Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: PALLAY, MICHAEL B

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1617 1645

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

55.7%
Allow Rate
-4.3% vs TC avg
776
Total Applications
+34.7%
Interview Lift
1163
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 729 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.5%
§101 Eligibility
12.0%
§102 Novelty
47.6%
§103 Obviousness
24.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17996084 METHODS OF DECREASING MUSCLE ATROPHY AND/OR PROMOTING MUSCLE REGENERATION Final Rejection ABBOTT LABORATORIES
18563543 HYDROLYTICALLY DEGRADABLE HYDROGELS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
18508116 ULTRASOUND RESPONSIVE MICRO-COMPOSITE MARKERS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17624161 SELECTIVE WEED CONTROL Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
17793755 NOVEL ADDITIVES FOR AGROCHEMICAL FORMULATIONS Final Rejection BASF SE
18641369 DIHYDROMYRICETIN NANOEMULSION FORMULATIONS AND METHODS FOR FORMING THEM Final Rejection The Trustees of Princeton University
18012299 COMPOSITIONS, PROCESSES, AND KITS FOR SIMULTANEOUS BLEACHING AND DYEING OF KERATIN FIBERS Final Rejection L'Oreal
16007041 AUXIN HERBICIDAL MIXTURES Final Rejection Monsanto Technology LLC
18926155 HEAT STABLE HYALURONIC ACID COMPOSITIONS FOR DERMATOLOGICAL USE Non-Final OA ALLERGAN INDUSTRIE, SAS
18703265 WATER REDUCED COMPACT CONDITIONER COMPOSITION Non-Final OA WELLA GERMANY GMBH
17627221 HERBICIDAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING R-TYPE PYRIDYLOXY CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Qingdao Kingagroot Chemical Compound Co., Ltd.
18266870 USE OF MITOXANTRONE HYDROCHLORIDE LIPOSOME Non-Final OA CSPC ZHONGQI PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY (SHIJIAZHUANG) CO., LTD

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