Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ISNOR, ALEXANDRA NICOLE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1611

This examiner grants 21% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

21.4%
Allow Rate
-38.6% vs TC avg
73
Total Applications
+84.6%
Interview Lift
1488
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 14 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.1%
§101 Eligibility
10.3%
§102 Novelty
42.0%
§103 Obviousness
18.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19331808 Herbicidal Compositions Comprising Diclosulam Non-Final OA BASF SE
17774039 SUNSCREEN COMPOSITION WITH LOW STICKINESS Final Rejection DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
17633460 DOWN STREAMING PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID SALTS Non-Final OA Evonik Operations GmbH
18248415 CONTROLLED RELEASE FILL COMPOSITIONS AND CAPSULES CONTAINING SAME Final Rejection R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC
18544254 COSMETIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING SKIN ACTIVE AGENT Non-Final OA L'OREAL
18372545 METHODS FOR TREATING HAIR Non-Final OA L'OREAL
17789487 HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND AND HARMFUL ARTHROPOD-CONTROLLING COMPOSITION INCLUDING SAME Final Rejection SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
17761248 DENTAL CURABLE COMPOSITION Final Rejection KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC.
18110094 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO TREAT INFLAMMATION Final Rejection University of Iowa Research Foundation
18289546 HAIR CONDITIONER FOR STRAIGHTENING HAIR Final Rejection HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
18400906 PEROXYMONOSULFATE ORAL WHITENING COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Colgate-Palmolive Company
17713804 Surfactant and Composition Final Rejection AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
18106357 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR VACCINE DELIVERY Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18572059 HYDRATABLE CONCENTRATED SURFACTANT COMPOSITION COMPRISING A COMPOUND WITH A DEFINED WEIGHT PERCENT OF OXYGEN Non-Final OA Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
17047772 Compositions and Methods for Modulating Permeability of Biological Barriers Non-Final OA Carnegie Mellon University
18761935 ARTHROPOD CONTROL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Final Rejection TYRATECH, INC.
16171807 ARTHROPOD CONTROL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Final Rejection TYRATECH, INC.
17187883 Methods For Repairing Skin Using Nanofibers Non-Final OA ELC Management LLC
17268041 AQUEOUS DISPERSION COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA DOW TORAY CO., LTD.
17989565 WATER-BASED INSECTICIDAL AND INSECT REPELLENT COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
18000965 COSMETIC PRODUCT WITH HIGH DEGREE OF EMPTYING OF THE PREPARATION FROM THE PACKAGING Final Rejection BEIERSDORF AG
17789162 CROSSLINKED HA-COLLAGEN HYDROGELS AS DERMAL FILLERS Final Rejection ALLERGAN, INC.
18572337 COMPOSITION FOR PARTICLE-MEDIATED TRANSPORT OF A DISSOLVED ACTIVE AGENT INTO HAIR FOLLICLES Non-Final OA Philipps Universität Marburg
18560993 CRYSTAL GROWTH INHIBITORS FOR AGRICULTURAL FORMULATIONS Non-Final OA Stepan Company
17774127 FORMULATIONS FOR RELEASE-RATE MODULATING FILMS FOR GASTRIC RESIDENCE SYSTEMS Final Rejection Lyndra Therapeutics, Inc.
17268405 SYSTEMS FOR ENTERIC DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS Non-Final OA Lyndra Therapeutics, Inc.
18239565 COATING COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING CO-SURFACTANTS Non-Final OA Apeel Technology, Inc.
18553332 INHIBITED STARCHES, METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM, AND EMULSIONS AND FOAMS INCLUDING THEM Non-Final OA TATE & LYLE SOLUTIONS USA LLC
18264210 COMPOSITION IN THE FORM OF A STABLE MACROSCOPIC EMULSION COMPRISING A PERCENTAGE OF INGREDIENTS OF NATURAL ORIGIN THAT IS GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 95% ACCORDING TO ISO STANDARD 16128 Non-Final OA CAPSUM
18033235 KETOPROFEN-CONTAINING PATCH Final Rejection TEIKOKU SEIYAKU CO., LTD.

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