Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MAEWALL, SNIGDHA

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1612

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

58.5%
Allow Rate
-1.5% vs TC avg
1103
Total Applications
+10.2%
Interview Lift
1217
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1044 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
8.7%
§102 Novelty
51.6%
§103 Obviousness
17.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17784346 MELT-EXTRUDABLE 3D PRINTING INKS Final Rejection PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
17428617 ANTIOXIDANT-RELEASING VITREOUS SUBSTITUTES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Ohio State Innovation Foundation
17428616 DRUG DELIVERY COMPOSITIONS FOR OCULAR ADMINISTRATION OF THERAPEUTICS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Ohio State Innovation Foundation
18257187 PROCESS FOR PREPARING MICROCAPSULES Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
17648168 ANTIMICROBIAL GAS RELEASING AGENTS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME Final Rejection CSP Technologies, Inc.
17651205 METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS COMPRISING COPPER IONS AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARING SAME Non-Final OA IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
17913890 HERBICIDAL COMPOSITIONS RELATED TO OXALOACETATE AND METHODS AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection VERDESIAN LIFE SCIENCES U.S., LLC
18215098 DIGESTIVE ENZYME COMPOSITION SUITABLE FOR ENTERAL ADMINISTRATION Final Rejection Allergan Pharmaceuticals International Limited
18251816 AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION WITH IMPROVED DRIFT, SPREADING AND RAINFASTNESS PROPERTIES Non-Final OA Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
18578443 HYDRATABLE CONCENTRATED SURFACTANT COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
18293129 A SUNSCREEN COMPOSITION COMPRISING AVOBENZONE AND A METHOD FOR PHOTOSTABILIZATION Non-Final OA ISP Investments LLC
17954632 BIODEGRADABLE PARTICLES AND BIODEGRADABLE PARTICLES IN CONTACT WITH ACTIVE INGREDIENTS Final Rejection The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
17812414 METHOD OF LYOPHILIZING LIPOSOMES Final Rejection Jazz Pharmaceuticals Therapeutics, Inc.
18572560 ISOFUCOSTEROL A KEY NUTRIENT FOR PHYTOSTEROL EATING ANIMALS SUCH AS POLLEN EATING AND ALGAE-EATING AND PLANKTON EATING ORGANISMS Non-Final OA PHYTANT
18281324 METHODS FOR IMPROVING RICE YIELD AND TREATING BLAST DISEASE, SHEATH BLIGHT DISEASE, OR A COMBINATION THEREOF ON A RICE PLANT Non-Final OA BIPA NV
18190539 ANTIVIRAL AND ANTIBACTERIAL FILM Final Rejection YJ LAB Co., Ltd.
18018832 NANOHYBRID STRUCTURES CONTAINING ANTIMICROBIAL NANOPARTICLES Non-Final OA P&S Global Holdings LLC
18005184 TWO-PART DISINFECTANT SYSTEM COMPRISING A COLOUR INDICATOR Final Rejection Tristel PLC
18012486 COMBINED FUNGICIDAL PREPARATIONS AND METHODS FOR USING THEREOF Non-Final OA SAVE FOODS LTD.
17995998 Antimicrobial Spray Composition Final Rejection Kraton Polymers LLC
17908453 NANO-DRY MELTING Non-Final OA Hovione Farmaciência S.A.
17295216 HIGH AMYLOSE STARCH BASED CAPSULES AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Final Rejection V. MANE FILS

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