Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3732 3763 3772

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.5%
Allow Rate
+8.5% vs TC avg
846
Total Applications
+9.1%
Interview Lift
1022
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 794 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
28.4%
§102 Novelty
32.9%
§103 Obviousness
31.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18423692 AEROSOL DISPENSER CONTAINING A HAIRSPRAY COMPOSITION AND A NITROGEN PROPELLANT Final Rejection The Procter & Gamble Company
18449690 POLYAMIDE HOLLOW FIBER FOR ARTIFICIAL HAIR, HEAD ACCESSORY INCLUDING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLYAMIDE HOLLOW FIBER FOR ARTIFICIAL HAIR Non-Final OA KANEKA CORPORATION
18692536 HAIR TREATMENT DEVICE Final Rejection L'OREAL
18877414 ROOT CANAL CLEANING DEVICE Non-Final OA Endentics Co., Ltd.
18870497 DENTAL WORKPIECE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC.
18960559 DENTAL INSTRUMENT WITH A FLEXIBLE TIP END AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Non-Final OA HU-FRIEDY MFG. CO., LLC
18719146 SPACER FOR DENTAL ACQUISITION Final Rejection DENTAL MONITORING
18921981 DENTAL TOOL Non-Final OA Alexander Dental Group
18904266 Dental Implant, Superstructure, And Dental Prothesis Non-Final OA TRI Dental Implants Int. AG
18708439 APPLIANCE FOR SUPPLYING HEATED AIR Non-Final OA Dyson Technology Limited
17857070 METHOD FOR USING INTEGRATED LIBRARY Final Rejection MEDIT CORP.
18894551 MEDICAL MATERIAL Non-Final OA Senju USA, INC.
18780713 ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY VALVE Non-Final OA CHUEN CHURN CO., LTD.
16594479 CT Scanning of Impressions with Higher Radiodensity Material Final Rejection James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.
18759167 APPARATUS, KIT, AND METHOD FOR DECORATING NAILS Non-Final OA SPIN MASTER LTD.
18756355 IMPLANT COMPRISING A RADIALLY ENLARGED POST ON THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE, SOFT TISSUE DISPLACEMENT SYSTEM, MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND PLANNING PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING AN IMPLANT Non-Final OA Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik GmbH & Co. KG
18157280 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODELING DENTAL STRUCTURES Final Rejection Get-Grin Inc.
18736200 Asymmetric Zygomatic Dental Implant With Partial Micro Thread/Groove Non-Final OA Southern Implants (PTY) Ltd
18713840 MASCARA BRUSH Final Rejection LVMH RECHERCHE
18713193 ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE AND ORTHODONTIC SYSTEM Non-Final OA GUANGZHOU OO MEDICAL SCIENTIFIC LIMITED
18713063 COMPRESSED AIR BLOWER FOR ODONTOLOGICAL INTRAORAL SCANNER END-PIECE Non-Final OA Alvaro ALFREDO RISSO
18634298 DETACHABLE RECYCLING CONTAINER Non-Final OA Solmetex LLC
18698281 MILL BLANK FOR DENTURES, CUT MEMBER FOR FRONT TOOTH, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR DENTURES Non-Final OA TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
18256049 ANALOG HOLDING JIG Final Rejection E-JOINT CORPORATION
18496639 SHELL-SHAPED DENTAL INSTRUMENT AND SHELL-SHAPED DENTAL APPLIANCE SET Final Rejection Shanghai Smartee Denti-Technology Co., Ltd.
18209868 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FILLING TEETH AND ROOT CANALS Non-Final OA SONENDO, INC.
17934315 DENTAL PROSTHESIS HAVING STRUCTURE SIMILAR TO THAT OF NATURAL TEETH, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA HASS CO., LTD.
16493922 POWDER FOR CLEANING AN INTERNAL BODY PART AND/OR AN IMPLANT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID TYPE OF POWDER AND SUITABLE USES Final Rejection FERTON HOLDING S.A.
18093309 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AN IMAGE REPRESENTATIVE OF ORAL TISSUE CONCURRENTLY WITH DENTAL PREVENTATIVE LASER TREATMENT Non-Final OA Enamel Pure
17746573 MECHANICAL COLLAR AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA James L. Orrington, II D.D.S., P.C.

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