Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ARMSTRONG, SUSANNAH SIPPLE

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 1616 3642

This examiner grants 29% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

28.6%
Allow Rate
-23.4% vs TC avg
73
Total Applications
+37.5%
Interview Lift
1487
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 14 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.6%
§101 Eligibility
13.2%
§102 Novelty
38.1%
§103 Obviousness
24.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18570607 MICRO CARRIER, CELL COMPOSITE, AND MEDICAL COMPOSITION, COSMETIC COMPOSITION, MEDICAL ARTICLES AND COSMETIC ARTICLES USING THE SAME Non-Final OA LG CHEM, LTD.
18489193 ENHANCED YEASTICIDAL EFFICACY OF LACTIC ACID BASED ANTIMICROBIAL HANDWASH Non-Final OA ECOLAB USA INC.
18252110 FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
18505079 MICROCAPSULE AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
17801705 EUTECTIC BASED ANESTHETIC COMPOSITIONS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF Final Rejection The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
18256584 COMPOSITION FOR FORMING COATING Final Rejection KAO CORPORATION
18343445 ANHYDROUS HAIR TREATMENT COMPOSITION COMPRISING MONO-ALCOHOLS AND FATTY COMPOUNDS Final Rejection L'OREAL
18004734 WATER-IN-OIL EMULSION HAVING A HIGH INTERNAL WATER PHASE CONTENT Final Rejection L'OREAL
17620208 CROSSLINKABLE HYDROGEL COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA ETH ZÜRICH
18444627 CELLULOSE PARTICLE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
17780432 METHOD FOR THE DECOLORIZATION OF KERATIN MATERIAL THAT HAS BEEN DYED USING AN AMINO SILICONE AND A PIGMENT Final Rejection Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
18690259 COMPOSITION FOR ALLEVIATING DROUGHT STRESS COMPRISING AMINO ACID Non-Final OA CJ CheilJedang Corporation
18305746 Personal Care Composition Final Rejection Colgate-Palmolive Company
18818026 METHOD FOR RAISING RICE SEEDLINGS IN BLOCK MATRIX COTTON BASED ON WALNUT GREEN PEEL FERMENTATION EXTRACT Non-Final OA China National Rice Research Institute
18133271 SKIN CLEANSER COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR USE Non-Final OA MARY KAY INC.
18562934 ANTIBACTERIAL COMPOSITION PRODUCTION METHOD, ANTIBACTERIAL COMPOSITION, ANTIBACTERIAL METHOD, ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT, COSMETIC, AND DERMATOLOGICAL TOPICAL AGENT Non-Final OA USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18247965 READILY DISPERSIBLE SHELF-STABLE MICROBIAL GRANULES Non-Final OA Danisco US Inc.
18572982 SKIN PENETRATION COSMETIC MATERIAL, AND SKIN PENETRATION COSMETIC MATERIAL PRODUCTION METHOD Non-Final OA SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD.
18637243 COMPOSITIONS TO CONTROL THE RELEASE RATES OF CHEMICAL PESTICIDES Final Rejection UPL NA INC.
18285017 COMPOSITION FOR TREATING A KERATINOUS SURFACE Final Rejection Givaudan SA
18037210 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING ALLYL SULFIDE AND A SURFACTANT AND METHODS OF USING SAME Non-Final OA The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization
18012218 ANTI-TUMOR NANO ADJUVANT BASED ON VESICLE FORMED BY CROSS-LINKED BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
18571557 PROCESS FOR PREPARING A GEL COMPOSITION Non-Final OA BUNGE NÖVÉNYOLAJIPARI ZÁRTKÖRUEN MUKÖDO RÉSZVÉNYTÁRSASÁG
18246138 A STABLE HERBICIDAL COMPOSITION Final Rejection UPL Europe LTD
18553409 STABLE EMULSIONS Non-Final OA ADAMA AGAN LTD.
18382419 SUSPENSION CONCENTRATE ACYLHYDRAZONE APYRASE INHIBITOR FORMULATION Non-Final OA Texas Crop Science, Inc.
18373683 ANTIMICROBIAL COATING COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Polaroid IP B.V.
17298272 USE OF CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA (GUAR) GUM FOR MICROORGANISMS GROWTH Non-Final OA SPECIALTY OPERATIONS FRANCE
18456242 COSMETIC COMPOSITION INCLUDING ETHOXYLATED MATERIALS TO IMPROVE PHYSICAL STABILITY OF POLYMERIC EMULSIONS Final Rejection L'OREL
17924174 CHEWABLE PRODUCT FOR ORAL DELIVERY OF A SUBSTANCE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Final Rejection Nonwovenn Ltd

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