Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1781 1783 1787 1794

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.2%
Allow Rate
+13.2% vs TC avg
1010
Total Applications
+13.6%
Interview Lift
1057
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 984 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
19.4%
§102 Novelty
49.2%
§103 Obviousness
15.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18497381 SEAL WITH COATING Non-Final OA RTX CORPORATION
19309159 POLYMER COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING ALKYL SILICONE AND ARTICLES FORMED FROM SAME Non-Final OA CORNING INCORPORATED
18687089 MULTILAYER STRUCTURE Non-Final OA NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
17431489 GLASS FILM Non-Final OA NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
18605448 SILK PROTEIN BONDED LAYERED MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF Non-Final OA Evolved by Nature, Inc.
18522460 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISASSEMBLING TWO-DIMENSIONAL VAN DER WAALS CRYSTALS INTO MACROSCOPIC MONOLAYERS AND REASSEMBLING INTO ARTIFICIAL LATTICES Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
18428467 ABRASION-RESISTANT COMPOSITE Non-Final OA GelSight, Inc.
18668352 Process For In-Line Mechanically Scribing Of Amorphous Foil For Magnetic Domain Alignment And Core Loss Reduction Non-Final OA Metglas, Inc.
18637286 COCONUT HARD SHELL GRANULAR INFILL FOR SYNTHETIC SPORT FIELDS Non-Final OA GENUS INDUSTRIES, LLC dba ICOIR PRODUCTS GROUP
18434154 FOAMABLE CELLULOSE ACETATE COMPOSITIONS, FOAMS AND FOAM ARTICLES FORMED THEREFROM Non-Final OA Eastman Chemical Company
18424299 VEHICLE INTERIOR PANEL WITH REINFORCING LAYER AND RELATED METHOD Non-Final OA Faurecia Interior Systems, Inc.
18423506 ROTATABLE CABLE HOLDER FOR LIQUID-COOLED CABLES Non-Final OA ADDÉNERGIE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
18563274 LIQUID REPELLENT SLIPPERY SURFACES AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF Non-Final OA University of Durham
18289303 Packing Material and Packed Product Non-Final OA HOWA SANGYO CO., LTD.
17927691 Low Haze Fluoropolymer Film and Method of Making Final Rejection The Mackinac Technology Company

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