Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1761 1796

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

69.6%
Allow Rate
+4.6% vs TC avg
1068
Total Applications
+23.6%
Interview Lift
1060
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1026 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
16.1%
§102 Novelty
49.1%
§103 Obviousness
16.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18283565 A LIQUID DETERGENT COMPOSITION Non-Final OA SYMRISE AG
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
18113731 WATER-SOLUBLE UNIT DOSE ARTICLE COMPRISING A FIBROUS NON-WOVEN SHEET AND A HUEING DYE PARTICLE Final Rejection 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
18305689 CLEANSING COMPOSITION Non-Final OA L'OREAL
18044916 SOLID COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE COMBINATION OF AT LEAST TWO PARTICULAR ANIONIC SURFACTANTS Non-Final OA L'Oreal
18006811 COMPOSITION FOR CLEANSING AND/OR REMOVING MAKEUPS FROM KERATIN MATERIALS Non-Final OA L'OREAL
18146801 NATURE BASED CLEANSING COMPOSITION Non-Final OA L'OREAL
17899997 Home Care Compositions Final Rejection Colgate-Palmolive Company
18701964 CLEANSING BAR AND COMPOSITION THEREOF Final Rejection Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
18034905 CLEANSING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A FATTY ACID AND SOAP MIXTURE AND METHOD FOR MAKING A CLEANSING BAR COMPRISING SAID MIXTURE Non-Final OA Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
17768389 LOW FOAMING SURFACTANTS Final Rejection Arkema France
18268917 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE AND AT LEAST ONE FATTY ACID Non-Final OA Kenvue Brands LLC
18259657 AQUEOUS LIGHT DUTY LIQUID DETERGENT FORMULATION Final Rejection Dow Silicones Corporation
18627077 HIGH BUTTERS CONTENT SOAP AND METHODS Non-Final OA Vanguard Soap LLC
18593160 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS AND USES RELATING THERETO Non-Final OA INNOSPEC PERFORMANCE CHEMICALS ITALIA SRL
18566061 BIO-BASED CLEANER ADDITIVE Final Rejection Solugen, Inc.
18478408 VEHICLE CLEANING COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA 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
18015456 HYDRO-ALCOHOLIC COMPOSITION FOR HAND DISINFECTION Non-Final OA SOCIÉTÉ D'EXPLOITATION DE PRODUITS POUR LES INDUSTRIES CHIMIQUES - SEPPIC
18093979 READILY DISSOLVABLE CARTRIDGE COMPLEX AND INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES OF FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA CAPSULE MINIMAL LTD.

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