Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: LENIHAN, JEFFREY S

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1732 1743 1762 1763 1765 1783 1796

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Analysis

Jeffrey S. Lenihan has resolved 930 cases in Art Unit 1732. The examiner has an allowance rate of 73.2 percent. This 73.2 percent rate is based on the 930 resolved cases in Tech Center 1700. Practitioners can use these figures to evaluate the probability of a grant. The volume of resolutions provides a specific data set for this examiner's history.

The interview lift is 16.7 percent. This 16.7 percent figure represents the change in the allowance rate when an interview is conducted. Practitioners should consider this lift when deciding on a prosecution strategy. This metric indicates how interviews correlate with the overall allowance rate. The 16.7 percent lift is a recorded factor in the examiner's prosecution profile.

The median time to allowance is 1078 days. This 1078 day duration is the middle value for the time from filing to grant. Applicants can use this figure to plan their prosecution timelines. The median pendency is a specific temporal measure in Art Unit 1732. It provides a benchmark for cases assigned to this examiner. Understanding this 1078 day timeline is important for managing expectations during the examination process.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

73.3%
Allow Rate
+8.3% vs TC avg
974
Total Applications
+16.8%
Interview Lift
1079
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 931 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.1%
§101 Eligibility
13.7%
§102 Novelty
45.1%
§103 Obviousness
29.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17632721 RESIN COMPOSITION, PREPREG, RESIN-EQUIPPED FILM, RESIN-EQUIPPED METAL FOIL, METAL-CLADDED LAYERED SHEET, AND WIRING BOARD Non-Final OA PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
18456091 SURFACE TREATMENT AGENT Non-Final OA DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18293960 ACYLHYDRAZONE BOND-CONTAINING AMPHIPHOBIC POLYMER AND PREPARATION METHOD OF NANO AMPHIPHOBIC REVERSAL AGENT Non-Final OA CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM (EAST CHINA)
18565504 CONDUCTIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND MOLDED ARTICLE INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA LG CHEM, LTD.
18288235 DENTAL FILLING KIT Non-Final OA Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc.
18269806 CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR DENTAL RESTORATION Non-Final OA Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc.
18565783 LATENT-FLUORIDE CONTAINING POLYMERS FOR TRIGGERED DEGRADATION Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18278133 Composition Containing Cellulose Nanofibers Non-Final OA Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
17989502 HALOGEN-FREE RUBBER COMPOSITIONS AND MEMBRANES Non-Final OA CARLISLE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LLC
18686712 SILANE MODIFIED FATTY ACID DERIVATIVES FOR RUBBER ADDITIVES Non-Final OA The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
17621173 POLYMERS FOR PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVES WITH ANTISTATIC PROPERTIES Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18294243 NOVEL BISMALEIMIDE COMPOUNDS HAVING IMPROVED SOLUBILITY AND THEIR USE IN CURABLE COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Evonik Operations GmbH
18564035 HYDROGENATED POLYETHER-MODIFIED AMINO-FUNCTIONAL POLYBUTADIENES AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARATION THEREOF Non-Final OA Evonik Operations GmbH
17627142 COPOLYMERS WITH HARD POLYAMIDE BLOCKS AND SOFT BLOCKS COMPRISING POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL Final Rejection Arkema France
18562457 COATING COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES COATED THEREWITH Non-Final OA PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
18746475 RUBBER COMPOSITION, CROSSLINKED RUBBER AND TIRE Non-Final OA Toyo Tire Corporation
18374183 RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TIRE TREAD AND TIRE Final Rejection Toyo Tire Corporation
18266675 MULTIMODAL POLYETHYLENE Non-Final OA SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
18265518 POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITION WITH IMPROVED STRESS WHITENING PERFORMANCE Non-Final OA SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
17923146 DIBLOCK COPOLYMER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING DIBLOCK COPOLYMER, AND USE OF DIBLOCK COPOLYMER Non-Final OA Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
18252250 PREPARATION OF NON-POLAR-POLAR BLOCK COPOLYMERS VIA VINYL-TERMINATED POLYOLEFINS Non-Final OA Dow Global Technologies LLC
17997535 RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND RUBBER COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME Final Rejection KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.
18027475 RESIN COMPOSITION Final Rejection ZEON CORPORATION
18293920 POLYETHYLENE COPOLYMER FOR A FILM LAYER Non-Final OA BOREALIS AG
18575941 POLYETHYLENE FOR USE IN THE PRODUCTION OF CROSSLINKED POLYETHYLENE (PEX) Non-Final OA BOREALIS AG
18458341 POLYMER BLEND COMPOSITION FOR WIRE AND CABLE APPLICATIONS WITH ADVANTAGEOUS ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES Non-Final OA BOREALIS AG
18558920 BLOCK COPOLYMERS DERIVED FROM SHORT AND LONG ALKYL CHAIN ACRYLATES OR ACRYLAMIDES AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF Non-Final OA ISP Investments LLC
18565072 COPOLYMER, TREATMENT AGENT, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA BEIJING MAPU NEW MATERIALS CO., LTD.

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