Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1774

This examiner grants 7% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

6.7%
Allow Rate
-58.3% vs TC avg
73
Total Applications
-6.7%
Interview Lift
1184
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 15 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
20.6%
§102 Novelty
55.1%
§103 Obviousness
22.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17843100 HYDROGEN PRODUCTION APPARATUS Non-Final OA IHI Corporation
17929009 Reactor and Method for Carrying Out a Chemical Reaction Final Rejection BASF SE
18026905 Bubble Column Reactor Non-Final OA LG Chem, Ltd.
17797344 Polymerization Reactor for Production of Super Absorbent Polymer Non-Final OA LG Chem, Ltd.
17881571 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN GAS Final Rejection KIA CORPORATION
17844945 HYDROGEN REFORMING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
17722228 DEPLOYABLE HYDROGEN REACTOR Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
17548586 COMBINED REFORMING APPARATUS Final Rejection DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.
17524760 Heat treating apparatus for recovering lithume carbonate and an apparatus for recovering lithume carbonate using the same Final Rejection DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.
18171295 RESIN COMPOSITION RECYCLER Final Rejection HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
17741825 DIMETHYLMERCURY PERMEATION DEVICE AND FORMATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection BATTELLE SAVANNAH RIVER ALLIANCE, LLC
18380353 NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME Non-Final OA University-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee University
17825393 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, REACTION TUBE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
18017856 FINE OBJECT SEPARATION DEVICE AND FINE OBJECT SEPARATION METHOD USING FINE OBJECT SEPARATION DEVICE Final Rejection INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY ERICA CAMPUS
17792819 HEATED GAS STREAM FOR REDUCING OLIGOMER AND WAX BUILD UP IN RECYCLE COOLERS Non-Final OA BOREALIS AG
18013279 DEVICE FOR ONLINE CO-PRODUCTION OF CARBON-CONTAINING PRECURSORS AND HIGH-QUALITY OXYGEN-CONTAINING FUELS FROM BIOMASS PYROLYSIS GAS Final Rejection SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
17857292 MULTIFUNCTIONAL AIR POLLUTION REDUCTION DEVICE Final Rejection National Sun Yat-sen University
18246233 FIXED-BED TUBULAR REACTOR Non-Final OA COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES
18245469 FIXED-BED TUBULAR REACTOR Non-Final OA COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES
18018068 DEVICE FOR RADIAL SEPARATION IN SIMULATED MOVING BED Final Rejection IFP Energies Nouvelles
18000997 MULTI-BED AMMONIA CONVERTER Final Rejection CASALE SA
17787810 COMBINED REACTOR FOR HIGH-PRESSURE SYNTHESIS OF MELAMINE Final Rejection Casale SA
18008592 SYSTEM FOR PRESSURISING PARALLEL BATCH REACTORS AND METHOD OF USING SUCH Final Rejection Avantium Technologies B.V.
17421414 Chemical plant with a reforming section and a process for producing a chemical product Final Rejection HALDOR TOPSØE A/S
18119541 INERTING TANK SYSTEM Non-Final OA AeroParts Manufacturnig & Repair, Inc.
17915639 Reactor System for Producing and/or Treating Particles in an Oscillating Process Gas Flow Non-Final OA Glatt Ingenieurtechnik Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
18109074 SYSTEM FOR SYSTEM FOR PREPARING HIGH-PURITY TAURINE AND SALT Non-Final OA QIANJIANG YONGAN PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD
18004632 GAS TREATMENT DEVICE AND VACUUM LINE Final Rejection PFEIFFER VACUUM
18050979 MULTIPHASE INTERFACE REACTOR Final Rejection LANZHOU LANSHI ZHONGKE NANOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17954635 Decomposition reactor for pyrolysis of hydrocarbon feedstock Final Rejection Molten Industries Inc.

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