Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: HON, SOW FUN

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 1712 1713 1717 1741 1742 1748 1759 1782 1783 1794

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

57.7%
Allow Rate
-2.3% vs TC avg
831
Total Applications
+64.6%
Interview Lift
1171
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 780 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
13.7%
§102 Novelty
59.9%
§103 Obviousness
22.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18146524 WATER-BASED INK, PRINTED RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INK CARTRIDGE Final Rejection BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18227549 DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18302950 DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18339728 LIGHT ABSORPTION ANISOTROPIC FILM, OPTICAL FILM, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18334882 WAVELENGTH CONVERSION MEMBER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING WAVELENGTH CONVERSION MEMBER, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18250732 ADHESIVE COMPOSITION FOR POLARIZING PLATE, POLARIZING PLATE, AND OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
18045762 POLARIZING PLATE AND OPTICAL DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME Final Rejection SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
17295702 POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING SAME Non-Final OA Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
18638335 Composition For Forming Organic Film, Method For Forming Organic Film, And Patterning Process Non-Final OA SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
18720469 UNDERWATER BONDING WITH A BIOBASED ADHESIVE Non-Final OA Purdue Research Foundation
18013156 THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING Final Rejection Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18272035 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL COMPONENT, APPARATUS OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL COMPONENT AND OPTICAL COMPONENT Non-Final OA Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
17468903 3D PRINTING INK CONTAINING A CYCLOPOLYMERIZABLE MONOMER Non-Final OA 3D Systems, Inc.
17904555 ENGINEERED WOOD ADHESIVES AND ENGINEERED WOOD THEREFROM Non-Final OA CARGILL, INCORPORATED
16341165 THERMOFORMABLE AND SCRATCH-RESISTANT PHOTOPOLYMER COATINGS Non-Final OA ARKEMA FRANCE
18867904 OPTICALLY READABLE PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTIONS Non-Final OA QUANTUM BASE LIMITED

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