Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BHUSHAN, KUMAR R

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1712 1765 1766 1768

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.2%
Allow Rate
+8.2% vs TC avg
840
Total Applications
+33.1%
Interview Lift
1019
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 798 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
10.7%
§102 Novelty
79.7%
§103 Obviousness
5.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18441628 POROUS POLYURETHANE FOR CONSOLIDATION OF MATERIAL IN SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18065763 RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR A WINTER TIRE AND A WINTER TIRE Final Rejection The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
18026180 RESIN COMPOSITION, OPTICAL FIBER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBER Non-Final OA SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18205236 Multifunctional Slickwater Fracturing Fluid Final Rejection China National Petroleum Corporation
18002520 METHODS FOR MAKING POLY(OXYALKYLENE) ACRYLIC POLYMERS AT HIGH SOLIDS AND LOW VISCOSITY Final Rejection Dow Global Technologies LLC
18013232 OLEFIN/SILOXANE INTERPOLYMERS AND OLEFIN/CYCLIC SILANE INTERPOLYMERS Non-Final OA Rohm and Haas Company
18022851 PLANT AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AN IN-LINE BLENDED POLYMER Non-Final OA Borealis AG
18021591 ETHYLENE COPOLYMERS WITH IMPROVED MELTING AND GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE Non-Final OA Borealis AG
18014185 POLYPROPYLENE POLYETHYLENE MIXTURE UPGRADING Final Rejection Borealis AG
18276832 COMPOSITION Non-Final OA Newlight Technologies, Inc.
18031815 METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW PARTICLES AND HOLLOW PARTICLES Non-Final OA ZEON CORPORATION
17923087 ETHYLENE INTERPOLYMER PRODUCT AND FILMS THEREOF Non-Final OA NOVA CHEMICALS (INTERNATIONAL) S.A.
18259866 POST-CONSUMER RECYCLED THERMOPLASTICS TREATED FOR MELT-PROCESSING WITH ENHANCED QUALITY Non-Final OA Avient Corporation
18681245 TEXTILE TREATMENT EMULSION FORMULATION INCLUDING A SILICONE - (METH)ACRYLATE COPOLYMER AND A SILICONE ADDITIVE Non-Final OA Dow Silicones Corporation
18278683 BLOCK COPOLYMER COMPOSITION, HEAT-SHRINKABLE FILM, AND CONTAINER Non-Final OA DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
18263730 NOVEL COPOLYMER Non-Final OA KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
18119942 CURABLE ADHESIVE WITH IMPROVED DIECUTTABILITY AND IMPROVED SHOCK PROPERTIES Non-Final OA tesa SE
18122826 PROCESSED MOLDED ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Final Rejection Enplas Corporation
18358218 VANADIUM-BASED CATALYTIC SYSTEM INCLUDING ACTIVATOR AND METHOD FOR OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION Non-Final OA Changchun University of Technology
18005893 THICKENING AGENT FOR A HYDRO-ALCOHOLIC COMPOSITION Final Rejection COATEX
17724164 Disc for Disc Golf Final Rejection Latitude 64 AB

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