Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: YENINAS, STEVEN LEE

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2858 2868

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.0%
Allow Rate
+5.0% vs TC avg
485
Total Applications
+3.9%
Interview Lift
961
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 460 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.8%
§101 Eligibility
19.9%
§102 Novelty
53.4%
§103 Obviousness
21.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18588231 SELF-CALIBRATING ANGLE SENSOR Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18277302 3D PRINTED MRI COIL, PHANTOM AND SHIMMING ELEMENT Final Rejection Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
18615059 INDUCTIVE POSITION MEASURING SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A MOVEMENT ALONG A CURVED PATH Non-Final OA Infineon Technologies AG
18454982 Inductive Sensor Arrangement for Detecting a Rotational Movement Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18461945 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, MR IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION APPARATUS AND MR IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION METHOD Final Rejection Canon Medical Systems Corporation
18273987 MONITORING OF FMRI EXAMINATION Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18574481 ESTIMATION OF THE CUT-OFF FREQUENCY OF AN ELECTRONIC FILTER Final Rejection Nordic Semiconductor ASA
19099818 MULTI-MODE THICKNESS MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHODS Non-Final OA AGR INTERNATIONAL, INC.
18413114 INDUCTIVE SENSOR DEVICE WITH INDUCTOR COIL FORMED IN REDISTRIBUTION LAYER (RDL) REGION Non-Final OA Microchip Technology Incorporated
17265877 MEASUREMENT DEVICE Non-Final OA RENISHAW PLC
18398293 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGING AND TREATMENT Non-Final OA SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
18579404 COIL GEOMETRY FOR AN ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACKING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Magnisity Ltd.
18504872 CABLE TESTING Final Rejection Southwire Company, LLC
18362357 TARGET PITCH-INDEPENDENT QUADRATURE MAGNETIC ENCODER Non-Final OA Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
18697528 AIRCRAFT CONTROL SURFACE ELEMENT MONITORING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Moog Wolverhampton Limited
18590510 Loop Gap Resonators for Spin Resonance Spectroscopy Non-Final OA Amherst College
18444963 ANTENNA ASSEMBLY FOR A TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
18519136 Flip Angle Determination for Multi-Tissue Magnetic Resonance Scanning Non-Final OA Siemens Healthcare GmbH
18029838 ABSOLUTE POSITION ENCODER FOR MEASURING INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA TESA SÀRL
17941629 Method for correcting inhomogeneity of the static magnetic field particularly of the static magnetic field generated by the magnetic structure of a machine for acquiring nuclear magnetic resonance images and MRI system for carrying out such method Final Rejection Esaote S.p.A.
17959830 PHANTOM APPARATUS AND METHODS THEREFOR Final Rejection Calimetrix LLC

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