Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: CALANDRA, ANTHONY J

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1623 1741 1748 1759 1791

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Analysis

Anthony J. Calandra is an examiner in Tech Center 1700 and Art Unit 1623. The examiner has 1051 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 62.8 percent. This percentage describes the frequency of patent grants among the total applications that have reached a final resolution. The 1051 resolved cases establish a record of outcomes for this examiner.

The interview lift for this profile is 18.7 percent. This figure represents the change in the likelihood of allowance when an interview is part of the prosecution process. The median days to allowance is 1065, which indicates the middle value for the time elapsed between filing and the grant of a patent. These metrics provide insight into the procedural flow within Art Unit 1623.

The 62.8 percent allowance rate and the 18.7 percent interview lift suggest specific outcomes for applicants. The 1065 median days to allowance offers a benchmark for the expected duration of cases that reach allowance. Together, these data points from the 1051 resolved cases characterize the examination style of Anthony J. Calandra.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

62.8%
Allow Rate
-2.2% vs TC avg
1,093
Total Applications
+18.7%
Interview Lift
1065
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1051 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.4%
§101 Eligibility
19.2%
§102 Novelty
42.4%
§103 Obviousness
26.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18818681 CRUSHED PIECE SUPPLY DEVICE AND FIBER STRUCTURE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18950534 Methods for Liberating Trichome Fibers from Portions of a Host Plant Final Rejection The Procter & Gamble Company
18739523 Coating Agent for Paper Base Material Non-Final OA Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
18870163 PRESS MOLD FOR RECEIVING A FIBER-BASED BLANK, AND METHOD FOR REDUCING THE WATER CONTENT IN A FIBER-BASED BLANK Non-Final OA ALPLA Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. KG
19080318 PAPER MACHINE CLOTHING AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME Non-Final OA Voith Patent GmbH
19077297 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING A WET-LAID NON-WOVEN FABRIC WEB Final Rejection VOITH PATENT GMBH
19057561 SOFT WET PRESSED FACIAL TISSUE Non-Final OA Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
18633316 METHODS OF INCREASING FORMABILITY OF A PALM SHEATH MATERIAL, METHODS OF PRODUCING A PALM SHEATH-BASED PRODUCT, AND PALM SHEATH FOODWARE PRODUCED THEREBY Final Rejection Purdue Research Foundation
18864250 ALTERNATIVE FIBERS AND MICRO-FIBRILLATED CELLULOSE COATED PACKAGING PAPERS, AND FILMS AND SUBSTRATES Non-Final OA NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
18577767 TISSUE PAPER MATERIAL AND TISSUE PAPER PRODUCT Final Rejection Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag
19016084 METHOD FOR REPULPING WET STRENGTH FIBER Non-Final OA SOLENIS TECHNOLOGIES, L.P.
18864578 Pulp production utilizing bark-containing residues as raw material Non-Final OA Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy

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