Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CHOI, PETER Y

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1742 1743 1786 1794

This examiner grants 20% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

20.4%
Allow Rate
-44.6% vs TC avg
714
Total Applications
+33.8%
Interview Lift
2018
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 631 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
12.9%
§102 Novelty
53.6%
§103 Obviousness
31.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17513394 SUSTAINABLE NONWOVEN TEXTILE WITH MIXED FIBER TYPES Final Rejection NIKE, Inc.
17513349 SUSTAINABLE NONWOVEN TEXTILE WITH VARIABLE FIBER LENGTHS Final Rejection NIKE, Inc.
17511110 COMPOSITE NONWOVEN TEXTILE HAVING INCREASED PILLING RESISTANCE THROUGH USE OF A CHEMICAL BINDER Final Rejection NIKE, Inc.
18168219 ACOUSTIC MATCHING LAYER MATERIAL, ACOUSTIC MATCHING SHEET, COMPOSITION FOR FORMING ACOUSTIC MATCHING SHEET, ACOUSTIC WAVE PROBE, ACOUSTIC WAVE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS OF ACOUSTIC MATCHING LAYER MATERIAL AND ACOUSTIC WAVE PROBE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18397694 Thixotropically Molded Product And Thixotropic Molding Material Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18705098 ACRYLIC FIBER FOR ARTIFICIAL HAIR, CRIMPED ACRYLIC FIBER FOR ARTIFICIAL HAIR, HAIR ORNAMENT PRODUCT INCLUDING THE SAME, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA KANEKA CORPORATION
18285143 COMPOSITE Final Rejection NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
18385252 MXENE COMPOSITE FIBERS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University
14279566 METHOD OF FORMING A WEB FROM FIBROUS MATERIALS Non-Final OA Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
18004502 RECYCLABLE 3D SHAPED PRODUCT FROM AN AIR-LAID BLANK Final Rejection Stora Enso OYJ
18269388 RESIN COMPOSITION AND POWER CABLE Non-Final OA SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18266836 RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIN COMPOSITION MOLDED BODY, POWER CABLE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING POWER CABLE Final Rejection SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18550912 WOVEN FABRIC FOR AIRBAGS Final Rejection Toray Industries, Inc.
18122980 FLEXIBLE GEOMEMBRANE Final Rejection KURARAY CO., LTD.
17296637 FIRE RETARDANT THERMALLY INSULATING LAMINATE Non-Final OA Rohm and Haas Company
17931611 FUNCTIONALIZED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE LAYER FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PIPES AND PRESSURE VESSELS Final Rejection King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
18514693 PRODUCTION OF AN ARTIFICIAL TURF FIBER WITH A NON-CIRCULAR CLADDING Non-Final OA Polytex Sportbelage Produktions-GmbH
18247944 MULTI-FUNCTIONAL AUTOMOTIVE FLOORING PART COMPRISING FIBERS FROM TEXTILE WASTE Non-Final OA AUTONEUM MANAGEMENT AG
17399668 POLYLACTIC ACID-FIBERS BASED NON-WOVEN, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF AND ITS USE FOR MAKING COFFEE AND/OR CAPSULES IN PERCOLATING APPARATUS Final Rejection Ahlstrom Oyj
18708060 COMPOSITE MATERIAL STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITE MATERIAL STRUCTURE MANUFACTURING METHOD Non-Final OA ALMEDIO INC
17604607 THERMOPLASTIC RESIN PREPREG, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL Final Rejection TEIJIN LIMITED
18701013 LAMINATE CLOTH AND SINGLE CIRCULAR KNITTED FABRIC Non-Final OA MITSUKAWA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18698822 TIRE GRADE HIGH TENACITY AND MODULUS RECYCLE NYLON 6.6 YARN AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA KORDSA TEKNIK TEKSTIL A.S.
17975941 COMPOSITE FABRIC CONTAINING BIO-BASED FIBERS Non-Final OA Milliken & Company
17773605 ADHESIVE COMPOSITION FOR TIRE CORD, TIRE CORD, AND TIRE Non-Final OA KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.
18282230 FIRE- RESISTANT OVERLAYS, FIRE-RESISTANT PANELS, AND PROCESSES FOR MAKING AND USING SAME Non-Final OA GP BUILDING PRODUCTS SERVICES LLC
18277922 BIO-SUSTAINABLE NONWOVEN FABRICS AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAID FABRICS Final Rejection LYNAM PHARMA LIMITED
18042188 STRETCH BROKEN FIBER MATERIALS AND METHODS OF FABRICATION THEREOF Final Rejection MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY
17915540 NONWOVEN FABRIC LAYERED BODY, COVER SHEET, AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE Non-Final OA MITSUI CHEMICALS ASAHI LIFE MATERIALS CO., LTD..
17955459 THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRING WOVEN AIR CUSHION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection ANSSIL CO., LTD.

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