Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BOYLE, ROBERT C

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1764 1796

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

69.3%
Allow Rate
+4.3% vs TC avg
1144
Total Applications
-2.8%
Interview Lift
1008
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1109 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
20.8%
§102 Novelty
39.5%
§103 Obviousness
28.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17766330 FRICTION REDUCED MATERIALS Non-Final OA DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
17895498 CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR IMPRINTING, COATING FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING FILM, CURED PRODUCT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING IMPRINT PATTERN, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DEVICE Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
18254956 Single Reactor Chain Shuttling Reactions for Ethylene/Vinylarene Multiblock Interpolymers Non-Final OA Northwestern University
18121401 INTERMOLECULARLY-FABRICATED COMPOSITION FOR ENCAPSULATING PLANT MATERIALS, AGROCHEMICALS AND PHARMACEUTICALS Non-Final OA University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
18275053 HOT-MELT PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET Non-Final OA NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
18618523 DI-CUMYL PEROXIDE CROSSLINKING OF UHMWPE Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
18281174 RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED BODY Non-Final OA KURARAY CO., LTD.
18003775 VINYL ACETATE, VINYL ACETATE POLYMER, AND VINYL ALCOHOL POLYMER Non-Final OA KURARAY CO., LTD.
18255048 Dual Reactor Chain Shuttling Reactions for Ethylene/Vinylarene Diblock and Triblock Interpolymers Non-Final OA Dow Global Technologies LLC
18263720 IMPACT MODIFIER WITH IMPROVED FLAMMABILITY Non-Final OA Rohm and Haas Company
18268100 THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
18266031 EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT THEREOF, AND LAMINATE Non-Final OA DIC Corporation
18549777 CURABLE COMPOSITION, AND CURED COATING, ARTICLE, AND METHOD FOR FORMING COATING USING THE SAME Non-Final OA THREEBOND CO., LTD.
18041164 PROCESS FOR CHEMICALLY MODIFYING A SPECIFIC POLYMERIC PART IN ORDER TO IMPART FLAME RETARDANT PROPERTIES THERETO OR TO IMPROVE THESE PROPERTIES Non-Final OA COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES
18001505 COATING FILM HAVING COMPATIBILITY WITH BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE CONTAINING BLOCK COPOLYMER Non-Final OA NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
18417258 NOVEL AMINE FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMERS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION Non-Final OA The University of British Columbia
18268464 METHODS FOR HYDROAMINOALKYLATION OF OLEFINS AND GROUP 4 METAL COMPLEXES USEFUL IN SUCH METHODS Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
18276400 ACRYLIC BLOCK COPOLYMER, (METH)ACRYLIC BLOCK COPOLYMER LATEX, (METH)ACRYLIC BLOCK COPOLYMER LATEX COMPOSITION, AND SHAPED OBJECT Non-Final OA DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
18033638 CHLOROPRENE-BASED RUBBER COMPOSITION, VULCANIZED OBJECT OBTAINED FROM SAID CHLOROPRENE-BASED RUBBER COMPOSITION, AND VULCANIZED MOLDED OBJECT OBTAINED FROM CHLOROPRENE-BASED RUBBER COMPOSITION Non-Final OA DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
17610049 MALEIMIDE COPOLYMER, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND RESIN COMPOSITION USING SAME Non-Final OA DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
18259972 PROCESS FOR REMOVAL OF THIO-BASED END GROUPS FROM RAFT POLYMERS DERIVED FROM MONOMERS COMPRISING LACTAM AND ACRYLOYL MOIETIES Non-Final OA ISP Investments LLC
17767824 POLYMERIC COMPOSITION Non-Final OA Imperial College Innovations Limited
18266040 RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIN ADHESIVE FILM, AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA SHENGYI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18033227 METHOD FOR PREPARING POLYMER POLYOL Non-Final OA KOREA KUMHO PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.
18276271 POLYSILOXANE DISPERSING AGENT Non-Final OA BYK-Chemie GmbH
18272047 AQUEOUS BIOPOLYMER DISPERSIONS Non-Final OA AQUASPERSIONS LIMITED
18032672 POLYMERS WITH SULFUR CONTAINING END GROUPS Non-Final OA Arlanxeo Deutschland GmbH
18248802 ETHYLENE-VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER COMPOSITION AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA SINOPEC CHONGQING SVW CHEMICAL CO., LTD.

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