Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: TAYLOR, JORDAN W

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1738 1765

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.6%
Allow Rate
+2.6% vs TC avg
191
Total Applications
+40.4%
Interview Lift
1090
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 139 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.8%
§101 Eligibility
14.2%
§102 Novelty
54.3%
§103 Obviousness
24.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17627591 CARBON ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
17521085 RARE EARTH OXIDE PARTICLES Final Rejection Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
17603669 SILICA-COATED PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Final Rejection SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
18023028 CRUSHED POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON LUMPS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Final Rejection TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
17774400 TRICHLOROSILANE PRODUCTION METHOD, AND PIPES Non-Final OA TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
17765021 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON, AND POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON Non-Final OA TOKUYAMA CORPORATION
17908338 EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITION FOR DIAMOND SYNTHESIS Final Rejection DAICEL CORPORATION
17988677 LITHIUM SULFIDE PRODUCTION METHOD Final Rejection Solid Power Operating, Inc.
17988665 LITHIUM SULFIDE PRODUCTION METHOD Final Rejection Solid Power Operating, Inc.
18269654 PLATINUM GROUP METAL ION-SUPPORTED CATALYST AND METHOD FOR FORMING CARBON-CARBON BOND Non-Final OA ORGANO CORPORATION
18136912 PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING SULFUR TRIOXIDE FROM SULFUR DIOXIDE Non-Final OA Messer Industries USA, Inc.
18305012 SOL-GEL PARTICLES INCLUDING HOMOGENEOUSLY DISPERSED DOPANTS AND RELATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
18203419 IONIC LIQUID-IMMOBILIZED TITANIUM-SILICON MOLECULAR SIEVE CATALYST AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING POLY (BUTYLENE SUCCINATE) Non-Final OA Beihang University
18115918 WATER GAS SHIFT UNIT STEAM SUPERHEATER Non-Final OA Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
18014164 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MONO CALCIUM CITRATE BY USING SHELL AND APPLICATION THEREOF Final Rejection KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
17971694 Preparation of a Brain Targeted Artificial Nano-Enzyme and Application Final Rejection University of South Carolina
18208929 Processes for Calcining a Catalyst Non-Final OA ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
18269906 BETA ZEOLITE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
17789818 NIOBIC ACID AQUEOUS SOLUTION Final Rejection Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
17339634 ACTIVATED CARBON MODIFIED BY ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION AND METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA Ingevity South Carolina, LLC
18031726 STRUCTURED LAYER ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LAYER ARRANGEMENT Non-Final OA DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GmbH
18255535 PHOTOCATALYSTS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME Final Rejection Trustees of Tufts College
17593396 LAYERED TRI-METALLIC CATALYTIC ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE CATALYTIC ARTICLE Non-Final OA BASF MOBILE EMISSIONS CATALYSTS LLC
17530778 BIOMASS PYROLYSIS INTEGRATED WITH BIO-REDUCTION OF METAL ORES, HYDROGEN PRODUCTION, AND/OR ACTIVATED-CARBON PRODUCTION Final Rejection Carbon Technology Holdings, LLC
18454227 Catalyst System For Enhanced Stereo-Specificity Of Olefin Polymerization Non-Final OA Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A.
18259304 SUPPORTED METAL CATALYST Non-Final OA NIHON KAGAKU SANGYO CO., LTD.
17595958 METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLUORINE GAS AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING FLUORINE GAS Final Rejection SHOWA DENKO K.K.
17595895 HIGHLY HEAT-RESISTANT ANATASE-TYPE TITANIUM OXIDE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Non-Final OA SHOWA DENKO K.K.
18300365 Method for the Manufacture of Lithium Metal Oxides and Phosphates Non-Final OA Sylvatex, Inc.
17916256 CATALYST FOR THE GENERATION OF HYDROGEN AND/OR SYNTHESIS GAS, METHOD FOR OBTAINING SAME AND USE IN A STEAM REFORMING PROCESS Non-Final OA Universidade Federal Do Rio De Janeiro - UFRJ

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