Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: PIPIC, ALMA

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1617

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

54.5%
Allow Rate
-5.5% vs TC avg
757
Total Applications
+55.6%
Interview Lift
1130
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 705 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
3.3%
§102 Novelty
64.7%
§103 Obviousness
5.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17962515 PROCESS FOR ALTERING THE COLOR OF KERATIN FIBERS Final Rejection L'Oreal
18902135 POLYMER NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITIONS FOR NON-VIRAL GENE DELIVERY TO THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM Non-Final OA BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
17949484 CURABLE COMPOUNDS AND FORMULATIONS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA 3D SYSTEMS, INC.
17423400 COMBINATION REMEDY Final Rejection SYMRISE AG
18704916 USE OF MILK EXOSOME IN PREPARATION OF DRUG CARRIER Non-Final OA Panexo Biotech SG PTE. LTD
18424973 SURFACE TREATMENT OF CONTACT LENS AND TREATMENT OF OCULAR DISCOMFORT BY WATER SOLUBLE POLYMERS AND LIPIDS/LIPOSOMES Non-Final OA Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
17753795 STICKER FORMULATION CONTAINING A SULFOPOLYMER Non-Final OA Eastman Chemical Company
17926847 ANTIVIRAL POLYMERS Non-Final OA The University of Manchester
18579943 Compositions and Methods For Reducing Immune Intolerance and Treating Autoimmune Disorders Non-Final OA Lapix Therapeutics, Inc.
18491871 MODIFIED RELEASE FORMULATIONS OF PRIDOPIDINE Non-Final OA Prilenia Neurotherapeutics Ltd.
17006705 MEDICAL DEVICES CONTAINING POLY(BUTYLENE SUCCINATE) AND COPOLYMERS THEREOF Non-Final OA Tepha, Inc.
17601325 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TOPICAL USE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE AZOLATED LOCAL ANTIFUNGAL SUBSTANCE Non-Final OA SOCIETE D'EXPLOITATION DE PRODUITS POUR LES INDUSTRIES CHIMIQUES SEPPIC,
17635815 DRUG-POLYMER AMORPHOUS SOLID DISPERSIONS USING LINEAR POLY(ACRYLIC ACID) POLYMERS Final Rejection LUBRIZOL ADVANCED MATERIALS, INC.
16857458 INTRACANALICULAR HYDROGEL INSERTS FOR THE DELIVERY OF ANESTHETICS Final Rejection Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.
16069826 DEVICES AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection RevBio, Inc.
18050615 ELECTROSPUN FIBERS HAVING A PHARMACEUTICAL AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME Non-Final OA NFS IP Holdings, LLC
17718575 FIBER SCAFFOLDS FOR USE CREATING IMPLANTABLE STRUCTURES Non-Final OA NFS IP Holdings, LLC
17796453 PHOTOSYNTHESIS STIMULATOR BASED ON HYBRID CARBON NANOPARTICLES, RELATED PRODUCTION METHOD AND RELATED USE AS NANOBIOSTIMULANTS AND NANOFERTILIZERS IN AGRICULTURAL CROPS Non-Final OA EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA - EMBRAPA
17870440 TREATED NON-HYDRATED SUPER ABSORBENT POLYMERS Non-Final OA DRYJECT INC. ACQUISITION CORPORATION
17630404 AGRICULTURAL FORMULATION Final Rejection ISHIHARA SANGYO KAISHA, LTD.
17828904 KITS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR WOUND TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA DIRECT COMPONENTS, INC.
17742847 OCULAR DEVICE DELIVERY METHODS AND SYSTEMS Final Rejection LayerBio, Inc.
17604587 PROCESS FOR CROSSLINKING A POLYMER Non-Final OA LABORATOIRES VIVACY
17125180 METHODS FOR TREATING EYE DISORDERS USING OCULAR IMPLANTS Final Rejection Retina Foundation Of The Southwest
17538714 MULTIFUNCTIONAL MICROCARRIERS WITH THERMO-RESPONSIVE BIOMATERIAL COATING AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection UVic Industry Partnerships Inc.
17754150 HYDROGEL BASED ON ZINC GLUCONATE AND HYALURONIC ACID ESTERS Non-Final OA BMG PHARMA S.P.A.
17543773 Non-Uniformly Stiff Polymeric Scaffolds and Methods for Producing Thereof Non-Final OA Regenosca SA
17604439 Pharmaceutical Inhalation Aerosol and Preparation Method Therefor Final Rejection CF PharmTech, Inc.
17432430 WATER-SOLUBLE NAPHTHOQUINONE DERIVATIVE COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, WATER-SOLUBLE COMPOSITION FOR CONTROLLING HARMFUL ALGAE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LARGE-SCALE HARMFUL ALGAE, AND AUTOMATION SYSTEM FOR AI-MONITORING, REMOVING, AND PREVENTING LARGE-SCALE HARMFUL ALGAE Final Rejection WATER-BIOTECH
17137985 BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS AND NEONICOTINOIDS MIXTURES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Valent U.S.A. LLC

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