Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: TIEN, LUCY MINYU

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1612

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Analysis

Lucy Minyu Tien serves in Tech Center 1600 and Art Unit 1612. The examiner has an allowance rate of 59.3% based on 86 resolved cases. The median days to allowance is 1041, which is a timeline for reaching a grant. These figures suggest an environment where about 59.3% of cases are successful.

The interview lift is 39.2%. This suggests that interviews are effective for this examiner, increasing the probability of success over the 59.3% baseline. For practitioners, the 39.2% lift indicates that direct communication is a strategy for overcoming rejections. Given the 1041-day median pendency, an interview may also be a tool for moving the case toward a grant. With 86 resolved cases, the data shows a trend where verbal communication is effective. Prioritizing an interview is a strategy for success in Art Unit 1612 to leverage the 39.2% lift.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

59.3%
Allow Rate
-0.7% vs TC avg
138
Total Applications
+39.2%
Interview Lift
1041
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 86 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
6.0%
§102 Novelty
46.8%
§103 Obviousness
24.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18041973 DOPA MODIFIED GELATIN FOR WOUND HEALING AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME Non-Final OA BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
18711649 BIOCIDE COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA BASF SE
18278907 MICRONEEDLE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF DELIVERY USING THE SAME Non-Final OA MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
18549497 CHIRAL N-(1,3,4-OXADIAZOLE-2-YL)PHENYL CARBOXYLIC ACID AMIDES AND THEIR USE AS HERBICIDES Final Rejection Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
18529500 USE OF A COMPOSITE MATERIAL Final Rejection Heraeus Medical GmbH
18680901 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CLEANSING KERATIN MATERIALS Non-Final OA L'Oreal
18713833 AQUEOUS CARE AND/OR MAKEUP COMPOSITION COMPRISING A FATTY ACID MONOESTER, A NEUTRALIZED ANIONIC SURFACTANT, A VP/EICOSENE COPOLYMER AND A DYESTUFF Non-Final OA L'OREAL
18713830 AQUEOUS CARE AND/OR MAKEUP COMPOSITION COMPRISING A FATTY ACID MONOESTER, A NEUTRALIZED ANIONIC SURFACTANT, A VP/EICOSENE COPOLYMER, A SEMICRYSTALLINE POLYMER AND A LATEX Non-Final OA L'OREAL
17686880 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, PHARMACEUTICAL DOSAGE FORM, PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION, METHODS FOR TREATING AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
18713856 HAIR CLEANSING COMPOSITION Final Rejection KAO CORPORATION
18690286 POROUS TITANIUM ALLOY STRUCTURE WITH A SILVER COATING HAVING OSTEOCOMPATIBILITY AND ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES Final Rejection WALDEMAR LINK GMBH & CO. KG
18301004 Compositions Comprising Lipophilic Compounds and One or More (Bio)-Alkanediols Non-Final OA Symrise AG
18009284 Compositions Comprising Lipophilic Compounds and One or More (Bio)-Alkanediols Final Rejection Symrise AG
18285570 SILICA-BASED FORMULATIONS OF THERAPEUTIC OLIOGPEPTIDES AND PEPTIDOMIMETICS Final Rejection Stealth BioTherapeutics Inc.
18556513 SILICON PARTICLES FOR DRUG DELIVERY Final Rejection NACAMED AS
18373612 TOPICAL DELIVERY COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS Non-Final OA Andros Pharmaceuticals Co., LTD.
18329496 COMPOSITION AND METHODS OF TREATMENT USING SYNERGISTICALLY - ENHANCED SUPPLEMENTATION Non-Final OA Xygenyx Inc.

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