Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: RUMP, RICHARD M

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1736 1759 1793 1796

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.2%
Allow Rate
+9.2% vs TC avg
1096
Total Applications
+20.3%
Interview Lift
979
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1054 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
27.6%
§102 Novelty
46.6%
§103 Obviousness
19.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18362262 METHOD FOR RECOVERY OF SILVER IONS FROM AQUEOUS COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
18133366 METAL OXIDE NANOMATERIALS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
18266752 FULLERENE PRODUCTION DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD Non-Final OA Resonac Corporation
18038516 MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR CALCIUM FORMATE Non-Final OA CHUNG ANG UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
18126934 PRODUCTION OF GRAPHENIC CARBON PARTICLES UTILIZING HYDROCARBON PRECURSOR MATERIALS Non-Final OA PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
17999872 MULTIFUNCTIONAL CATALYST FOR THE CONVERSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE Non-Final OA Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO
17995860 ZIEGLER-NATTA (PRO)CATALYST SYSTEMS MADE WITH AZAHETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND Non-Final OA Dow Global Technologies LLC
18547247 METHOD FOR PRODUCING NICKEL SULFATE SOLUTION FOR SECONDARY BATTERY FROM NICKEL CATHODE Non-Final OA KEMCO
17879214 POROUS CARBON MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND POROUS GRAPHITE MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA National Tsing Hua University
18250044 SILICON CARBON COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME Non-Final OA SICONA BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD
18282440 METAL OXIDE POWDER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
18325138 SI INGOT SINGLE CRYSTAL Final Rejection GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
18018971 Exhaust Gas Purification Catalyst Final Rejection Cataler Corporation
18551953 METHOD FOR CONVERTING CARBON DIOXIDE INTO HIGH ADDED VALUE CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS THROUGH A MECHANOCHEMICAL PROCESS UNDER CONTINUOUS GAS FLOW CONDITIONS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI SASSARI
17793719 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREPARING CARBON NANOTUBES AND HYDROGEN Non-Final OA Ganhai Semiconductor Materials (Shanghai) Co., LTD.
18210798 CoNiFe OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURED CATALYSTS, AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Tecmerra Methane Solutions Inc.
17916860 CNT Filament Formation By Buoyancy Induced Extensional Flow Non-Final OA Nanocomp Technologies Inc.
18039894 GRAPHENE PRODUCTION METHOD Non-Final OA LIG Nanowise Limited
18247305 METHOD FOR PRODUCING NANO-SILICON, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES, AND LITHIUM-ION BATTERY Non-Final OA FIMATEC LTD.
18120673 MIXED METAL OXIDE POWDERS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF Final Rejection Advanced Energy Materials, LLC
18114488 RECYCLED GRAPHITE FOR LI-ION BATTERIES Final Rejection Mexichem Fluor Inc.
17907801 Graphenium dispersions and composites, process for making same, and uses thereof Final Rejection Université de Bordeaux
17923340 METHOD FOR GENERATING THERMAL ENERGY AND CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCK BY MEANS OF ALUMINO-THERMAL REACTION Non-Final OA Energy 13 GmbH
17931102 Methods for Synthesis of Graphene from Asphaltenes Final Rejection CARBONEXT INC
17626062 METHOD FOR PURIFYING SILICON CARBIDE Final Rejection ESK-SIC GMBH
17348303 SYNTHESIS OF ANTHRACITIC NETWORKS AND AMBIENT SUPERCONDUCTORS Final Rejection GRAPHENE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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