Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WHITTINGTON, KENNETH

Tech Center 3900 • Art Units: 2858 2862 3992

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.0%
Allow Rate
+11.0% vs TC avg
453
Total Applications
-16.8%
Interview Lift
1038
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 420 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.4%
§101 Eligibility
27.6%
§102 Novelty
31.5%
§103 Obviousness
17.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18893439 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND BATTERY CHARGE/DISCHARGE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18826987 WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTER, WIRELESS POWER RECEIVER, AND CONTROL METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19328027 LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA LG Display Co., Ltd.
18207754 TRANSFORMER INDUCTORS WITH TUNABLE COUPLING COEFFICIENT Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18022191 TIE PLATE FOR A TRANSFORMER CORE ASSEMBLY Final Rejection HITACHI ENERGY LTD
19174753 MULTI-LAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiyo Yuden Co., LTD.
18973389 LAMINATION INDUCTOR Non-Final OA MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
18323361 COIL COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR COIL COMPONENT Non-Final OA Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18191868 LAMINATED COIL COMPONENT Non-Final OA Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18510313 AUTOMATIC STEERING INSTRUCTIONS FOR DIRECTIONAL MOTOR DRILLING Final Rejection Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.
18825592 WOUND HTS MAGNET COILS Non-Final OA Tokamak Energy Ltd
19020277 MULTILAYER ELECTRONIC COMPONENT WITH DUMMY INTERNAL ELECTRODES Non-Final OA Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., LTD.
17388926 TEMPERATURE SENSING PROBE, BURL PLATE, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND METHOD Non-Final OA ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
18204027 Printed Board Coil, High Frequency Transformer, and Electromagnetic Induction Heater Non-Final OA National University Corporation Hokkaido University
17184452 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING A SPECTRAL RESPONSE CURVE OF A PHOTO SENSOR Non-Final OA Focus Universal Inc.
18423943 OVERCURRENT PROTECTION BASED ON ZERO CURRENT DETECTION Non-Final OA Navitas Semiconductor Limited
18885193 PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA SOLUM CO., LTD.
18792179 TEST APPARATUS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS WITH FINE-PITCH BUMPS Non-Final OA AMT CO., LTD.
18633963 APPARATUS FOR INTERNET AND POWER BACKUP Non-Final OA DataRemote, Inc.
18612692 BATTERY CLAMP Final Rejection SHENZHEN CARKU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18612660 BATTERY CLAMP Final Rejection SHENZHEN CARKU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17966840 Integrated Choke Assembly Final Rejection PHIHONG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18137801 INDUCTOR COIL AND FORMING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation
18296639 WIRE-WOUND INDUCTOR USING MAGNETIC CORES WITH THREE AIR GAPS Non-Final OA ACME Electronics Corporation
18043145 WINDING SUPPORT FOR A MAGNETIC COMPONENT OF AN ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Norway AS
18053587 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALTERNATING-DIRECT HIGH VOLTAGE LEAK DETECTION Final Rejection Packaging Technologies & Inspection, LLC
17869610 RECONFIGURABLE DICKSON STAR SWITCHED CAPACITOR VOLTAGE REGULATOR Non-Final OA Lion Semiconductor Inc.

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