Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: PRAGANI, RAJAN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1614

This examiner grants 48% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

47.6%
Allow Rate
-12.4% vs TC avg
87
Total Applications
+78.6%
Interview Lift
1293
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 42 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.3%
§101 Eligibility
6.5%
§102 Novelty
52.1%
§103 Obviousness
20.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17871412 COSMECEUTICAL COMPOSITION Final Rejection OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
17776803 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLED DELIVERY AND PROTECTION OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS Final Rejection Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
17787092 COMPOSITION COMPRISING A CATIONIC CELLULOSE-BASED POLYMER, A SULFONIC ANIONIC POLYMER AND A FIXING POLYMER Final Rejection L'OREAL
18004477 LONG-ACTING FORMULATIONS Non-Final OA Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
18000370 SELECTIVE HERBICIDES BASED ON SUBSTITUTED ISOXAZOLIN CARBOXAMIDES AND MEFENPYR-DIETHYL Final Rejection BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
17791796 POLYCATIONIC POLYSACCHARIDE AND APPLICATION THEREOF Final Rejection NANJING UNIVERSITY
18008982 BIODEGRADABLE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION Final Rejection Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
17916674 MULTI-PHASE COSMETIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO IMMISCIBLE OILY PHASES Non-Final OA CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE
18030386 COSMETIC Non-Final OA Shiseido Company, Ltd.
17601341 CELL ACTIVATOR Final Rejection Shiseido Company, Ltd.
18041147 A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INSECT PESTS IN COTTON Non-Final OA UPL LIMITED
17997276 ENCAPSULATED COMPOSITIONS AND USE OF OCTENYLSUCCINIC ANHYDRIDE STARCH AS EMULSIFYING AGENT Non-Final OA Kansas State University Research Foundation
18003129 COMPOSITION FOR HAIR FOLLICLE MODULATION, METHODS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Universidade do Minho
17999244 MINERAL-OIL-FREE W/O EMULSION WITH A VARIABLE CONSISTENCY Non-Final OA BEIERSDORF AG
17997579 ALKYL AMIDOAMINE POLYGLYCEROL SURFACTANTS Final Rejection NOURYON CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
17627751 Cosmetic Preparations Comprising Natural Activators Non-Final OA Universität Basel
18513764 TOPICAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE SAME Non-Final OA LANDA LABS (2012) LTD.
17793221 DRUG ELUTING BIOMATERIALS Non-Final OA UCL BUSINESS LTD
17904434 PELARGONIC ACID-BASED HERBICIDE COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection NOVAMONT S.P.A.
18038550 SCAR TREATMENT COMPOSITION Final Rejection Topix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17633760 ANHYDROUS COMPOSITION FOR TOPICAL USE THAT IS IN THE FORM OF A DISPERSED PHASE BASED ON AT LEAST ONE SHORT DIOL IN A CONTINUOUS FATTY PHASE Final Rejection SOCIETE D'EXPLOITATION DE PRODUITS POUR LES INDUSTRIES CHIMIQUES SEPPIC
18018660 COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING SOLID FORMS OF POLYPEPTIDES AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp
18025790 SKIN MASK COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA AQUAVIT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
18026529 USE OF SURFACTANT WITH HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT FISH GELATIN BASED DOSAGE FORMULATIONS TO IMPROVE FLOW CHARACTERISTICS Final Rejection Catalent U.K. Swindon Zydis Limited
18245739 SHAVING COMPOSITION Non-Final OA FALLIEN COSMECEUTICALS, LTD.
17997903 MIXTURES AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING 5-FLUORO-4-IMINO-3- METHYL-1-TOSYL-3,4-DIHYDROPYRIMIDIN-2-ONE, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection James SLOAN
17918820 High-Potency Vitamin C Chemical Peeling Solutions Non-Final OA MF Beauty Partners LLC

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