Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: PATEL, RONAK C

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1787 1788 1794 3781

This examiner grants 51% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

50.9%
Allow Rate
-19.1% vs TC avg
705
Total Applications
+56.3%
Interview Lift
1298
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 654 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
1.5%
§102 Novelty
95.6%
§103 Obviousness
2.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17782379 BIOACTIVE GLASS AS NUCLEIC ACID CARRIERS WITH PH SWITCH CONTROL-RELEASING Final Rejection CORNING INCORPORATED
18632387 COMPOSITE PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA General Electric Company
18766722 Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Powder and Molded Product Non-Final OA ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17905460 SHOE SOLE AND SHOE Final Rejection ASICS CORPORATION
18486018 DIELECTRIC, CAPACITOR, ELECTRIC CIRCUIT, CIRCUIT BOARD, AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18495371 SINTERING METAL POWDER Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
17972928 LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS WITH IMPROVED CHARGE TRANSPORT LAYER Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18635476 Core-Shell Nanodisc Synthesis and Applications to Single-Particle Targeted Magnetothermal Control of Biological Signaling Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18206699 WATER-REPELLENT ORGANIC FINE PARTICLES HAVING SLIP PREVENTION EFFECT Final Rejection Daikin Industries, Ltd.
18299274 CONDUCTIVE TWO-DIMENSIONAL PARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, CONDUCTIVE FILM, CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND CONDUCTIVE PASTE Non-Final OA Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18560143 A RECYCLABLE PAPER PACKAGING MATERIAL COMPRISING METALLIZED AND POLYMERIC BARRIER LAYERS ATTACHED BY A BINDER Non-Final OA SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
18045935 CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED GLASS ARTICLE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA AGC Inc.
18979334 Colored Composite Material Non-Final OA HUBLOT SA, GENÈVE
18960370 POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME Final Rejection ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
18070139 PARTICLE DISPERSION AND PROCESS FOR FORMING A PARTICLE DISPERSION Non-Final OA Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
18561121 WATER-ABSORBING RESIN PARTICLE, ABSORBER, AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE Non-Final OA SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
18405446 MESOPOROUS NITRIC OXIDE-RELEASING SILICA PARTICLES, METHODS OF MAKING, AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
18699033 PELLET CONTAINING ETHYLENE-VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA Kuraray Co., Ltd.
18041385 INDUCTION HEATING-CURED ADHESIVES Final Rejection NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
18487327 NANO-CRYSTALLINE REFRACTORY METAL CARBIDES, BORIDES OR NITRIDES WITH HOMOGENEOUSLY DISPERSED INCLUSIONS Non-Final OA The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
18725345 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SUPPORT MATERIAL WITH PARTICULATES Non-Final OA Evolve Additive Solutions, Inc.
18270249 SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SELF-LUMINOUS CONCRETE MATERIAL FOR 3D PRINTING AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME Non-Final OA SHANDONG UNIVERSITY
17602228 LITHIUM METAL COMPOSITE OXIDE POWDER, POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM METAL COMPOSITE OXIDE POWDER Non-Final OA Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
18041860 BORON NITRIDE PARTICLES, RESIN COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIN COMPOSITION Final Rejection Denka Company Limited
18174217 NON-POROUS HYBRID COATED POLYMER PARTICLES Final Rejection Waters Technologies Corporation
18055451 ANTIMICROBIAL/ANTIVIRAL POLYAMIDE FILM COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC
18478398 MICROCRYSTALLINE GLASS, MICROCRYSTALLINE GLASS PRODUCT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA CDGM GLASS CO., LTD.
18284591 PLATINUM SOLUTION FOR SILVER DECORATION AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA NORITAKE CO., LIMITED
17797695 COMPOSITE POLYMERIC FILM Final Rejection Mylar Specialty Films U.S. Limited Partnership
17997965 Absorbent Structure for Items of Clothing, Operating Method and Uses Thereof Non-Final OA IMPETUS PORTUGAL TÊXTEIS, S.A.

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