Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: FOSS, DAVID ROGER

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1764

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.2%
Allow Rate
+7.2% vs TC avg
146
Total Applications
+41.7%
Interview Lift
1283
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 108 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
16.1%
§102 Novelty
50.1%
§103 Obviousness
24.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18265892 AN ORGANIC MATERIAL BASED SHAPED ARTICLE Non-Final OA BASF SE
18268173 COMPOSITION INCLUDING AN ACRYLIC MONOMER WITH A CARBOXYLIC ACID GROUP, AN ACRYLIC MONOMER WITH A HYDROXYL GROUP, AN ALKYL (METH)ACRYLATE MONOMER AND CROSSLINKER, AND RELATED ARTICLES AND METHODS Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18005686 Electrically Conductive Adhesive Film Final Rejection 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
17415853 COMPOSITION INCLUDING POLYESTER RESIN AND VINYL ESTER AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME Final Rejection 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18069172 PRODUCTION METHOD FOR GRAPHITE SHEET, AND POLYIMIDE FILM FOR GRAPHITE SHEET Final Rejection KANEKA CORPORATION
18938820 Hardenable Dental Compositions Comprising Basic Core Material Encapsulated in an Inorganic Shell and Dispensing Devices Therewith Non-Final OA Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
17858414 COATING COMPOSITION CONTAINING FLUORINE POLYMER Non-Final OA DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18266880 POLYCHLOROPRENE LATEX COMPOSITION Non-Final OA RESONAC CORPORATION
18077339 FLUORINE-CONTAINING ETHER COMPOUND AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, COMPOUND AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, FLUORINE-CONTAINING ETHER COMPOSITION, COATING LIQUID, AND ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA AGC INC.
17928011 VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, ANTI-DEHYDRATING AGENT FOR CEMENT SLURRY, AND ANTI-DEHYDRATING METHOD FOR CEMENT SLURRY Non-Final OA KURARAY CO., LTD.
18263383 COATING COMPOSITION Non-Final OA PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
18042843 SURFACE TREATMENT LIQUID AND HYDROPHILIZING TREATMENT METHOD Non-Final OA TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
18272409 POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITION HAVING LOW SIT Non-Final OA Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
18546390 POLYIMIDE PRECURSOR COMPOSITION AND POLYIMIDE FILM Non-Final OA UBE Corporation
18547836 ZIRCONIUM ELEMENT-CONTAINING RESIN COMPOSITION Non-Final OA SAKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
18551952 COATINGS, ADHESIVES AND ELASTOMERS UTILISING ACETOACETATE END-CAPPED POLYOL Non-Final OA EQUUS UK TOPCO LTD
18280755 TWO-COMPONENT CURABLE COATING AGENT AND MULTILAYER FILM Non-Final OA HARIMA CHEMICALS, INC.
18234634 METALLOCENE POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
17922564 IMPRINTED POLYMERS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE Non-Final OA AMAEA LIMITED
17904594 STYRENE-BASED RESIN COMPOSITION, FLAME RETARDANT STYRENE-BASED RESIN COMPOSITION, MOLDED BODY, AND PATCH ANTENNA Final Rejection PS JAPAN CORPORATION
17772283 Curable Compositions Of Benzoxazine And Phthalonitrile Resins Final Rejection Huntsman Advanced Materials Americas LLC
17781067 DENTAL RESIN MODIFIED GLASS-IONOMER COMPOSITION AND KIT COMPRISING SAID COMPOSITION Non-Final OA DENTSPLY DETREY GMBH
17756535 DENTAL MATERIAL COMPOSITION FOR FORMING MINERAL APATITE BONDS AND CARIES PREVENTION Non-Final OA John A. KANCA
17275398 Industrial Scale Processes Form a Covalent Bonded Monomer and Graphene Oxide Structures Final Rejection Garmor Inc.
16980029 THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITION Final Rejection MULTIBASE S.A.

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