Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: LIU, ZHEN

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1767

This examiner grants 42% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

42.0%
Allow Rate
-23.0% vs TC avg
236
Total Applications
+45.8%
Interview Lift
1256
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 138 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
7.0%
§102 Novelty
92.0%
§103 Obviousness
0.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17781147 POLYAMIDE COMPOSITION WHICH IS DYED IN BLACK, PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA BASF SE
17632529 A POLYPHENYLENE SULFIDE/POLYAMIDE COMPOSITION Final Rejection BASF SE
17757856 RUBBER COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND TIRE FOR CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE Final Rejection The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
18075420 VINYL-CONTAINING AROMATIC ALICYCLIC COPOLYMER, RESIN COMPOSITION AND PRODUCT THEREOF Non-Final OA NAN YA PLASTICS CORPORATION
17983467 RUBBER COMPOSITION AND PNEUMATIC TIRE USING SAME Non-Final OA TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
17956980 NANOTUBE DISPERSION, NANOTUBE FILM USING THE NANOTUBE DISPERSION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
17433522 CROSS-LINKABLE NETWORK FROM FUNCTIONALIZED POLYETHERIMIDE AND THERMOSET POLYMER RESULTING THEREFROM Non-Final OA SHPP Global Technologies B.V.
17789803 ESTER-BASED COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA HANWHA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17606360 FLUOROPOLYMER AQUEOUS DISPERSION PRODUCTION METHOD AND FLUOROPOLYMER AQUEOUS DISPERSION Non-Final OA DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
17755340 A SURFACE COATED CELLULOSIC FILM Non-Final OA Stora Enso OYJ
17778068 HYDROGENATED POLYMERS AND RUBBER COMPOSITIONS INCORPORATING THE SAME Final Rejection Bridgestone Corporation
18007841 RUBBER COMPOSITION Non-Final OA COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
18007838 RUBBER COMPOUND Non-Final OA COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
17628739 FIBER-REINFORCED POLYARYLENE SULFIDE COPOLYMER COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME, AND MOLDED ARTICLE INCLUDING SAME Non-Final OA Toray Industries, Inc.
17627215 POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED PRODUCT THEREOF Final Rejection Toray Industries, Inc.
18018649 ADDITIVE COMPOSITION, RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIN COMPOSITION, AND MOLDED ARTICLE Final Rejection ADEKA CORPORATION
17798847 FLAME RETARDANT COMPOSITION, FLAME-RESISTANT SYNTHETIC RESIN COMPOSITION, AND MOLDED BODY Non-Final OA ADEKA CORPORATION
17631628 ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
18015307 RESIN COMPOSITION FOR SLIDING MEMBER, AND SLIDING MEMBER Non-Final OA OILES CORPORATION
18247163 COMPOUND, RUBBER MIXTURE CONTAINING THE COMPOUND, VEHICLE TIRE WHICH HAS AT LEAST ONE COMPONENT COMPRISING THE RUBBER MIXTURE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE COMPOUND, AND USE OF THE COMPOUND AS AN AGING PROTECTION AGENT AND/OR ANTIOXIDANT AGENT AND/OR ANTIOZONANT AND/OR DYE Non-Final OA Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
17468747 FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZABLE ADHESION-PROMOTING INTERLAYER COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA PRC-DeSoto International, Inc.
17801575 THERMOSETTING RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIN SHEET, AND METAL BASE SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
17543791 Electronic Module Final Rejection Ticona LLC
17420057 FRICTION MATERIAL COMPRISING GRAPHITE, METHODS OF MAKING FRICTION MATERIALS, AND THEIR USES Final Rejection IMERTECH SAS
17772297 HIGH SOLIDS PIGMENTED LATEX COMPOSITION COMPRISING A VINYL ACETATE ETHYLENE DISPERSION Final Rejection WACKER CHEMIE AG
17622378 POLYAMIDE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR FOAM MOLDING AND FOAM MOLDED BODY Final Rejection TOYOBO CO., LTD.
17802177 POLYESTER COMPOSITIONS AND CORRESPONDING ARTICLES Final Rejection SYENSQO SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA, LLC
17299638 ANTIMICROBIAL POLYMER COMPOSITION FOR SHELF-LIFE EXTENSION Non-Final OA CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL LTD
17622403 DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES Non-Final OA GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
17681788 Modification Of Asphalt Formulations Containing Recycled Materials With Polymers Derived From Depolymerized Plastics Non-Final OA GreenMantra Recycling Technologies Ltd.

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