Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: RHOADES, DEREK JAMES

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1692

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.4%
Allow Rate
+10.4% vs TC avg
83
Total Applications
+31.2%
Interview Lift
1259
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 54 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
14.8%
§102 Novelty
43.3%
§103 Obviousness
22.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18025606 PURIFICATION DEVICE Non-Final OA NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
18273790 CONTINUOUS METHOD FOR OBTAINING 2-ETHYLHEXYL ACRYLATE Non-Final OA BASF SE
19194670 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE METHANE ENRICHMENT Final Rejection Circularity Fuels, Inc.
18543767 CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS OF ARIPIPRAZOLE DERIVATIVES IN EXTENDED RELEASE FORMULATIONS FOR TREATMENT OF SCHIZOPHRENIA Final Rejection ALKERMES PHARMA IRELAND LIMITED
18043960 FORMATE PRODUCTION METHOD, FORMIC ACID PRODUCTION METHOD, CATALYST FOR PRODUCING FORMATE, AND RUTHENIUM COMPLEX Final Rejection NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
18354571 Combined Capture and Conversion of CO2 to Methanol in a Post Combustion Capture Solvent Non-Final OA BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
17632818 ESTERIFIED OIL SOLUBLE POLYALKYLENE GLYCOLS Non-Final OA Dow Global Technologies LLC
18264068 SUBSTITUTED (2-HETEROARYLOXYPHENYL)SULFONATES, SALTS THEREOF AND THEIR USE AS HERBICIDAL AGENTS Non-Final OA Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
17435003 ACTIVE COMPOUND COMBINATIONS HAVING INSECTICIDAL/ACARICIDAL PROPERTIES Non-Final OA Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
18260350 MONOMER COMPOSITION PRODUCTION METHOD AND MONOMER COMPOSITION Non-Final OA MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
17772597 POLYCYCLIC COMPOUND AND ORGANOELECTRO LUMINESCENT DEVICE USING SAME Non-Final OA SFC CO., LTD
18436626 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATING TO INHIBITORS OF PRO-INFLAMMATORY FACTORS FOR TREATMENT OF CANCER Non-Final OA Wayne State University
18258754 METHOD FOR CATALYTIC CONVERSION OF GLYCERIN INTO PRODUCTS OF HIGH ADDED VALUE, AND USE Non-Final OA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MINAS GERAIS-UFMG
17273089 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BISPHENOL-A Non-Final OA BADGER LICENSING LLC
18190631 DE NOVO Synthesis of Cyclocreatine and Subsequent Conversion to Cyclocreatine Phosphate Via a Continuous Flow Reactor (CFR) System Final Rejection Nour Heart, Inc.
17946785 METHOD OF AGING REGENERATED DIACID CRYSTALS Non-Final OA Circ, LLC

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