Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BOYLE, ROBERT C

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1764 1796

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

69.4%
Allow Rate
+4.4% vs TC avg
1,149
Total Applications
-2.6%
Interview Lift
978
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1113 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
11.5%
§102 Novelty
78.0%
§103 Obviousness
8.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18254956 Single Reactor Chain Shuttling Reactions for Ethylene/Vinylarene Multiblock Interpolymers Non-Final OA Northwestern University
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
18121401 INTERMOLECULARLY-FABRICATED COMPOSITION FOR ENCAPSULATING PLANT MATERIALS, AGROCHEMICALS AND PHARMACEUTICALS Final Rejection University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
18761947 FORMATION OF CONVERSION COATING WITH ENHANCED ADHESION PROMOTION Final Rejection Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
18618523 DI-CUMYL PEROXIDE CROSSLINKING OF UHMWPE Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
17997402 Polypropylene Graft Containing Anhydride Group and Preparation Method for Polypropylene Graft Non-Final OA TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
18003775 VINYL ACETATE, VINYL ACETATE POLYMER, AND VINYL ALCOHOL POLYMER Non-Final OA KURARAY CO., LTD.
18032672 POLYMERS WITH SULFUR CONTAINING END GROUPS Non-Final OA Arlanxeo Deutschland GmbH
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
18039023 SEMICONDUCTIVE POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITION Final Rejection Borealis AG
18275053 HOT-MELT PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET Non-Final OA NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
18268100 THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
18001505 COATING FILM HAVING COMPATIBILITY WITH BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE CONTAINING BLOCK COPOLYMER Non-Final OA NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
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
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
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
18266040 RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIN ADHESIVE FILM, AND APPLICATION THEREOF Final Rejection SHENGYI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17767824 POLYMERIC COMPOSITION Non-Final OA Imperial College Innovations Limited
18276455 POLYMERIC HYBRID MATERIAL WITH PHOTOTHERMAL PROPERTIES AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SABANCI UNIVERSITESI NANOTEKNOLOJI ARASTIRMA VE UYGULAMA MERKEZI SUNUM
18276271 POLYSILOXANE DISPERSING AGENT Non-Final OA BYK-Chemie GmbH
18272047 AQUEOUS BIOPOLYMER DISPERSIONS Non-Final OA AQUASPERSIONS LIMITED
17766330 FRICTION REDUCED MATERIALS Non-Final OA Envalior B.V.

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