Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: BOYLE, KARA BRADY

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1766 1796

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.7%
Allow Rate
-3.3% vs TC avg
940
Total Applications
-10.0%
Interview Lift
1060
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 914 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
17.4%
§102 Novelty
47.5%
§103 Obviousness
25.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18473568 FOAM IONOMER COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA NIKE, Inc.
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.
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.
18262218 POLYURETHANE FOAMS FOR REDUCING CORROSION OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS Non-Final OA BASF SE
18274185 CURABLE COMPOSITION CONTAINING CYCLIC MULTIFUNCTIONAL MONOMER Non-Final OA TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
19106417 PRODUCTION OF POLYURETHANE FOAM Final Rejection Evonik Operations GmbH
18548613 PRODUCTION OF POLYURETHANE FOAM Final Rejection Evonik Operations GmbH
17636546 PRODUCTION OF RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAM Final Rejection Evonik Operations GmbH
18068690 PROTECTIVE PACKAGING AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME Non-Final OA HENKEL AG & CO., KGaA
18690024 FOAMABLE RESIN COMPOSITION, FOAM BODY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING FOAM BODY, AND FOAMABLE CURING AGENT Non-Final OA MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
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)
18275165 Porous Pellets of Ethylene-Vinyl Alcohol Copolymer, and Method for Producing Same Final Rejection Kuraray Co., Ltd.
18028918 SHOE MIDSOLE Non-Final OA COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE, INC.

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