Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CARR, DEBORAH D

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1621 1622 1623 1671 1672 1691 1692

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.6%
Allow Rate
+21.6% vs TC avg
1090
Total Applications
+0.9%
Interview Lift
943
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1055 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.0%
§101 Eligibility
28.2%
§102 Novelty
31.2%
§103 Obviousness
25.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18274614 NOVEL SYNTHESIS OF SALCAPROZIC ACID BY AMIDE FORMATION Non-Final OA Novo Nordisk A/S
18259792 METHOD FOR PREPARING ISOCYANATE COMPOUND Non-Final OA Hanwha Solutions Corporation
18259802 METHOD FOR PREPARING ISOCYANATE COMPOUND Non-Final OA Hanwha Solutions Corporation
18259824 METHOD FOR PREPARING ISOCYANATE COMPOUND Non-Final OA HANWHA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18327511 (4Z,6E)-4,6-UNDECADIENYL TRIMETHYLACETATE AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING (5Z,7E)-5,7-DODECADIENE COMPOUND THEREFROM Non-Final OA Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
18256961 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PHOSGENE BY REACTION OF POLYCHLORINE ANIONS AND CARBON MONOXIDE Non-Final OA Covestro Deutschland AG
18248531 FOAM CONTROL AGENT Non-Final OA Dow Global Technologies LLC
18278329 HYDROXYLATION OF ALKANES USING OZONE Non-Final OA University of Kansas
18121303 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CHLORIDE DEPLETED FEEDSTOCK FROM CHLORIDE CONTAINING CRUDE OIL OR FAT FEEDSTOCK Non-Final OA L'Air Liquide Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
18546868 REMOVAL OF UNWANTED MINERAL OIL HYDROCARBONS Non-Final OA CARGILL, INCORPORATED
18546865 REMOVAL OF UNWANTED MINERAL OIL HYDROCARBONS Non-Final OA CARGILL, INCORPORATED
17777402 Processes for the Preparation of Alpha-Hydroxy Esters via Grignard Coupling and Thiolation Reactions Non-Final OA Kemin Industries, Inc.
17795258 USE OF DENATONIUM BENZOATE AS A SEED TREATMENT FOR CROPS AS BIRD AND/OR INSECT REPELLENT Final Rejection KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
18270843 METHODS OF PRODUCING LOW-ACETAL ETHANOL Non-Final OA SUPERBREWED FOOD, INC.
18260807 PROCESS AND PLANT FOR METHANOL PRODUCTION Non-Final OA CASALE SA
18272851 A PROCESS FOR EXTRACTION OF BIOMOLECULES FROM BIOMASS Non-Final OA COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
18503775 LIPID COMPRISING POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS Non-Final OA NUSEED NUTRITIONAL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD.
18367191 Process for Enriching Acetic Acid From Aqueous Acetic Acid Mixtures Containing Other Lower Carboxylic Acids Non-Final OA proFagus GmbH
18003533 OLEAGINOUS MATERIAL EXTRACTION USING ALCOHOL SOLVENT Non-Final OA Crown Iron Works Company
18264167 INTEGRATED PROCESS FOR MAKING DIASTEREOPURE ETHYLENEDIAMINE DISUCCINIC ACID (EDDS) FROM ETHYLENE AND ASPARTIC ACID USING BROMINE AS AN INTERMEDIATE Non-Final OA SPERO RENEWABLES, LLC
18263399 METHODS OF PRODUCING LOW CLOUD POINT BIODIESEL FROM COCOA BUTTER Non-Final OA Rhi & Kristian LLC
18259844 METHOD FOR PREPARING ISOCYANATE COMPOUND Non-Final OA Hanwha Solution Corporation
18012259 CARBOXYLIC ACID COMPOUND, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA BOTREE CYCLING SCI & TECH CO., LTD.
17910129 METHOD OF PREPARING FATTY ACID ALKYL ESTER SULFONATE USING COFFEE OIL Non-Final OA BJBIOCHEM CO., LTD.
17830423 SELF-AGGREGATING HYDROUS PHOSPHOLIPID AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection SHANGHAI TAIWEI PHARMACEUTICAL CORP. LTD

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