Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: CASE, SARAH CATHERINE

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1718 1731 1759

This examiner grants 35% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

34.9%
Allow Rate
-30.1% vs TC avg
101
Total Applications
+49.3%
Interview Lift
1127
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 43 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.6%
§101 Eligibility
3.6%
§102 Novelty
83.0%
§103 Obviousness
5.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18188026 METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITION FOR FORMING INTERLAYER FOR NANOIMPRINT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING LAMINATE, IMPRINT PATTERN PRODUCING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
17993355 ABSORPTION OF SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS FROM CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS Final Rejection ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
19088758 HYBRID STRUCTURAL POLYMER-BINDER COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION AND PAVING MATERIAL Final Rejection New Village Initiative LLC
19110676 POLYESTER-BASED SYNTHETIC FIBERS, AND TREATMENT AGENT AND COMPOSITION THEREOF THEREFOR Final Rejection Takemoto Oil & Fat Co., Ltd.
17756130 BINDER COMPOSITION INCLUDING BIO-BASED COMPONENT Final Rejection CARGILL, INCORPORATED
17910706 ADDITIVE FOR CEMENT-FREE BUILDING MATERIALS Final Rejection ETH Zürich
17912426 METHOD FOR PRODUCING SURFACE-TREATED SILICA POWDER, RESIN COMPOSITION, AND SLURRY Non-Final OA TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
18116570 MELAMINE- AND BLOWING AGENT-FREE INTUMESCENT COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING GALLOYL MOIETIES Final Rejection CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
17838343 ON DEMAND KIT FOR CUSTOMIZABLE CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
17793863 COATED ABRASIVE ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18014306 COATING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COATING COMPOSITION Final Rejection NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.
17925959 CEMENTITIOUS SKIM COAT COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING CROSSLINKED CELLULOSE ETHERS FOR MORTARS WITH ENHANCED GEL STRENGTH Final Rejection Dow Global Technologies LLC
18461077 POLISHING LIQUID FOR POLISHING COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA DISCO CORPORATION
18687055 ASPHALT MIXTURE Non-Final OA KAO CORPORATION
17970667 POLISHING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A., Inc.
17644670 SURFACE TREATMENT AGENT, SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD, AND REGION SELECTIVE FILM FORMATION METHOD FOR SURFACE OF SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
18018619 TWO STEP CARBONATION HARDENING OF HYDRAULIC CEMENT BASED CONCRETE Final Rejection HSustainability GmbH
18275486 PIGMENT DISPERSION Final Rejection TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18012880 COMPOSITE PIGMENT, THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME, AND MOLDED BODY Non-Final OA TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18268739 Plasterboard with Improved Nail Pull Resistance Final Rejection Knauf Gips KG
18116484 LIGHT-WEIGHT FAST-DRY SELF-LEVELING CEMENTITIOUS GYPSUM UNDERLAYMENT WITH PARTICLE FILLERS Non-Final OA KNAUF GIPS KG
18067896 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CARBON CAPTURE FROM CEMENT PRODUCTION PROCESS Non-Final OA Heirloom Carbon Technologies, Inc.
17770814 MOLYBDENUM OXYCHLORIDE WITH IMPROVED BULK DENSITY Final Rejection MATERION CORPORATION
18037576 A LOW-CARBON CEMENT AND ITS METHOD OF PRODUCTION Non-Final OA SECIL-COMPANHIA GERAL DE CAL E CIMENTO, S.A.
18116448 TREATMENT OF REINFORCEMENTS TO IMPROVE THE INTERFACE TRANSITION ZONE IN CONCRETES Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama
17819521 CELLULOSIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA DTE Materials Incorporated
17730490 GRANULES FOR ROOF COATINGS Non-Final OA Amberger Kaolinwerke Eduard Kick GmbH & Co. KG

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