Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LIU, SUE XU

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1616 1639 1653

This examiner grants 21% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

20.8%
Allow Rate
-39.2% vs TC avg
274
Total Applications
+12.9%
Interview Lift
1840
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 221 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.3%
§101 Eligibility
13.7%
§102 Novelty
42.5%
§103 Obviousness
26.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18272752 USE OF EXTRACTS OF DISTILLERS' DRIED GRAINS WITH SOLUBLES AS BIOPESTICIDES AND/OR BIOSTIMULANTS Non-Final OA Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
19189832 Inground and Above Ground Termite Trailing and Recruitment Products and Processes Non-Final OA Florida Insect Control Group LLC
18533442 SKIN PERFECTING AND TIGHTENING COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA L'OREAL
18162387 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SUSTAINED OXYGEN RELEASE TO ISCHEMIC TISSUES Non-Final OA Washington University
18224345 NON-PROTEIN PHENYLALANINE ANALOGUES FOR INHIBITING CYANOBACTERIA AND PLANT GROWTH Final Rejection YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.
18544532 SOLID DISPERSION OF A HER2 INHIBITOR Non-Final OA Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
17620325 AEROSOL FORMULATION, CANISTER, AND INHALER CONTAINING THE FORMULATION, AND METHOD OF USE Non-Final OA KINDEVA DRUG DELIVERY L.P.
18551238 MOLECULES HAVING PESTICIDAL UTILITY AND INTERMEDIATES AND PROCESSES RELATED THERETO Non-Final OA CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE LLC
18503688 COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCING SKIN WHITENING EFFECT ACCORDING TO AUTOPHAGY ACTIVITY WITH NYPA FRUTICANS EXTRACT AS AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT Non-Final OA KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY - ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
18484648 CHITOSAN ENCAPSULATION OF OXYMATRINE AND TEA SAPONIN FOR USE IN PESTICIDAL ACTIVITY Non-Final OA GroPro Corporation
18484686 CHITOSAN ENCAPSULATION OF ABSOLUTE (ESSENTIAL) ROSEMARY, PEPPERMINT, AND COTTONSEED OILS Non-Final OA GroPro Corporation
17272133 COMPOUNDS AND FORMULATIONS FOR PROTECTIVE COATINGS Final Rejection Apeel Technology, Inc.
18552657 WATER-BASED IRON SUPPLEMENT FORMULATIONS FOR DOSING ANIMAL NEONATES Non-Final OA ALBERTA VETERINARY LABORATORIES LTD.
18031576 COMPOSITION COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE LABDANE DITERPENE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA ELEONOR SPRL
18023086 METHODS OF PREPARING IRON COMPLEXES Non-Final OA LG Bionano, LLC
17992470 METHODS FOR THE PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF ANTHRAX INFECTION Final Rejection Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc.
17908622 HERBICIDAL PHENYLURACILS Non-Final OA BASF-SE
17812693 FEEDSTOCK FOR PRODUCING BIOSTIMULANT COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Shared-X LLC

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