Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ELHILO, EISA B

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1714 1761 1796

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

83.1%
Allow Rate
+18.1% vs TC avg
1458
Total Applications
+15.9%
Interview Lift
714
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1425 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
19.2%
§102 Novelty
37.5%
§103 Obviousness
25.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18407490 LIQUID HAND DISHWASHING DETERGENT COMPOSITION Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
18533367 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A META-(C1-C4 ALKOXY) SALICYLALDEHYDE Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
18522477 TREATMENT COMPOSITION WITH DELIVERY PARTICLES MADE FROM REDOX-INITIATOR-TREATED CHITOSAN Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
18633061 USE OF ALCOHOL ALKOXYLATE SURFACTANTS FOR IMPROVED DISSOLUTION AND STABILITY IN TABLETED PRODUCTS Non-Final OA ECOLAB USA INC.
18697801 FLUORINATED CLEANING FLUID Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18200164 ANTIMICROBIAL POLYMER COATINGS ON TEXTILES Non-Final OA MICROBAN PRODUCTS COMPANY
18717318 COMPOSITION COMPRISING TWO PARTICULAR OXIDATION DYE PRECURSORS AND A PARTICULAR AMINO SILICONE Final Rejection L'OREAL
18268088 COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE COMBINATION OF TWO PARTICULAR OXIDATION DYE PRECURSORS AND AN ALKYL(POLY)GLYCOSIDE Final Rejection L'Oreal
18552314 COMPOUNDS USEFUL AS HAIR DYES Non-Final OA Regents of the University of Minnesota
18345309 ENHANCED EXTRACTION OF NATURAL PRODUCTS FROM BIOMASS Non-Final OA THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
18686797 METHOD FOR DYEING KERATINOUS MATERIAL, IN PARTICULAR HUMAN HAIR Non-Final OA HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
18283471 METHOD FOR DYEING KERATIN MATERIAL, INCLUDING THE USE OF AN ORGANIC C1-C6 ALKOXY SILANE, A DYEING COMPOUND, AND A HEAT TREATMENT Final Rejection Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
18566052 Detergent Gel Composition Comprising a Fatty Alcohol Ethoxylate Non-Final OA Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V.
18572036 ESTER COMPRISING HYDRATABLE CONCENTRATED SURFACTANT COMPOSITION Non-Final OA Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
18563418 MACHINE DISHWASH DETERGENT Non-Final OA Conopco Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
18290186 LAUNDRY METHOD Non-Final OA Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
18031323 LAUNDRY DETERGENT COMPOSITION Final Rejection Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
18632607 NANOFLUID COMPOSITION FOR DISPLACEMENT OF ENTRAINED CONTAMINANTS FROM RESTRICTED GEOMETRIES AND CAPILLARY FEATURES Non-Final OA Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
18533357 ADDITIVE COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING BUBBLE DENSITY AND BUBBLE ELASTICITY AND COMPOSITION FOR SKIN CLEANSING Non-Final OA AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATION
18698059 DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS FOR MACHINE DISHWASHING COMPRISING ETHOXYLATED GLYCEROL ESTERS AND MODIFIED FATTY ALCOHOL ALKOXYLATES Non-Final OA CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL LTD
18567427 SOLID AND POWDERY FORMULATIONS Non-Final OA BEIERSDORF AG
18682512 Composition Comprising Fatty Acid Amidoalkyl Betaine and Carboxymethylated Derivative of a Dimethylaminoalkylamine Non-Final OA Kensing LLC
18578597 COMPOSITION Non-Final OA Croda International Plc
18561856 POLYESTER POLYQUATS IN CLEANING APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA NOURYON CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
18239755 EFFLORESCENCE REMOVING CHEMICAL LIQUID Final Rejection DAIICHIKAGAKUKOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
18264042 GERMICIDAL FOAM FOR THE SKIN Non-Final OA Luis Ariel CONTRERAS HUERTA

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