATING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17989988 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LOW LOSS OPTICAL FIBERS Final Rejection CORNING INCORPORATED
18393323 ACRYLIC COATING COMPOSITIONS FOR BEVERAGE CAN ENDS, BEVERAGE CANS, AND METHODS Final Rejection SWIMC LLC
18289785 METHODS OF COATING METAL SUBSTRATES AND MAKING METAL PACKAGING, COATED METAL SUBSTRATES, METAL PACKAGING, AND POWDER COATING COMPOSITION SYSTEMS Final Rejection SWIMC LLC
18236256 Smart Automated Spin Coater Non-Final OA North Carolina State University
18169801 MASK SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY APPARATUS Final Rejection Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
19002369 METHODS OF FORMING INDIUM MOLYBDENUM OXIDE LAYERS AND ASSOCIATED INDIUM MOLYBDENUM OXIDE LAYERS Non-Final OA ASM IP Holding B.V.
17511837 MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITION METHOD Non-Final OA ASM IP Holding B.V.
18364233 INDPENDENT DILUTION INJECT FOR REMOTE PLASMA OXIDATION Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
17981278 MODULAR MICROWAVE SOURCE WITH INTEGRATED OPTICAL SENSORS Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18187159 METAL MASK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING METAL MASK Final Rejection Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
18433845 ULTRAHIGH-TEMPERATURE PARTICLE-INCORPORATED COMPOSITE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
18450600 MASKING TOOLS AND METHODS Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
18471884 BARRIER COATING Non-Final OA Honeywell International Inc.
18159429 FILM FORMING DEVICE, MIST FILM FORMING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROCONDUCTIVE FILM Final Rejection NIKON CORPORATION
19005512 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND PATTERN FORMATION METHOD Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18964075 FILM FORMING METHOD AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18828349 CONDUCTIVE MOLDED ENCLOSURE Non-Final OA Hoffman Enclosures Inc.
18197677 APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SUBSTRATE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Final Rejection SEMES CO., LTD.
18975426 PROSTHETIC LINER AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME Non-Final OA Ossur Iceland ehf
18865652 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING SAME FOR CARBON DOPED SILICON CONTAINING FILMS Non-Final OA VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
18206897 FLAME RETARDANT WOOD, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF AND USE OF METAL HALIDE Non-Final OA NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY
18552271 HYBRID DUAL CURE COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA PRC-Desoto International, Inc.
18660727 ESSENTIAL OIL MICROPARTICLES FOR POWDER COATING APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Xerox Corporation
18681523 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE Final Rejection SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
18763261 TWO-COAT SINGLE CURE POWDER COATING Final Rejection The Sherwin-Williams Company
18269772 PRINTING 3D-OBJECTS BY INKJET Final Rejection Kornit Digital Ltd.
18107439 POLYAMIDE-BASED FILM HAVING AN IMPROVED COATING ADHESION PROPERTY AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection SK microworks Co., Ltd.
18433052 TEMPLATED FABRICATION OF MATERIALS USING COLD SPRAY DEPOSITION Non-Final OA Richard Thuss
18402719 URETHANE ALKYD RESIN Non-Final OA Asian Paints LTD.

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