Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: BOYLE, KARA BRADY

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 1766 1796 4100

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.7%
Allow Rate
+1.7% vs TC avg
943
Total Applications
-10.1%
Interview Lift
1059
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 918 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
17.4%
§102 Novelty
47.4%
§103 Obviousness
25.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18473568 FOAM IONOMER COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA NIKE, Inc.
18497014 POLYLACTIC ACID RESIN COMPOSITION, FOAMED POLYLACTIC ACID RESIN, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FOAMED POLYLACTIC ACID RESIN, AND PRODUCT Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18493021 FOAMED POLYLACTIC ACID SHEET, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FOAMED POLYLACTIC ACID SHEET, AND PRODUCT Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18451945 FLUORINE-CONTAINING COPOLYMER Non-Final OA DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18450792 FLUORINE-CONTAINING COPOLYMER Final Rejection DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18158748 FOAM MOLDING COMPOSITION, FOAM MOLDED BODY, ELECTRIC WIRE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING FOAM MOLDED BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRIC WIRE Non-Final OA DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18571975 RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAMS BASED ON FATTY-ACID-MODIFIED POLYETHER POLYOLS AND CROSSLINKING POLYESTER POLYOLS Non-Final OA BASF SE
18262218 POLYURETHANE FOAMS FOR REDUCING CORROSION OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS Non-Final OA BASF SE
18068690 PROTECTIVE PACKAGING AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME Non-Final OA HENKEL AG & CO., KGaA
18275165 Porous Pellets of Ethylene-Vinyl Alcohol Copolymer, and Method for Producing Same Final Rejection Kuraray Co., Ltd.
18521767 POLYPROPYLENES FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
18567980 POLYCARBONATE RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE Non-Final OA IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
18569398 SHAPED FLEXIBLE PU FOAM ARTICLES Non-Final OA Evonik Operations GmbH
18548613 PRODUCTION OF POLYURETHANE FOAM Final Rejection Evonik Operations GmbH
17636546 PRODUCTION OF RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAM Final Rejection Evonik Operations GmbH
18698567 FABRICATION OF ELASTOMER BASED NANOCOMPOSITES Non-Final OA The Penn State Research Foundation
18277715 POROUS POLYMER STRUCTURE HAVING SMOOTH SURFACE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND PROTECTIVE FILM COMPRISING SAME Non-Final OA IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
17792587 THERMALLY EXPANDABLE COMPOSITIONS WITH IMPROVED HUMIDITY STORAGE RESISTANCE Non-Final OA SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
18570799 CURABLE POLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION AND OPTICALLY SMOOTH FILMS PREPARED THEREFROM Non-Final OA Dow Silicones Corporation
15780991 CABLE COMPRISING A FOAMED LAYER COMPRISING A POLYOLEFIN POLYMER AND A BLOWING AGENT Non-Final OA BOREALIS AG

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