Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 1700 1714 1732 1736 1738 4100

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.2%
Allow Rate
+17.2% vs TC avg
228
Total Applications
+23.5%
Interview Lift
1167
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 197 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.0%
§101 Eligibility
24.9%
§102 Novelty
45.1%
§103 Obviousness
22.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18269719 Additive for Positive Electrode of Lithium Secondary Battery, Method for Manufacturing Same, and Lithium Secondary Battery Comprising Same Non-Final OA LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
18022804 CATALYSTS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Ohio State Innovation Foundation
17790147 A METHOD FOR PROCESSING WASTED GYPSUM BOARDS AND A FLUIDIZED-BED CALCINING APPARATUS THEREFOR Final Rejection Tokuyama Corporation
17508324 TUNABLE REACTIVE ALUMINUM SLURRY FUEL Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18189151 REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN STORAGE OF AMORPHOUS C60 FULLERENE WITH CARBON DEFECT FACILITATED BY ATOMIC Pt-MEDIATED HYDROGEN SPILLOVER IN AMBIENT CONDITION Non-Final OA KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18256681 METHOD AND PLANT FOR PRODUCING SYNGAS Non-Final OA TOPSOE A/S
18253669 TANTALUM OXIDE PARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TANTALUM OXIDE PARTICLE Non-Final OA DIC Corporation
18694182 SiC CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SiC CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE, SiC EPITAXIAL SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SiC EPITAXIAL SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18527047 POROUS SUBSTRATES COMPRISING PTFE COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Donaldson Company, Inc.
18512238 COPPER OXIDE NANOPOWDER AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME AND ELECTRICALLY INSULATING AND THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE FILM Non-Final OA INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE

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