Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 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

80.3%
Allow Rate
+15.3% vs TC avg
818
Total Applications
+28.6%
Interview Lift
802
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 763 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
18.2%
§102 Novelty
35.8%
§103 Obviousness
30.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17785092 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CYCLOHEXANOL AND CYCLOHEXANONE Final Rejection BASF SE
18009316 Process for the Efficient Preparation of (Bio)-Alkanediols Non-Final OA Symrise AG
17558540 METHOD FOR PRODUCING PEPTIDE COMPOUND, PROTECTIVE GROUP-FORMING REAGENT, AND CONDENSED POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON COMPOUND Non-Final OA FUJIFILM CORPORATION
17924865 SCALED-UP SYNTHESIS OF LOMUSTINE UNDER CONTROL FLOW CONDITIONS Final Rejection Purdue Research Foundation
17787440 CHLORINATED FLUOROAROMATICS AND METHODS OF USING SAME Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
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 Final Rejection LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLC
18209652 METHOD FOR PRODUCING REACTION GAS CONTAINING 1,1,2-TRIFLUOROETHANE (R-143) AND/OR (E,Z)-1,2-DIFLUOROETHYLENE (R-1132(E,Z)) Non-Final OA DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18118922 FLUORINATED CARBOXYLIC ACID SALT COMPOUND Non-Final OA DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
17554786 FLUOROETHYLENE COMPOSITION Final Rejection DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
17920921 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HALOGEN OXOACID AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS THEREFOR Final Rejection TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
18031425 METHOD FOR STORING FLUORO-2-BUTENE Final Rejection Resonac Corporation
18031412 METHOD FOR STORING FLUOROBUTENE Final Rejection Resonac Corporation
18022831 METHOD FOR PRODUCING METHANOL Final Rejection Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
18043699 PROCESS Non-Final OA JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
18250620 PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF TRIFLUOROETHYLENE Final Rejection ARKEMA FRANCE
17904379 METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN IODOFLUOROALKANE COMPOUND Final Rejection ARKEMA FRANCE
17059574 METHOD FOR PREPARING IMIDE SALTS CONTAINING A FLUOROSULFONYL GROUP Non-Final OA Arkema France
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
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
18263602 ORGANIC COMPOUND OF FORMULA (I) FOR USE IN ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES, AN ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING A COMPOUND OF FORMULA (I) AND A DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Novaled GmbH
18245572 PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GLYCOLS Final Rejection TECHNIP ENERGIES FRANCE SAS.
17594966 RECYCLE CONTENT PROPIONALDEHYDE Non-Final OA ExxonMobil Product Solutions Company
18040287 OLEFIN HYDROFORMYLATION PROCESSES USING HYDROCARBON SOLVENTS AND FLUORINATED SOLVENTS IN THE PRESENCE OF PHOSPHOLANE-PHOSPHITE LIGANDS Final Rejection Eastman Chemical Company
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.

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