Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1633 1692

This examiner grants 27% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

27.3%
Allow Rate
-32.7% vs TC avg
92
Total Applications
+42.4%
Interview Lift
1245
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 22 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.0%
§101 Eligibility
11.7%
§102 Novelty
40.9%
§103 Obviousness
24.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18280653 METHODS FOR ASSESSING SPECIFICITY OF CRISPR-MEDIATED GENOME EDITING Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
18265699 BICYCLIC AROMA CHEMICALS Non-Final OA BASF SE
18021570 PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF C6-12 SATURATED ALIPHATIC CARBOXYLIC ACIDS Final Rejection BASF SE
17916063 METHOD FOR THE HYDROFORMYLATION OF OLEFINS Non-Final OA BASF SE
17911666 CATALYTIC PROCESS FOR PREPARING AN a,ß-ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED CARBOXYLIC ACID SALT Final Rejection BASF SE
18264520 PROTEIN FOLDING AGENT Non-Final OA TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
18029809 Method For Vaporizing Lactic Acid, Apparatus For Vaporizing Lactic Acid, And Method For Preparing Acrylic Acid From Lactic Acid Non-Final OA LG Chem, Ltd.
17884774 SEQUENTIAL AND INDEPENDENT SYNTHESIS OF MERCAPTANS AND ASYMMETRICAL SULFIDES IN A SINGLE REACTOR Final Rejection Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
18107855 ORGANOMETALLIC PRECURSORS AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA ENTEGRIS, INC.
17789450 METHOD FOR PRODUCING 1,4-CYCLOHEXANE DICARBOXYLIC ACID Non-Final OA HANWHA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17789456 METHOD FOR PREPARING 1,4-CYCLOHEXANEDIMETHANOL Final Rejection HANWHA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17927284 PROCESS FOR THE OXIDATION OF PRIMARY ALCOHOLS TO CARBOXYLIC ACIDS Final Rejection ETH ZÜRICH
19051424 PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIOACETIC ACID AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA BIOSIMO AG
18451108 METHOD FOR PREPARING ESTERIFIED ALKANE Final Rejection Shanghai Jiao Tong University
17915728 METHOD FOR PRODUCING PURIFIED ACETIC ACID Final Rejection DAICEL CORPORATION
18264200 METHODS OF TREATING A SUBJECT EXPOSED TO A TOXIC INHALED CHEMICAL WITH MESNA Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A BODY CORPORATE
17783227 CATALYST, METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOUND USING SAME, AND COMPOUND Non-Final OA NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17916157 RECOVERING MONO-PROPYLENE GLYCOL Final Rejection UPM-Kymmene Corporation
17904855 METHOD FOR PRODUCING PURIFIED PHTHALONITRILE AND METHOD FOR PURIFYING PHTHALONITRILE Non-Final OA MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
18247606 PURIFICATION OF FERULIC ACID Non-Final OA RHODIA OPERATIONS
18266039 Branching Technology Non-Final OA SCION Holdings LLC
17296155 Sulfonation of Vinylidene Olefins Final Rejection ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
17737690 IONIZABLE CATIONIC LIPIDS FOR RNA DELIVERY Final Rejection Arcturus Therapeutics, Inc.
17755357 RECYCLE CONTENT GLYCOL ESTERS Non-Final OA ExxonMobil Product Solutions Company
17753138 MONOCYCLIC AGONISTS OF STIMULATOR OF INTERFERON GENES STING Final Rejection The Scripps Research Institute
18286297 DERIVATIZED C60 MOLECULES AND METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR USING DERIVATIZED C60 MOLECULES TO REDUCE RADIATION INJURY Non-Final OA AGNI Medical LLC
18550710 RECOVERY OF DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS FROM TRIGLYCERIDES Non-Final OA NOVAMONT S.P.A.
17801109 CHEMOENZYMATIC PROCESS FOR COPRODUCTION OF A DISULFIDE AND A SULFOXIDE OR A SULFONE Final Rejection Universite d'AIX-Marseille
18261475 CRYSTALLIZATION OF HIGH-PURITY MAGNESIUM L-LACTATE Non-Final OA TRIPLEW LTD.
18213384 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING TAURINE Non-Final OA Vitaworks IP, LLC

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