Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: FORSYTH, PAUL ALAN

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1731

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.0%
Allow Rate
+10.0% vs TC avg
71
Total Applications
+14.3%
Interview Lift
1479
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 28 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
22.5%
§102 Novelty
54.4%
§103 Obviousness
21.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17658363 CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Final Rejection IHI Corporation
17599245 HIGH RARE EARTH CONTENT SODA LIME COMPATIBLE GLASS Non-Final OA CORNING INCORPORATED
17531923 DIELECTRIC CERAMICS, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND MULTILAYERED ELECTRIONIC COMPONENT COMPRISING THE SAME Non-Final OA KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
17768091 ZIRCONIA MOLDED BODY SUITABLE FOR DENTAL USE Final Rejection KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC.
18068308 LITHIUM SILICATE GLASS CERAMIC COMPRISING TIN Final Rejection Ivoclar Vivadent AG
17769844 GLASS PLATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GLASS PLATE Final Rejection Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
17787007 ALUMINOSILICATE GLASS Final Rejection Macquarie University
17502376 DENTAL ZIRCONIA MILL BLANK FOR CUTTING AND MACHINING INCLUDING INDIUM AND YTTRIUM Non-Final OA SHOFU INC.
18181985 REFRACTORY OBJECT AND METHOD OF FORMING Non-Final OA SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
17448171 REFRACTORY ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR FORMING SAME Non-Final OA SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
17927534 HARDENING AID SOLUTION, SELF-HARDENING MATERIAL, AND HARDENED BODY, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
18549111 Material and Process for Fabricating and Shaping of Transparent Ceramics Non-Final OA Glassomer GmbH
17625562 CUBIC BORON NITRIDE SINTERED MATERIAL AND CUTTING TOOL Final Rejection SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
18109404 GLASS CERAMICS AND GLASS COMPOSITE COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection Ming Chi University of Technology
17838591 METHOD FOR PRODUCING TOUGHENED ZIRCONIA MATERIALS FOR PROSTHESES Non-Final OA Xylon Technical Ceramics, Inc.
17779133 FREQUENCY-STABLE LOW-DIELECTRIC MICROWAVE DIELECTRIC CERAMIC MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA JIAXING GLEAD ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
17437332 CERAMIC MATERIALS Final Rejection COORSTEK MEMBRANE SCIENCES AS

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