Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: HINES, LATOSHA D

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1733 1771 1775 1797

This examiner grants 51% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

51.0%
Allow Rate
-14.0% vs TC avg
1,032
Total Applications
+21.9%
Interview Lift
1260
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 967 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.1%
§101 Eligibility
11.9%
§102 Novelty
65.9%
§103 Obviousness
13.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18683627 HUMAN MILK OLIGOSACCHARIDES IN CLEANSING COMPOSITION Final Rejection DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
19018692 RENEWABLE FUELS FOR DISTLLATE AND RESIDUAL MARINE FUEL BLEND COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
18522443 TREATMENT COMPOSITION WITH PERFUME-CONTAINING DELIVERY PARTICLES Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
18937380 CARBON COMPOUND MATERIAL, CARBON STORAGE MATERIAL CONTAINING CARBON COMPOUND MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON COMPOUND MATERIAL Non-Final OA AISIN CORPORATION
18853343 RENEWABLE BIOMASS FEED SLURRY HYDROPROCESSING Non-Final OA CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
18682340 POLYALKYLENE-OXIDE-CONTAINING COMPOUND Final Rejection NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
17641372 GREASE COMPOSITION AND ROLLING BEARING Non-Final OA JTEKT CORPORATION
18911908 ISOTOPOLOGUE MARKER FOR FLUID RESOURCES OR POLLUTANTS Final Rejection BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
18558506 COMPOSITION FOR CLEANSING AND/OR REMOVING MAKEUPS FROM KERATIN MATERIALS Final Rejection L'OREAL
18276721 SCALABLE, FIRE-RESISTANT, AND SPECTRALLY ROBUST MELAMINE-FORMALDEHYDE PHOTONIC BULK FOR EFFICIENT DAYTIME RADIATIVE COOLING Non-Final OA Northeastern University
19179487 BRIQUETTE Final Rejection BINDING SOLUTIONS LTD
18695428 AVIATION FUEL COMPOSITION Final Rejection SHELL USA, INC.
18683388 EQUIPMENT FOR MANUFACTURING BIOMASS SOLID FUEL Non-Final OA IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
18290844 HEAT-TREATMENT OIL COMPOSITION Non-Final OA IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
18552511 LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITION Final Rejection IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
18695505 COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PREPARING MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS Non-Final OA Dow Global Technologies LLC
18578070 THERMAL CONDUCTIVE SILICONE COMPOSITION Non-Final OA DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
18950820 Apparatus and Process for Ship-Based Carbon Dioxide Capture for Fuel Production Non-Final OA Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
18932241 COMPOSITIONS OF DRAG REDUCING POLYMERS AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection Liquidpower Specialty Products Inc.
18267830 THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL Final Rejection DOW SILICONES CORPORATION
18698849 (R,E)-3,7-DIMETHYLNON-6-ENAL, ISOMERIC MIXTURES OF THE COMPOUND AND THE USE IN PERFUMERY Non-Final OA GIVAUDAN SA
18889590 BIOFUEL AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF Non-Final OA Galata Chemicals, LLC

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