Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BOYER, CHARLES I

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1761 1796

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.7%
Allow Rate
+5.7% vs TC avg
1127
Total Applications
+10.3%
Interview Lift
886
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1093 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
31.8%
§102 Novelty
47.5%
§103 Obviousness
14.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18621222 ANTIMICROBIAL LIQUID DETERGENT COMPOSITION Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
18407491 LIQUID HAND DISHWASHING DETERGENT COMPOSITION Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
18119462 DETERGENT GRANULES COATED WITH PRECIPITATED CALCIUM CARBONATE Final Rejection The Procter & Gamble Company
18103064 PERFUME-CONTAINING PARTICLES AND THE MAKING METHOD Final Rejection The Procter & Gamble Company
17924489 DETERGENT COMPOSITION AND CHEMICAL-MECHANICAL POLISHING COMPOSITION Final Rejection DAICEL CORPORATION
18254930 SOLVENT COMPOSITIONS WITH ANTIOXIDANTS Non-Final OA Dow Global Technologies LLC
18617214 NON-ENZYMATIC, HIGH PH DETERGENT COMPOSITION WITH AMINO ACID Non-Final OA Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
18290545 METAL COMPLEXES, AND DISHWASHING PRODUCTS CONTAINING SAME Non-Final OA HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
18498814 Home Care Compositions Non-Final OA Colgate-Palmolive Company
18693790 FABRIC SOFTENING COMPOSITION Non-Final OA Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
18286731 FABRIC CONDITIONER COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA CONOPCO, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
18267785 FOAM CONTROL COMPOSITION Non-Final OA Wacker Chemie AG
18688051 IMPROVED PERFUME COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SULFUR-CONTAINING PRO-FRAGRANCE COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA FIRMENICH SA
18565997 Production Method for Soap Composition Containing Sodium of higher Fatty Acid and Potassium of Higher Fatty Acid Non-Final OA SPH CORPORATION
18478494 VEHICLE CLEANING COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection Energizer Auto, Inc.
18280371 Tank Cleansing of Auxinic Herbicides Final Rejection ICL AMERICA DO SUL S.A.
18035700 FLUORINE-BASED SOLVENT COMPOSITION Final Rejection CHEMOURS-MITSUI FLUOROPRODUCTS CO., LTD.
18246344 COMPOSITION FOR THE REMOVAL OF STAINS AND MALODOUR Non-Final OA Reckitt Benckiser Vanish B.V.
18019651 ANTI-MICROBIAL COMPOSITION Final Rejection Byotrol PLC

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