Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: PAGANO, ALEXANDER R

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1622 1624 1658 1692 1788 1798

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.8%
Allow Rate
+13.8% vs TC avg
1,118
Total Applications
+11.5%
Interview Lift
774
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1057 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.2%
§101 Eligibility
28.8%
§102 Novelty
31.1%
§103 Obviousness
19.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18320576 CONDENSED CYCLIC COMPOUND, COMPOSITION INCLUDING THE CONDENSED CYCLIC COMPOUND, AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE COMPOSITION Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19365332 METHODS TO PRODUCE ORGANOTIN COMPOSITIONS WITH CONVENIENT LIGAND PROVIDING REACTANTS Non-Final OA Inpria Corporation
18024818 METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGENATED POLYSILANE COMPOUND Non-Final OA NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
18192050 SUBSTRATE FUNCTIONALIZED BY NAPHTHALENE-BASED SILICA NANOPARTICLES AS A SENSOR FOR DETECTING MERCURY IONS Non-Final OA KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
18336776 Pegylated-AU(III) Reagents for Rapid Cysteine S-Arylation of Biomolecules Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17921384 CATALYTIC MATERIAL COMPRISING Ni SUPPORTED ON AN OXIDIC SUPPORT COMPRISING Zr AND Si Final Rejection BASF SE
18418076 ORGANIC MOLECULES IN PARTICULAR FOR USE IN OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES Final Rejection Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18940827 PYRAZOLE COBALT-BASED METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK MATERIAL WITH DYNAMIC PORE SIZE, METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME, AND USE IN SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE CAPTURE Non-Final OA Beijing University of Technology
17906476 Process for Preparing a Transition Metal Compound Non-Final OA HANWHA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18550336 Process for Producing NAA and (S)-NAA Non-Final OA Syngenta Crop Protection AG
18460114 COMPOUND, METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOUND, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SURFACE TREATMENT AGENT Non-Final OA AGC Inc.
18835842 MATERIAL FOR METAL PATTERNING, HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND, THIN FILM FOR METAL PATTERNING, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR FORMING METAL PATTERN Final Rejection TOSOH CORPORATION
18043708 PROCESS FOR PREPARING POLYSULFANE SILANES BY MEANS OF PHASE TRANSFER CATALYSIS Non-Final OA Evonik Operations GmbH
18861891 FILM DEPOSITING COMPOSITION INCLUDING GROUP 4 METAL ELEMENT-CONTAINING PRECURSOR COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR FORMING FILM USING SAME Non-Final OA UP CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
17761236 BRANCHED OXYDISILANE/SILOXANE OLIGOMERS AND METHODS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND USE AS HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS Non-Final OA Dow Global Technologies LLC
18551674 BORONIC ACID COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA OSAKA UNIVERSITY
18636681 HYDROPHOBIC SILICA WET GEL AND AEROGEL Non-Final OA Cardinal CG Company
16922571 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES Final Rejection Universal Display Corporation
18839364 Compositions and Methods for the Treatment of Sexual Dysfunctions Non-Final OA The Jonathan Hurt Living Trust
16880275 Separation of Hydrogen Isotopes via Plasmonic Heating Final Rejection BATTELLE SAVANNAH RIVER ALLIANCE LLC
18151782 METHODS FOR SYNTHESIS OF HIERARCHICALLY ORDERED CRYSTALLINE MICROPOROUS MATERIALS WITH LONG-RANGE MESOPOROUS ORDER Non-Final OA King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
18032823 POLYMERIC ALKYL SILICATES Non-Final OA WACKER CHEMIE AG
18636090 METHOD FOR PRODUCING HALOSILANE COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA Milliken & Company
18421494 IRON COMPLEX COMPOUNDS FOR THERAPUTIC USE Final Rejection PHARMACOSMOS HOLDING A/S
17453644 BODY COMPRISING A FUNCTIONAL LAYER INCLUDING METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE BODY Final Rejection SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
18243310 Green Synthesis of Salicylaldehydate-Metal-Organic Frameworks and Applications Thereof Non-Final OA Khalifa University of Science and Technology
17501742 METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF Non-Final OA Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
17798393 SOLID STATE FORMS OF AVASOPASEM MANGANESE AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF Final Rejection ASSIA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.
18028238 SUPRAMOLECULAR MOLECULES FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Non-Final OA The University of Birmingham
18268996 ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS Final Rejection Umicore AG & Co. KG

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