Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: PAK, JOHN D

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1616 1624 1699 1731 1793 3725

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

52.4%
Allow Rate
-17.6% vs TC avg
1,045
Total Applications
+37.7%
Interview Lift
1143
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1012 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.2%
§101 Eligibility
13.3%
§102 Novelty
42.1%
§103 Obviousness
29.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19545401 FORMULATIONS OF VIMSELTINIB Final Rejection Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, LLC
17773072 BOVINE MILK-ISOLATED POWDERED EXOSOMES, NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Final Rejection ABBOTT LABORATORIES
18952632 HERBICIDAL MIXTURES COMPRISING L-GLUFOSINATE OR ITS SALT AND AT LEAST ONE PROTOPORPHYRINOGEN-IX OXIDASE INHIBITOR Non-Final OA BASF SE
18717747 HERBICIDAL ACTIVITY OF ALKYL PHOSPHINATES Non-Final OA BASF SE
18712964 PESTICIDAL COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
18547106 INSECT AND ACARINA PEST CONTROL Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
18040462 HERBICIDAL COMPOUNDS Final Rejection SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
17776814 HERBICIDAL COMPOUNDS Final Rejection SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
18392850 SELECTIVE DETECTION OF BED BUGS Non-Final OA Ecolab USA Inc.
18250664 [(1-PHENYL-5-HETEROARYL-1H-PYRAZOL-3-YL)OXY] ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVES AS SAFENERS FOR THE PROTECTION OF USEFUL PLANTS AND CROP PLANTS Non-Final OA Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
18255334 PESTICIDAL COMPOSITION Final Rejection SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
18489408 ELECTRORESPONSIVE BIOPOLYMER CAPSULES FOR ELECTRICALLY MEDIATED DELIVERY OF ACTIVES Non-Final OA University of Maryland, College Park
18004300 ARTHROPOD CONTROL COMPOSITION Non-Final OA Firmenich SA
18296962 ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIVIRAL FABRIC, FORMULATION FOR SOFT COATING AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited
18018323 SUBSTITUTED HALOALKYL SULFONANILIDE HERBICIDES Final Rejection FMC Corporation

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