Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1762 1766 1796

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.1%
Allow Rate
-1.9% vs TC avg
1324
Total Applications
-5.3%
Interview Lift
1273
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1270 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
10.8%
§102 Novelty
54.9%
§103 Obviousness
16.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18100568 METHOD OF FORMING AN AQUEOUS POLYMER COMPOSITION Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18258779 HIGH CONCENTRATION POLYMER MASTERBATCHES OF LIQUID PHOSPHITE ANTIOXIDANTS WITH IMPROVED RESISTANCE TO HYDROLYSIS Non-Final OA INGENIA POLYMERS INTERNATIONAL S.A.
18664001 POLYCARBONATE DIOL AND PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF, AND POLYURETHANE AND ACTIVE ENERGY RAY-CURABLE POLYMER COMPOSITION BOTH FORMED USING SAME Final Rejection MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
18262683 METHOD FOR PRODUCING FIBER-REINFORCED POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE RESIN COMPOSITION Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
18366011 FLAME-RETARDANT CROSSLINKED ALIPHATIC POLYKETONES Non-Final OA Carl Freudenberg KG
18339534 SURFACE TREATMENT AGENT Non-Final OA DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18201531 SURFACE TREATMENT AGENT Non-Final OA DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18276964 THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITION OF POLYCARBONATE AND POLYESTER Non-Final OA SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
18266480 SURFACE TREATMENT AGENT AND ARTICLE TREATED WITH SAID SURFACE TREATMENT AGENT Non-Final OA SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
18326070 RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIN MOLDED PRODUCT, AND LAMINATE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18267877 CHEMICAL COMPOUND, ELECTROOPTIC COMPOSITION, ELECTROOPTIC FILM, AND ELECTROOPTIC ELEMENT Non-Final OA Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
17808311 Acrylic Polyester Resin and An Aqueous Coating Composition Containing the Same Non-Final OA PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
18258275 A TALC-FILLED POLYCARBONATE COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME Non-Final OA Dow Global Technologies LLC
18016343 INKJET INK FORMULATIONS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA LANDA CORPORATION LTD
17999765 ENGINEERED WOOD ADHESIVES AND ENGINEERED WOOD THEREFROM Final Rejection CARGILL, INCORPORATED
17456659 PHOTOSTABLE MIMICS OF MACULAR PIGMENT Non-Final OA Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
18039980 MIXTURES CONTAINING OXAMIDE-FUNCTIONAL SILOXANES AND ORGANIC FIBERS Non-Final OA Wacker Chemie AG
18297340 Cellulose Ester Composition With Enhanced Properties and Articles Made Therefrom Non-Final OA Celanese International Corporation
17787563 BIOCOMPATIBLE ADHESIVES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF Final Rejection THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
18264440 POLYAMIDE COMPOSITIONS WITH FUNCTIONALIZED POLYOLEFIN AND MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPONENTS CONTAINING THEM Non-Final OA SYENSQO SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA, LLC
18247894 POLYESTER COMPOSITIONS FOR METAL PACKAGING COATINGS Non-Final OA Eastman Chemical Company
17944354 FLUORESCENT INK AND INK SETS CONTAINING SAME Non-Final OA Eastman Kodak Company
18490925 POLYOXYMETHYLENE COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA DELRIN USA, LLC
18465563 PLASTIC MODIFYING COMPOSITIONS AND ENHANCED CARBONATE COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA ITI Technologies, Inc.
18057521 INKJET INK, USES THEREOF AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS, FABRICS, METHOD AND SYSTEMS Final Rejection GUANGZHOU JINGYILVFANG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
18269071 Resin Raw Material Composition for Molding Use, Resin Raw Material Composition for Microporous Membranes, and Methods Respective for Producing those Products Non-Final OA Asahi Kasei Battery Separator Corporation
18268308 HIGH-STRENGTH AND HIGH-HEAT-RESISTANT BIO-BASED POLYAMIDE COMPOSITION AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SHANGHAI PRET CHEMICAL NEW MATERIALS CO., LTD
17938725 MACHINABLE ABUTMENT-INTEGRATED PROSTHETIC BLOCK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Final Rejection HASS CO., LTD.
17990965 TWO-COMPONENT POLYURETHANE COMPOSITION, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF Final Rejection Ningbo Baoting Biotechnology Co. , Ltd.
17492755 RADICAL CURABLE ANTI-FOG COATINGS Non-Final OA SDC Technologies, Inc.

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