Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: FIORITO, JAMES A

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1731 1734 1736 1793 1795

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.6%
Allow Rate
+5.6% vs TC avg
747
Total Applications
+29.0%
Interview Lift
1080
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 711 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
24.8%
§102 Novelty
45.9%
§103 Obviousness
27.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19358588 HIGH-PERFORMANCE SODIUM ION ELECTROLYTES AND EFFICIENT METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME Non-Final OA Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
18322010 TERNARY PRECURSOR AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, TERNARY POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL, AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
17958743 POROUS INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS, PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
17464947 RUTHENIUM PROMOTER CATALYST COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
18283803 SINGLE-CRYSTAL DIAMOND AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18038158 METHOD FOR PRODUCING NANODIAMOND DISPERSION COMPOSITION AND NANODIAMOND DISPERSION COMPOSITION Non-Final OA DAICEL CORPORATION
17722242 PLASMA-ASSISTED SYNTHESIS FOR SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE MATERIALS Non-Final OA Solid Power Operating, Inc.
18085880 MECHANOCHEMICAL OXIDATION METHOD Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
17725902 SELECTIVE EXTRACTION OF LITHIUM FROM LITHIUM SULFATE AQUEOUS SOLUTION Final Rejection UT-Battelle, LLC
18254107 IRON OXIDE PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IRON OXIDE PARTICLES Non-Final OA DIC Corporation
18759084 CATALYST FOR DECOMPOSITION OF AMMONIA, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN USING SAME Non-Final OA Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
18140964 ADSORBENT FOR HYDROCARBON RECOVERY WITH IMPROVED MECHANICAL PROPERTIES Non-Final OA BASF Corporation
17911645 MULTIPHASE HETEROJUNCTION NANOMATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
18324110 MOLECULAR SIEVE MATERIAL FOR SOUND ABSORPTION AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME Non-Final OA AAC Technologies (Nanjing) Co., Ltd.
18247496 Enhanced Magnetic Properties Through Alignment of Non-Magnetic Constituents Non-Final OA Aarhus Universitet
18252243 ZONED CATALYTIC ARTICLE Non-Final OA BASF Mobile Emissions Catalysts LLC
18008782 FORMING ACETIC ACID BY THE SELECTIVE OXIDATION OF LIGHT HYDROCARBONS Non-Final OA NOVA CHEMICALS (INTERNATIONAL) S.A.
18553389 RECOVERY OF METALS FROM METALLIC OR METAL-BEARING MATERIALS Non-Final OA AFRICAN RAINBOW MINERALS LIMITED
18553430 FERRITE POWDER, FERRITE RESIN COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING MATERIAL, ELECTRONIC MATERIAL, OR ELECTRONIC COMPONENT Non-Final OA POWDERTECH CO., LTD.
18234466 FORMED ADSORBER FOR CANISTER Non-Final OA NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
18256407 CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE PARTICLE FILTER WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF FILTERING EFFICIENCY Non-Final OA UMICORE AG & CO. KG
18012157 METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL AND/OR METALLOID COMPOUNDS IN AN IONIC LIQUID Non-Final OA Nanomox Ltd
17792576 CALCINATION APPARATUS AND PROCESS USING HYDROGEN Non-Final OA Rio Tinto Alcan International Limited
17703339 RARE EARTH ELEMENT EXTRACTION AND RECYCLING Non-Final OA Pioneer Astronautics

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