Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1761 1796

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

69.8%
Allow Rate
+4.8% vs TC avg
1,068
Total Applications
+23.7%
Interview Lift
989
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1033 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
2.9%
§102 Novelty
73.1%
§103 Obviousness
1.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18454864 WATER-SOLUBLE UNIT DOSE ARTICLE COMPRISING LIQUID LAUNDRY DETERGENT COMPOSITION WHICH COMPRISES POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
18340956 ALKALINE HARD SURFACE CLEANING COMPOSITION Final Rejection The Procter & Gamble Company
18210243 PROCESS FOR MAKING A PACKAGED LAUNDRY DETERGENT POWDER Final Rejection The Procter & Gamble Company
18326071 PROCESS OF MAKING A WATER-SOLUBLE UNIT DOSE ARTICLE Final Rejection The Procter & Gamble Company
18321053 WATER-SOLUBLE UNIT DOSE ARTICLE Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
18076752 METHOD FOR PRODUCING REDUCED GLYCOL FATTY ALCOHOL ETHOXYLATES, REDUCED GLYCOL SULFATE ETHOXYLATED SURFACTANTS, AND PRODUCTS Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
18561085 COMPOSITION FOR CLEANSING AND/OR REMOVING MAKEUPS FROM KERATIN MATERIALS Final Rejection L'OREAL
18344204 CLEANSING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING DIVALENT SALTS Non-Final OA L'OREAL
18044916 SOLID COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE COMBINATION OF AT LEAST TWO PARTICULAR ANIONIC SURFACTANTS Non-Final OA L'Oreal
18146801 NATURE BASED CLEANSING COMPOSITION Non-Final OA L'OREAL
18563449 METHOD FOR ACCELERATING ENZYME REACTION Final Rejection KAO CORPORATION
18283565 A LIQUID DETERGENT COMPOSITION Non-Final OA SYMRISE AG
17778052 HOME CARE PRODUCT OR FORMULATION Non-Final OA SYMRISE AG
18701964 CLEANSING BAR AND COMPOSITION THEREOF Final Rejection Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
18280648 COMPOSITION Non-Final OA Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
17768389 LOW FOAMING SURFACTANTS Final Rejection Arkema France
18259657 AQUEOUS LIGHT DUTY LIQUID DETERGENT FORMULATION Final Rejection Dow Silicones Corporation
18566061 BIO-BASED CLEANER ADDITIVE Final Rejection Solugen, Inc.
18478408 VEHICLE CLEANING COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Energizer Auto, Inc.
17915854 DIRT REPELLING CLEANING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Energizer Auto, Inc.
18277904 SURFACTANT COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA LANKEM LTD.
18261695 FABRIC CARE COMPOSITION Non-Final OA Union Carbide Corporation
18162126 DEHYDRATED CLEANING COMPOSITIONS AND REUSABLE PACKAGING SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Greenology Products, LLC
18093979 READILY DISSOLVABLE CARTRIDGE COMPLEX AND INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES OF FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA CAPSULE MINIMAL LTD.

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