Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BAHTA, MEDHANIT W

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1621 1622 1623 1671 1692 1759

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.5%
Allow Rate
+15.5% vs TC avg
821
Total Applications
+28.7%
Interview Lift
750
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 774 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
11.2%
§102 Novelty
57.3%
§103 Obviousness
11.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18265999 PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING 2-(4'-DIETHYLAMINO-2'-HYDROXYBENZOYL)BENZOIC ACID HEXYL ESTER Final Rejection BASF SE
17785092 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CYCLOHEXANOL AND CYCLOHEXANONE Final Rejection BASF SE
17558540 METHOD FOR PRODUCING PEPTIDE COMPOUND, PROTECTIVE GROUP-FORMING REAGENT, AND CONDENSED POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON COMPOUND Non-Final OA FUJIFILM CORPORATION
18140739 BISPHENOL PRODUCTION METHOD , RECYCLED POLYCARBONATE RESIN PRODUCTION METHOD, CARBON DIOXIDE PRODUCTION METHOD, CARBONIC ACID DIESTER PRODUCTION METHOD, EPOXY RESIN PRODUCTION METHOD, AND EPOXY RESIN CURED PRODUCT PRODUCTION METHOD Non-Final OA MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
17786360 PREPARATION OF HALOGENATED ALKOXYETHANE Non-Final OA COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION
17813614 TRIFUNCTIONAL PROCESSES IN CATALYTIC DISTILLATION Non-Final OA LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLC
18118922 FLUORINATED CARBOXYLIC ACID SALT COMPOUND Non-Final OA DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
17554786 FLUOROETHYLENE COMPOSITION Final Rejection DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18266323 METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A CHEMICAL REACTION IN AN UPFLOW REACTOR Final Rejection SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
17920921 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HALOGEN OXOACID AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS THEREFOR Final Rejection TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
18345424 Process for the preparation of dicidal Non-Final OA EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH
18009316 Process for the Efficient Preparation of (Bio)-Alkanediols Non-Final OA Symrise AG
17928565 PROCESS FOR ACETIC ACID PRODUCTION BY REMOVING PERMANGANATE REDUCING COMPOUNDS Final Rejection Celanese International Corporation
18266841 Processes for the Production of Vanillin and Related Compounds Non-Final OA UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI
18040287 OLEFIN HYDROFORMYLATION PROCESSES USING HYDROCARBON SOLVENTS AND FLUORINATED SOLVENTS IN THE PRESENCE OF PHOSPHOLANE-PHOSPHITE LIGANDS Final Rejection Eastman Chemical Company
18126785 Formation Electrolyte for Tantalum Solid Electrolyte Capacitors Final Rejection KEMET Electronics Corporation
17656340 HYDROFLUORINATION OF 1233XF TO 244BB BY SBF5 Final Rejection The Chemours Company FC, LLC
18259324 PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF 1,1-DIFLUOROETHANE Non-Final OA Mexichem Fluor S.A. de C.V.
18263812 METHOD FOR PRODUCING (2-METHOXYETHYL) VINYL ETHER, AND METHOD FOR REFINING (2-METHOXYETHYL) VINYL ETHER Non-Final OA MARUZEN PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.
18445173 PROCESS FOR THE ONE-STEP CONVERSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND RENEWABLE HYDROGEN TO LOW-CARBON METHANE Non-Final OA Infinium Technology, LLC
16602361 PROCESS AND SOLID SOLUTION CATALYST SYSTEM FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SYNGAS FROM LIGHT HYDROCARBONS AND CARBON DIOXIDE Non-Final OA INFINIUM TECHNOLOGY, LLC
18269026 Method for Producing Unsaturated Chlorofluorocarbon, and Composition Non-Final OA CENTRAL GLASS CO., LTD.
18258626 PROCESS FOR PURIFICATION OF A MIXTURE INCLUDING DIOLS AND ACETALS Non-Final OA NOVAMONT S.P.A.
18202775 Branched Technologies Non-Final OA SCION Holdings LLC
17553752 Branched Products Final Rejection SCION Holdings LLC
17331371 Branched Compounds Final Rejection SCION Holdings LLC
18034637 Selective Transition Metal Catalyzed Deuterium Incorporation Into Alkyne and Alkene Functionalities Non-Final OA Marquette University
18245572 PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GLYCOLS Non-Final OA TECHNIP ENERGIES FRANCE SAS.
17616899 Biogas upgrading to methanol Final Rejection HALDOR TOPSØE A/S
17921177 METHOD FOR THE CONTINUOUS SYNTHESIS OF PARACETAMOL Non-Final OA IPSOMEDIC

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