Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: TAYLOR, JORDAN W

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1738 1765

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.1%
Allow Rate
+2.1% vs TC avg
196
Total Applications
+40.1%
Interview Lift
1095
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 143 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
2.4%
§102 Novelty
89.8%
§103 Obviousness
4.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17627591 CARBON ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
17908338 EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITION FOR DIAMOND SYNTHESIS Final Rejection DAICEL CORPORATION
17530778 BIOMASS PYROLYSIS INTEGRATED WITH BIO-REDUCTION OF METAL ORES, HYDROGEN PRODUCTION, AND/OR ACTIVATED-CARBON PRODUCTION Final Rejection Carbon Technology Holdings, LLC
18269906 BETA ZEOLITE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
17789818 NIOBIC ACID AQUEOUS SOLUTION Non-Final OA Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
17913738 METHOD FOR PRODUCING AEROGELS AND AEROGELS OBTAINED USING SAID METHOD Final Rejection Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
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
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.
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
17771263 METHOD OF MAKING PURIFIED PRECIPITATED CALCIUM CARBONATE FROM LIME MUD Non-Final OA Specialty Minerals (Michigan) Inc.
16977592 COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND A METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME Non-Final OA AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
18825517 ACTIVE HIGH PURITY MAGNESIUM OXIDE AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD Non-Final OA JOINT STOCK COMPANY KAUSTIK
18136912 PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING SULFUR TRIOXIDE FROM SULFUR DIOXIDE Non-Final OA Messer Industries USA, Inc.
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
18305012 SOL-GEL PARTICLES INCLUDING HOMOGENEOUSLY DISPERSED DOPANTS AND RELATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
18115918 WATER GAS SHIFT UNIT STEAM SUPERHEATER Non-Final OA Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
18208929 Processes for Calcining a Catalyst Non-Final OA ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
17971694 Preparation of a Brain Targeted Artificial Nano-Enzyme and Application Final Rejection University of South Carolina
17751386 SORBENT PARTICLES FOR SAMPLE TREATMENT Final Rejection Waters Technologies Corporation
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
17923341 SIMPLE ASTATINE CONCENTRATION METHOD Final Rejection FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
18552714 One-Pot Synthesis of Transition Metal-Promoted Chabazites Non-Final OA Umicore AG & Co. KG
17595958 METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLUORINE GAS AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING FLUORINE GAS Final Rejection SHOWA DENKO K.K.
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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