Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: HESTER, HOLLEY GRACE

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1766 1787

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

66.7%
Allow Rate
+1.7% vs TC avg
87
Total Applications
+45.0%
Interview Lift
1163
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 54 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
4.4%
§102 Novelty
90.4%
§103 Obviousness
4.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18452572 MODIFIED NAPHTHOL RESIN AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF AND RESIN COMPOSITION INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA NAN YA PLASTICS CORPORATION
18032496 THERMOPLASTIC RESIN AND MOLDED ARTICLE MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME Non-Final OA LG CHEM, LTD.
18019283 THERMOSETTING RESIN COMPOSITION AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
18021689 POLYAMIDE AND MOLDED BODY AND FILM OBTAINED FROM THE SAME AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE POLYAMIDE Non-Final OA UNITIKA LTD.
18700369 WATER-BASED PRIMER-SURFACER AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
17640445 METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE STORAGE STABILITY AND/OR TRANSPORT STABILITY OF A POLYMER Non-Final OA BOREALIS AG
17757450 LOW NUCLEATION TEMPERATURE POLYTHIOETHER PREPOLYMERS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection PRC-Desoto International, Inc.
18014727 POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE-BASED COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM Non-Final OA Newlight Technologies, Inc.
18039803 SILICONE RESIN Non-Final OA DOW SILICONES CORPORATION
17912691 NOVEL POLY(ARYLENE ETHER) RESIN AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA SHANDONG SHENGQUAN NEW MATERIALS CO., LTD.
18270154 EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION AND TRANSPARENT COMPOSITE MATERIAL COMPRISING SAME, AND LAMINATED BOARD Non-Final OA GUANGDONG HINNO-TECH CO., LTD.
18096169 RESIN COMPOSITION AND ARTICLE MADE THEREFROM Final Rejection Elite Material Co., Ltd.
18010379 HIGH-PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INCLUDING POLYMERS AND HYBRID NANOADDITIVES Non-Final OA MITO Material Solutions, Inc.
17898200 GROUTING MATERIAL FOR REINFORCEMENT OF COAL-ROCK MASS IN LOW-TEMPERATURE MINING, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Shanxi-Zheda Institute of Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering

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