Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LIOTT, CAROLINE DUSHECK

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1732 1761

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

51.6%
Allow Rate
-13.4% vs TC avg
72
Total Applications
-1.9%
Interview Lift
1332
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 31 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
21.6%
§102 Novelty
45.3%
§103 Obviousness
20.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17904366 Systems and Methods for UV-Reflective Paints with High Overall Solar Reflectance for Passive Cooling Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17852432 Treatment Liquid Composition, Set Of Ink Jet Ink Composition And Treatment Liquid Composition, And Treatment Method Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
17706699 Ink Set And Recording Method Final Rejection Seiko Epson Corporation
17562095 Ink Jet Ink Composition, Ink Set, And Recording Method Final Rejection Seiko Epson Corporation
17558643 Treatment Solution Composition For Ink Jet Textile Printing, Ink Set, And Recording Method Non-Final OA Seiko Epson Corporation
18118053 BUILD COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18031496 COMPOSITION Non-Final OA Resonac Corporation
17802240 FLOOR FINISHING COMPOSITIONS WITH ENHANCED DURABILITY, METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF Final Rejection Diversey, Inc.
18456711 DENTAL IMPRESSION MATERIAL AND COMBINED IMPRESSION MATERIAL Non-Final OA GC Corporation
17910394 PRINTING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS THEREFOR Non-Final OA Cryovac, LLC
17815271 COATING PIGMENTS AND METHODS OF MAKING THEREOF Final Rejection AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO., LLC
18251900 INORGANIC BINDING MATERIALS WITH ALKYL-MODIFIED SILSESQUIOXANE NANO PARTICLES Non-Final OA Dow Silicones Corporation
18046499 COLOR FIXING COMBINATION FOR CONTACT LENS, CONTACT LENS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF Final Rejection PEGAVISION CORPORATION
18072949 Luminescent Cold Spray Coating and Method Final Rejection United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
18014550 OXIDIZED CELLULOSE, NANOCELLULOSE, AND THEIR DISPERSIONS Final Rejection TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.
17608543 Structuring agents Non-Final OA Coöperatie Koninklijke Cosun U.A.
18240067 PLATING SOLUTION FOR HIGH RATE ELECTROLESS DEPOSITION OF COPPER Non-Final OA Valstybinis Moksliniu Tyrimu Institutas Fiziniu ir Technologijos Mokslu Centras
18239550 HYDROPHOBIC PROTECTIVE COATING FOR PAINTED AND NON-PAINTED METALLIC SURFACES Non-Final OA Green Products & Technologies, LLC
18319112 METHOD OF MAKING A HEMP FIBER FOAM Non-Final OA Hemp Foam LLC
18313481 Non-Combustible Cement Board Final Rejection PermaBASE Building Products, LLC
18247876 A Bitumen Additive Comprising an Aqueous Wax Dispersion and Its Use to Obtain a Foamed Bitumen Non-Final OA Sasol Germany GmbH
17686044 STABLE LIQUID CROSSLINKER COMPOSITIONS FOR HEAT-CURABLE INKS Non-Final OA INX International Ink Co.
17928228 WAX-LIKE FORMULATIONS OF NATURAL-ORIGIN MATERIALS AND ITS METHOD OF PREPARATION Non-Final OA Industrias Alen, S.A. DE C.V.
17756148 FOULING RELEASE COATING Final Rejection JOTUN A/S
17711432 Concrete Product and Methods of Preparing the Same Final Rejection S3 Concrete Technologies, Inc.

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