Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: PERRIN, CLARE M

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1654 1777 1778 1779

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.7%
Allow Rate
+2.7% vs TC avg
781
Total Applications
+42.3%
Interview Lift
1075
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 743 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
5.4%
§102 Novelty
72.6%
§103 Obviousness
13.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18191380 PRODUCTION OF BARIUM SULFATE FROM SEAWATER Non-Final OA SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
18561441 USE OF POLYMERS OF ACRYLIC ACID FOR SCALE INHIBITION IN DESALINATION SYSTEMS Non-Final OA BASF SE
18288047 METHOD FOR THE REGENERATION OF SPECIAL FILTER AIDS FOR THE STABILIZATION OF BEVERAGES Non-Final OA BASF SE
17941016 Materials and Methods for Biosorption of Micropollutants from Aqueous Solutions Final Rejection Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18576903 Semipermeable Membrane Non-Final OA KANEKA CORPORATION
18566217 PARTICLE FILTRATION Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
18249143 IMPROVED FLOCCULANTS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
17606231 WATER TREATMENT METHOD AND COMPOSITION Final Rejection DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18204056 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEPARATING WATER AND REMOVING SOLIDS FROM PRE-TREATED AND UNFILTERED FEEDSTOCK Non-Final OA MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP
17921697 ADSORBENT, SEPARATION METHOD, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR LIQUID Final Rejection DIC Corporation
17944698 SOLID, NON-PHOSPHOROUS, SCALE AND CORROSION INHIBITOR COMPOSITION FOR COOLING WATER TREATMENT Non-Final OA Ecolab USA Inc.
18577434 ADSORPTION METHOD FOR NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID (NTA) REMOVAL FROM EDTA CONTAINING CHELANT SOLUTIONS Non-Final OA Dow Global Technologies LLC
18368984 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING WATER BY STABILIZING IN SITU GENERATED OXIDANTS Final Rejection CHEMTREAT, INC.
18035229 METHODS OF OBTAINING WATER FOR DOWNSTREAM PROCESSES Final Rejection BASF Corporation
18441779 ION EXCHANGE DEVICES FOR LITHIUM EXTRACTION Non-Final OA Lilac Solutions, Inc.
18568864 HUANGSHUI POLYSACCHARIDE-BASED HYDROGEL AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA BEIJING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY
18026119 IN CHANNEL MAGNETIC RECOVERY Final Rejection Evoqua Water Technologies LLC
18556824 SUSTAINABLE DESALINATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING RECYCLED BRINE STREAMS Non-Final OA Enviro Water Minerals Company, Inc.
18551944 METHOD OF PRODUCING WATER TREATMENT AGENT FOR SOLVING SILICA SCALE PROBLEM Non-Final OA HIROYUKI KOIKE
18279690 REMOVAL OF ARSENIC, ANTIMONY AND TOXIC METALS FROM CONTAMINATED SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA ENVIT , ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING LTD.
18241006 METHOD FOR TREATING WASTEWATER CONTAINING TRIAZOLE COMPOUNDS Final Rejection MEGA UNION TECHNOLOGY INC.
18449375 OXYGENATED HIERARCHICALLY POROUS CARBON COMPOUNDS AS SCAFFOLDS FOR METAL NANOPARTICLES Non-Final OA The University of Dayton
18225732 POROUS MICROSPHERES AND STATIONARY PHASE MEDIUM AND CHROMATOGRAPHIC COLUMN COMPRISING SAME Non-Final OA Tantti Laboratory Inc.
18310905 SORBENT FOR REMOVAL OF IONS FROM LIQUID STREAMS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Non-Final OA Graver Technologies LLC
18246168 SIDE STREAM FILTER FLUID TREATMENT FOR NEW AND OLD SYSTEMS Final Rejection Building Services Products Ltd.
18169789 PRILLED LIME COMPOSITIONS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Graymont (NZ) Limited
18151741 HIGH EFFICIENCY SYNTHETIC FILTER MEDIA Final Rejection Knowlton Technologies, LLC

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