Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: CONTRERAS, CIEL P

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1723 1754 1794

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

54.2%
Allow Rate
-10.8% vs TC avg
815
Total Applications
+33.6%
Interview Lift
1078
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 755 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
4.8%
§102 Novelty
77.4%
§103 Obviousness
9.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18134827 ELECTROLYSIS CELL HAVING A POROUS TRANSPORT ELECTRODE WITH INFILTRATED IONOMER Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18134835 ELECTROLYSIS CELL HAVING ELECTRODE LOCALIZED CONTACTING REGIONS Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18134842 ELECTROLYSIS CELL HAVING LOCALIZED ELECTRONIC CONTACT POROUS TRANSPORT LAYER Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
17754046 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN COMPRESSION Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18144727 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYDROGEN AND AMMONIA PRODUCTION Non-Final OA Ohmium International, Inc.
18076757 WATER SUPPLY OXYGENATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Ohmium International, Inc.
19053044 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF FORMATE FROM CARBON DIOXIDE Non-Final OA University of Kentucky Research Foundation
17619473 CO2 REDUCTION INTO SYNGAS Final Rejection The Regents of the University of Michigan
18173078 CARBON DIOXIDE TREATMENT APPRATUS, CARBON DIOXIDE TREATMENT METHOD, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ETHYLENE Non-Final OA HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
17709130 CATALYST COMPOSITIONS, PROCESSES FOR FORMING THE CATALYST COMPOSITIONS, AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
17925918 ELECTROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF METAL SUPERHYDRIDES Non-Final OA Carnegie Mellon University
18250265 Carbon Dioxide Reduction Device Non-Final OA Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
17921930 BLENDED CONTACT FINGERS FOR PREVENTING CRACKS DURING THIN SUBSTRATE HANDLING Non-Final OA LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION
18107715 METHOD FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL GRAPHITIZATION OF CARBON FIBER Final Rejection UT-Battelle, LLC
18499074 CO2 ELECTROLYSIS PLANT Final Rejection Twelve Benefit Corporation
18850387 ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR AND PROCESSES USING THE ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR Non-Final OA RESEARCH CENTER PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEERING GMBH
17717899 ELECTRODES COMPRISING LIQUID/GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME Non-Final OA University of Tennessee Research Foundation
18649154 METAL ENHANCED TRANSITION METAL OXIDE ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR REDUCTION OF CO2 Non-Final OA The Trustees of Princeton University
17898420 MICROBIAL ELECTROCHEMICAL LIGNIN AND ALKALINE HYDROXIDE RECOVERY FROM DEACETYLATION AND MECHANICAL REFINING OF BLACK LIQUOR Final Rejection THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
18167979 ELECTROLYTIC ELUENT GENERATORS Non-Final OA DIONEX CORPORATION
17859462 METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLUORINE-CONTAINING ORGANIC COMPOUND Non-Final OA TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
17763551 A PROCESS FOR ENHANCING THE CATALYTIC EFFICIENCY OF OER Final Rejection MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV
18023070 CO-GENERATION OF HIGH PURITY HYDROGEN AND HALIDE GASES BY ELECTROLYSIS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
18186790 SODIUM HYDROXIDE PRODUCTION DEVICE AND SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE PRODUCTION DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
18191042 Membrane Electrode Assembly with a Selectively Permeable Barrier Layer Non-Final OA Notark Corporation
18031541 CATALYST-COATED MEMBRANE AND WATER ELECTROLYSIS CELL Non-Final OA Greenerity GmbH
17613867 METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLUORINE GAS AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING FLUORINE GAS Non-Final OA SHOWA DENKO K.K.
18245877 CAPILLARY-BASED ELECTRO-SYNTHETIC OR ELECTRO-ENERGY GAS-LIQUID CELLS Non-Final OA Hysata Pty Ltd
18245874 CAPILLARY-BASED ELECTRO-SYNTHETIC OR ELECTRO-ENERGY CELLS Non-Final OA Hysata Pty Ltd
18183873 PRODUCTION OF METAL HYDROXIDE FROM MINERAL RESOURCES AND APPLICATION THEREOF FOR CAPTURING AND SEQUESTERING CARBON DIOXIDE Non-Final OA PLANETARY TECHNOLOGIES INC.

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