Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SLOAN, LILY KAYOKO

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1744 1762 1781

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.5%
Allow Rate
-1.5% vs TC avg
82
Total Applications
+40.2%
Interview Lift
1181
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 52 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
12.0%
§102 Novelty
68.2%
§103 Obviousness
16.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18254088 THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE, RESIN COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME, AND MOLDED PRODUCT OBTAINED THEREFROM Final Rejection BASF SE
17907550 SOLUTION OF POLYSULFONE POLYMERS IN GAMMA-VALEROLACTONE FOR THE USE IN MEMBRANES Final Rejection BASF SE
18084285 COMPOSITE RESIN COMPOSITION INCLUDING COMPOSITE POLYPROPYLENE RESIN, AND MOLDED PRODUCT PRODUCED THEREFROM Final Rejection Kia Corporation
18252198 PREPARATION OF A STRUCTURAL TAPE-FROM-PASTE (TFP) ADHESIVE WITH BLUE LIGHT (VISIBLE) INITIATED B-STAGE CURE Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
17771905 Polymeric Material Including a Uretdione-Containing Material and Inorganic Filler, Two-Part Compositions, Products, and Methods Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18009889 COATING COMPOSITION FOR ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET, ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET, LAMINATED CORE AND ELECTRIC MOTOR Non-Final OA NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
17913265 MULTIFUNCTIONAL POLY(AREYLENE ETHER) RESINS, METHOD OF MAKING AND ARTICLES OBTAINED THEREFROM Final Rejection SHPP GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
18623497 ALL-AROMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE HOMO-POLYIMIDES WITH AROMATIC ENDGROUPS AND CROSSLINKED PRODUCTS THEREFROM Non-Final OA Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
18348468 PROCESS OF INCORPORATING GELLING AND PHASE SEPARATION INHIBITOR INTO A FILLED POLYURETHANE REACTIVE HOT MELT ADHESIVE Final Rejection Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
18043690 COMPOSITION, MULTILAYER BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MULTILAYER BODY Non-Final OA MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
17921190 AQUEOUS DISPERSION OF POLY(ESTER-URETHANE) OR OF POLY(ESTER-URETHANE-UREA) Non-Final OA Arkema France
18031770 CROSSLINKED POLYESTER RESIN Final Rejection TOYOBO CO., LTD.
18576464 POLY(ARYLENE SULFIDE) COMPOSITION Non-Final OA SYENSQO SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA, LLC
17911392 LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER COMPOSITIONS AND CORRESPONDING ARTICLES Final Rejection SYENSQO SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA, LLC
17907734 CRYSTALLIZABLE SHRINKABLE FILMS AND THERMOFORMABLE SHEETS MADE FROM RESIN BLENDS Non-Final OA Eastman Chemical Company
18140335 EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITIONS, COMPOSITE MATERIALS, AND METHODS OF COATING SUBSTRATES Non-Final OA Westlake Epoxy Inc.
18571219 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD, POLYMER POWDER COMPOSITION COMPRISING A DETECTION ADDITIVE, AND OBJECT OBTAINED BY SAID METHOD Non-Final OA FABULOUS
18207494 POLY(SARCOSINE) POLYMER EXCIPIENTS Final Rejection CALUSA BIO, LLC
17906693 NOVEL WATER-SOLUBLE POLYMER COMPLEXES IN THE FORM OF AN INVERSE EMULSION AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA SNF GROUP
17996233 BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER COMPOSITION FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MOLDED ITEMS Non-Final OA NOVAMONT S.P.A.
18280728 TYPE I PHOTOINITIATOR FOR CURING SILICONE COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITE DE HAUTE ALSACE
18251549 MOLDED ARTICLES FOR USE WITH TERPENE CONTAINING OILS Final Rejection Eastman Chemical Campany
18031480 NON-CURABLE SILICONE COMPOSITION COMPRISING CARBON BLACK Non-Final OA MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS GMBH
17833900 WATER-BASED OIL RESISTANT AGENT AND OIL RESISTANT PAPER Non-Final OA ARAKAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.

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