Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ZHONG, XIN Y

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2855 2856 2861

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.1%
Allow Rate
+8.1% vs TC avg
644
Total Applications
+15.2%
Interview Lift
1060
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 611 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
21.0%
§102 Novelty
51.8%
§103 Obviousness
23.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18607762 VIBRATION DETECTION DEVICE OF A BLISK Non-Final OA IHI Corporation
17513523 MONOLITHIC ULTRASONIC FLOW METER AND PARTICLE DETECTION SYSTEM Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
18421632 DETECTING AND VISUALIZING OF A FUEL TYPE USED Non-Final OA AUDI AG
18687351 DEVICE FOR PREDICTING THE EVOLUTION OF A DEFECT OF A BEARING, ASSOCIATED SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
18365591 SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18568048 METHOD FOR DETECTING CONTACTS ON A VEHICLE Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18334324 SENSOR UNIT OF HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, ROTARY DEVICE, AND TORQUE SENSING METHOD Non-Final OA SHIMANO INC.
18276168 APPARATUS WITH OPTICAL FEATURE CHANGING VISUAL STATE Final Rejection Nutcracker Therapeutics, Inc.
18040240 FITTING DUMMY FOR TESTING ON BODY-FLUID-ABSORBENT ARTICLES AND TEST METHOD USING THE SAME Non-Final OA DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
18690706 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A LEAKING OCCLUDER VALVE IN A PERISTALTIC PUMP Non-Final OA CareFusion 303, Inc.
18290209 Digital Integrated System for Calibration Non-Final OA 3DATX Corporation
18385193 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING RAILROAD OF TRANSFER VEHICLE Non-Final OA SEMES CO., LTD.
18613082 EXERCISE ANALYSIS METHOD, SERVER AND TERMINAL APPARATUS USED FOR EXERCISE ANALYSIS Non-Final OA Wistron Corporation
18559479 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A BELT TENSION OF A MACHINE DRIVE BELT Non-Final OA ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
18206876 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MAKING Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
18584597 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR SOIL MOISTURE DETECTION Non-Final OA EarthOne Inc.
18682927 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING WATER FROM A SOIL SAMPLE Non-Final OA Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel
18682001 LEAKAGE DETECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA WUXI LEAD INTELLIGENT EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
18569411 BLAST SENSOR WITH RELATED HOUSING Non-Final OA BlackBox Biometrics, Inc.
18421900 METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR AEROSOL DETECTION Non-Final OA N5 SENSORS, INC.
18496844 BATTERY TESTING APPARATUS Non-Final OA RIMAC TECHNOLOGY D.O.O.
18032011 GAS SENSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN
18457885 ELASTIC WAVE RADAR DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD Final Rejection Sichuan Central Inspection Technology Inc
18029895 ACOUSTIC RESONANCE FLUID FLOW MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA FT Technologies (UK) Ltd

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