Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BOOTH, ALEXANDER D

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1742 1747 1749

This examiner grants 55% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

55.2%
Allow Rate
-9.8% vs TC avg
219
Total Applications
+35.3%
Interview Lift
1026
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 183 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
18.3%
§102 Novelty
57.1%
§103 Obviousness
21.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17904116 PNEUMATIC TIRE Final Rejection The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
17310658 TIRE VULCANIZATION DEVICE AND METHOD Final Rejection The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
18678916 METHOD FOR MAKING EMBEDDED SILICONE HYDROGEL CONTACT LENSES Non-Final OA Alcon Inc.
18788381 MASTERBATCH, RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TIRE, TIRE, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA Toyo Tire Corporation
18754792 RUBBER MEMBER MOLDING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Toyo Tire Corporation
18659396 CONTROLLER FOR INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE Non-Final OA SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18112337 3D BLADE FOR FORMING KERF Final Rejection Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd.
17645929 PROCESS AND PLANT FOR BUILDING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS Non-Final OA Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.
16335518 DEVICE FOR SECURING AN ELECTRONIC UNIT TO A TYRE AND A TYRE COMPRISING AN ELECTRONIC UNIT Non-Final OA Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.
18871430 TRANSFER RING, TIRE BUILDING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING ONE OR MORE TIRE COMPONENTS Non-Final OA VMI Holland B.V.
17910671 LINING ELEMENT FOR A TIRE CURING MOLD COMPRISING A SUITABLE MOLDING PART Non-Final OA COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
18271267 SIPE BLADE AND TIRE MOLD Final Rejection BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
18270087 SIPE BLADE, TIRE MOLDING MOLD, AND TIRE MANUFACTURING METHOD Final Rejection BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
18847064 A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPOUND COMPRISING A POLYHYDROXYALCANOATE AND CELLULOSE Non-Final OA EMPA, EIDGENOSSISCHE MATERIALPRUFUNGS-UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT
18838216 MOULD FOR A CURVED PANEL Non-Final OA COEXPAIR
18723450 TWO-STAGE FEEDING SYSTEM, TWO-STAGE BUILDING MACHINE, UNI-STAGE BUILDING MACHINE, AND FEEDING METHOD Non-Final OA QINGDAO MESNAC MACHINERY& ELECTRIC ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
17996236 FULLY AUTOMATED BEAD FILLER PRODUCTION LINE SYSTEM AND FULLY AUTOMATED TIRE BEAD MOLDING AND ATTACHING METHOD Final Rejection Guilin Rubber Industry R&D Institute Co., Ltd.
18399611 BEAD-FORMING SYSTEM WITH DEDICATED SETUP AREA Final Rejection Bartell Machinery Systems, LLC
17795956 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VULCANIZING TIRES Non-Final OA HARBURG-FREUDENBERGER MASCHINENBAU GMBH
18139970 TIRE CURING PRESS AND A METHOD FOR CURING TIRES Final Rejection LARSEN & TOUBRO LIMITED
17176005 Tires with Intrinsic Cellular Noise Damper Non-Final OA Triangle Tyre Co. Ltd.

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