Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1748

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.0%
Allow Rate
+6.0% vs TC avg
238
Total Applications
+18.2%
Interview Lift
989
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 210 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.4%
§101 Eligibility
14.8%
§102 Novelty
53.2%
§103 Obviousness
18.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18400768 AUTOMATED PRODUCTION OF WOUND ARTICLES Final Rejection adidas AG
19262611 TEMPERING SYSTEM FOR TEMPERING COMPONENTS OF MANUFACTURING CELLS Final Rejection ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH
18678872 METHOD FOR MAKING EMBEDDED HYDROGEL CONTACT LENSES Non-Final OA Alcon Inc.
18760147 POWDER FUSION THREE-DIMENSIONAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM CONFIGURED TO DYNAMICALLY ADJUST ALIGNMENT OF POWDER BED POSITION IN REAL TIME Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18268289 DUAL-SIDED ADHESIVE TAPES WITH ON-DEMAND ADHESION Non-Final OA Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
18539027 Systems and Methods for Making Membrane Surfaces Non-Final OA L'Garde, Inc.
17416363 AUTOMATED PLACEMENT OF PREPREG TAPES TO FORM COMPOSITE PARTS Non-Final OA CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC.
18707577 INJECTION DEVICE FOR FOAM MOLDING, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, AND FOAM MOLDING METHOD Final Rejection The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
18664326 INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA KING STEEL MACHINERY CO., LTD.
18749667 SHAPE MEMORY CERAMICS AND MANUFACTURING AND 4D PRINTING METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA City University of Hong Kong
18378914 METHODS FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITES THAT MITIGATE STRICT FAYING SURFACE TOLERANCES Non-Final OA United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
18636223 METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE ADHESION OF SILICONE ELASTOMERS TO PRE-CURED SILICONE ELASTOMERIC SUBSTRATES, AND PRIMER COMPOSITION FOR SILICONE RUBBER COMPOSITIONS AND ELASTOMERIC MATERIALS Non-Final OA DOW SILICONES CORPORATION
18223594 BONDING TOOL INCORPORATING DECOUPLED MOTION AXES Non-Final OA ASMPT Singapore Pte. Ltd.
18355274 ENHANCED STYRENE-ETHYLENE-BUTYLENE-STYRENE (SEBS) / THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE (TPU) BLEND FOR CONTINUOUS BONDING OPERATIONS Final Rejection BIXBY INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
18337173 Method for Repairing Composite Materials Via Dielectric Barrier Discharge Final Rejection Essentium IPCO, LLC
18334675 APPLICATION OF LASER-RELEASABLE COMPOSITION Final Rejection Microcosm Technology CO., LTD
18023192 A SYSTEM AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING OF A SALT BRIQUETTE Non-Final OA Deepak Nitrite Limited

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