Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1633 1692 1758

This examiner grants 21% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

21.4%
Allow Rate
-43.6% vs TC avg
94
Total Applications
+36.4%
Interview Lift
1279
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 28 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
3.0%
§102 Novelty
57.6%
§103 Obviousness
1.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17928506 METHOD FOR PRODUCING EASILY POLYMERIZABLE COMPOUND Non-Final OA NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
18152933 METHODS FOR MANUFACTURE OF FLUORINATED PILLAR METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK MATERIALS Final Rejection Saudi Arabian Oil Company
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
17781928 PROCESS FOR PREPARING AMINES OVER A COPPER CATALYST Final Rejection BASF SE
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.
17580655 METHOD OF PRODUCING CARBONYL COMPOUND AND FLOW TYPE REACTION SYSTEM OF PRODUCING CARBONYL COMPOUND Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
17915728 METHOD FOR PRODUCING PURIFIED ACETIC ACID Final Rejection DAICEL CORPORATION
18264520 PROTEIN FOLDING AGENT Non-Final OA TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
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
18280653 METHODS FOR ASSESSING SPECIFICITY OF CRISPR-MEDIATED GENOME EDITING Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
19051424 PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIOACETIC ACID AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA BIOSIMO AG
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
17904855 METHOD FOR PRODUCING PURIFIED PHTHALONITRILE AND METHOD FOR PURIFYING PHTHALONITRILE Non-Final OA MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
17753138 MONOCYCLIC AGONISTS OF STIMULATOR OF INTERFERON GENES STING Final Rejection The Scripps Research Institute
17753239 SOLVENT FREE CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF METFORMIN HYROCHLORIDE Final Rejection COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
17801109 CHEMOENZYMATIC PROCESS FOR COPRODUCTION OF A DISULFIDE AND A SULFOXIDE OR A SULFONE Non-Final OA 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
18266039 Branching Technology Non-Final OA SCION Holdings LLC
17737690 IONIZABLE CATIONIC LIPIDS FOR RNA DELIVERY Non-Final OA Arcturus Therapeutics, Inc.
18070564 COMPLEX COMPOUND OF COMPRISING THE CITRATE AND IRON ION AND THE FOOD COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME Non-Final OA FERRAMED INC.
17948203 METHOD OF HYDROLYSIS OF DIMETHYL SUCCINYL SUCCINATE Final Rejection Xi'an Sunward Aeromat Co., Ltd.
17771427 METHOD FOR PRODUCING 2,2'-BIS(CARBOXYMETHOXY)-1,1'-BINAPHTHYL Final Rejection HONSHU CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
17767760 Process for the Production of Cannabinoids and Cannabinoid Acids Final Rejection Bessor Pharma, LLC
17274033 Method for Refining Non-Petroleum Based Ethylene Glycol Non-Final OA Changchun Meihe Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd.

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