Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GULLEDGE, BRIAN M

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1612 1619 1699

This examiner grants 55% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

55.3%
Allow Rate
-4.7% vs TC avg
966
Total Applications
+26.5%
Interview Lift
1196
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 942 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
15.2%
§102 Novelty
49.2%
§103 Obviousness
20.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18280165 ASSISTED LOADING OF HYDROPHOBIC MOLECULES INTO LIPOSOMES Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
18283396 DISINFECTANT COMPOSITION FOR AUTOMOTIVE CARE AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18271131 SPRAY-TYPE HYDROGEL Non-Final OA SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
18345499 EMULSION COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING PULLULAN COMPOUND AND ACRYLAMIDE FILM FORMER Non-Final OA L'OREAL
18035882 COMPOSITIONS FOR KERATIN FIBERS Non-Final OA L'Oreal
18697480 COSMETIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING BELUGA CAVIAR EXOSOMES AS ACTIVE INGREDIENTS FOR REDUCING WRINKLES, IMPROVING MOISTURIZATION, AND IMPROVING SKIN BARRIERS Non-Final OA COSMAX, INC.
17915778 WOUND CARE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF Non-Final OA T.J.Smith and Nephew,Limited
18036547 LIPID HYDROGEL, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS (CSIC)
18272951 BIOCOMPATIBLE HYDROGEL COMPRISING COMPONENT CONTAINING HYALURONIC ACID, POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL AND SILICONE Non-Final OA KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
18681240 miRNA-BASED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA LeaderMed Champion Limited
18405616 COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING POLYETHER POLYMERS Non-Final OA P2 SCIENCE, INC.
18384937 ANIMAL AND INSECT REPELLENT AND METHOD OF ITS USE Non-Final OA Cranberry IP, LLC
18256553 Polymer taking the form of a pulverulent solid and having properties for thickening polar media Non-Final OA SOCIETE D'EXPLOITATION DE PRO­DUITS POUR LES INDUSTRIES CHIMIQUES SEPPIC
18254064 COSMETIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING A SILICONE, A STARCH AND AT LEAST 3% OF POLYOL, AND COSMETIC TREATMENT PROCESS Non-Final OA L'Oréal
18013191 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING INFECTIONS BY A NEUROTROPIC VIRUS Non-Final OA Commissariat à l`Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA)
17906735 CANNABINOID COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA The Queen's Medical Center

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