Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 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
853
Total Applications
+9.3%
Interview Lift
956
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 808 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.3%
§101 Eligibility
13.6%
§102 Novelty
51.5%
§103 Obviousness
28.6%
§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
18406086 MACHINE LEARNING DENTAL SEGMENTATION SYSTEM AND METHODS USING SPARSE VOXEL REPRESENTATIONS Final Rejection Align Technology, Inc.
18692536 HAIR TREATMENT DEVICE Final Rejection L'OREAL
17527046 SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHODS FOR DENTAL DIGITAL IMPRESSIONS Final Rejection Dentlytec G.P.L. LTD.
18877414 ROOT CANAL CLEANING DEVICE Non-Final OA Endentics Co., Ltd.
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
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
18680252 AIRTIGHT COSMETIC COMPACT Non-Final OA APR Beauty Group Inc
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
18209868 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FILLING TEETH AND ROOT CANALS Non-Final OA SONENDO, INC.
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.
17934315 DENTAL PROSTHESIS HAVING STRUCTURE SIMILAR TO THAT OF NATURAL TEETH, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA HASS CO., LTD.
17942820 PREFABRICATED CROWN FOR DENTAL PROSTHETIC RESTORATION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Final Rejection HASS CORPORATION
17746573 MECHANICAL COLLAR AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA James L. Orrington, II D.D.S., P.C.
17684628 3D DATA GENERATION FOR PROSTHETIC CROWN PREPARATION OF TOOTH Non-Final OA Cyberdontics (USA), Inc.
17682944 DENTAL LASER TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PREVENT DISCOLORATION AND AGING Final Rejection Charles Holland Dresser
16780171 System and Method for Treating Sleep Apnea while Straightening Teeth Final Rejection PETERSON, LAWRENCE T., MR.

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